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**. Tyler**  **Bland, Ifl** 

**Chair Vishnu**  **K .**  **Lakdawalu ,**  **PhD**

**Vice-Chair Parris**  **D**

**. Carson**  **B**

**. Anne**  **Davis Douglas**  **E**

**. Mi** **ll e** **r Frederick**  **N. Elofson,**  **C P**  **A, PFS**  **Gcmld S.**  **Johllson M** **i chael**  **E. Glelln**  **Serving the**  **Cities or** 

**Chesapeake Hampton**  **Newport News** 

**Norfolk Poquoson**  **Portsmouth Suffolk**  **Virginia Beaeh**  **Willi"amsburg Serving**  **the Counties**  **of**

**Gloucester Is** **l e**  **of Wigh** **t James**  **City King**  **& Queen**  **Ki n** **g William**  **Mathews Middlesex**  **York** 

## HRSD

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**February 2,**  **2009 EPA**  **Docket Center**  **(EP NnC)**  **United States**  **Environmental Protection**  **Agency (EPA)**  **U.S. EPA**  **(2822T) 1200**  **Pennsylvania Avenue**  **NW Washington,**  **D.C. 20460**  **www.hrsd.com**

**RE: Comments**  **on U.S.**  **EPA's Advanced**  **Notice of**  **Proposed Rulemaking** 

**(ANPRM) 74**  **Fed. Reg.**  **41, January**  **2, 2009,**  **"Identification of**  **Non Hazardous**  **Materials That**  **Are Solid**  **Waste" Attention**  **Docket ill**  **No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0329**  **Dear Sir**  **or Madam:**  **The Hampton**  **Roads Sanitation**  **District (HRSD)**  **provides wastewater**  **collection and**  **treatment services**  **for 1.6**  **million people**  **in 17**  **counties and**  **cities throughout**  **Southeast Virginia.**  **HRSD has**  **over 500**  **miles of**  **pipe, 104**  **pump stations,**  **and 13**  **plants that**  **cover a**  **3100 square**  **mile service**  **area capable**  **of treating**  **231 million**  **gallons per**  **day of**  **wastewater to**  **protect the Chesapeake**  **Bay. HRSD**  **utilizes a**  **variety of** **biosolids handling**  **options including**  **compo sting,**  **land application,**  **and incineration**  **that are**  **beneficial and**  **protective of**  **public health.**  **HRSD appreciates**  **the opportunity**  **to provide**  **the EPA**  **the following**  **comments on**  **the subject**  **ANPRM. HRSD agrees**  **with and**  **supports the**  **comments of** **the National**  **Association of**  **Clean Water**  **Agencies (NACW** **A). NACW** **A and**  **HRSD continue**  **to hold**  **the position**  **that "solid waste"**  **does not**  **include sewage**  **sludge (biosolids)**  **at Publicly**  **Owned Treatment**  **Works (POTWs).**  **The Congressional**  **Domestic Sewage**  **Exclusion (42**  **U.S.c. 6903(27))**  **and the**  **Resource Conservation**  **and Recovery**  **Act's solid**  **waste definition**  **that applies**  **to sewage**  **sludge supports**  **the conclusion**  **that sewage**  **sludge incinerators**  **(SSIs) should**  **continue to**  **be regulated**  **under Section 112 and not**  **under Section 129**  **of the**  **Clean Air**  **Act (CAA).**  **HRSD supports**  **regulation of**  **SSIs under**  **Section 112**  **for hazardous**  **air pollutants**  **as needed**  **to protect human**  **health and**  **the environment.**  **EPA had**  **recently confirmed**  **and reconfirmed**  **in 2005**  **and 2007**  **that SSIs**  **should be**  **regulated under**  **Section 112**  **instead of**  **Section 129.**  **Including wastewater**  **sewage sludge**  **as a**  **solid waste**  **will contradict**  **these decisions.**  **We request**  **that EPA**  **clarify in**  **its**

**PROVIDING WASTEWATER**  **SERV I** **CES TO**  **PROTECT AND**  **ENHANCE OUR**  **ENVIRONMENT**