Notice is hereby given that the Department of Environmental Protection, acting in accordance with the provisions of M.G.L. Chapter 111, Sections 142A through 142E, is seeking public comment on proposed approval with conditions of an Application for Certification of GHG Credits and proposed approval of an Application for Verification of GHG Credits, pursuant to 310 CMR 7.00: Appendix B(7), for the following applicant:

Casella Waste Services of Ontario, LLC
1879 Route 5 & 20
Stanley, NY 14561

Specifically, the Department is seeking public comments on the proposed approval of applications for certification and verification of GHG Credits generated by flaring landfill gas from Ontario County Landfill in Stanley, NY.

Persons wishing to review the applications and proposed approvals may do so Monday through Friday, during business hours at the Boston office of the Department of Environmental Protection, 1 Winter Street, Boston. (Please contact Will Space at william.space@state.ma.us or 617-292-5610 in advance.) In addition, the proposed approval is available on the MassDEP web site at http://www.mass.gov/dep/public/publiche.htm.

Comments will be accepted until May 23, 2008, and should be submitted electronically to climate.strategies@state.ma.us, or mailed or delivered to:

Attn: Will Space
Department of Environmental Protection
1 Winter Street
Boston, MA 02108-4747
  

By Order of the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
Laurie Burt, Commissioner

This information is available in alternate format upon request by contacting Donald M. Gomes, ADA Coordinator, at (617) 556-1057, TDD Service 1-800-298-2207, One Winter Street, Boston, MA 02108.