THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

NOTICE OF PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD

Dominion Energy Brayton Point, LLC
5000 Dominion Blvd.
Glenn Allen, VA 23060

Specifically, the Department is seeking public comments on all aspects of the proposed approval with conditions of an Application for Certification of GHG Credits generated by the processing and subsequent use of coal ash generated at Brayton Point Station in Somerset, MA in place of Portland cement. In particular, the Department requests comments on provisions related to avoiding the double counting of GHG reductions, and provisions, including methodologies, related to the regulatory requirement that "where applicable, the applicant shall specify the best management practice used to determine an emissions baseline."

Persons wishing to review the application and proposed approval with conditions may do so Monday through Friday, during business hours at the Boston office of the Department of Environmental Protection, 1 Winter Street, Boston, MA. (Please contact Stacy DeGabriele at stacy.h.degabriele@state.ma.us or 617-292-5864 in advance.) In addition, the proposed approval with conditions is available on the MassDEP web site at http://www.mass.gov/dep/public/publiche.htm.

Comments will be accepted until December 31, 2008, and should be submitted electronically to climate.strategies@state.ma.us, or mailed or delivered to:

  Department of Environmental Protection
  One Winter Street
  Boston, MA 02108-4747
  Attn: Stacy DeGabriele

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.