THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

NOTICE OF PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD

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:

  Hyland Facility Associates
6653 Herdman Road
Angelica, NY 14709

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 Hyland Landfill in Angelica, 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 Stacy DeGabriele at stacy.h.degabriele@state.ma.us or 617-292-5864 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 October 6, 2008, and should be submitted electronically to climate.strategies@state.ma.us, or mailed or delivered to:

Attn: Stacy DeGabriele
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.