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:

NRG Energy, Inc.
211 Carnegie Center
Princeton, NJ 08540

Specifically, the Department is seeking public comments on the proposed approval of applications for certification and verification of GHG Credits generated by the use of Recovered Energy Generation equipment to capture waste heat produced from the operation of natural gas compressor stations and use it to generate electricity at four stations located ner St. Anthony, North Dakota and in Pembrook, Woodland, and Hidewood, South Dakota.

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 Loreen Kelley at loreen.kelley@state.ma.us or 617-574-6815 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 June 22, 2009, and should be submitted electronically to climate.strategies@state.ma.us, or mailed or delivered to:

Attn: Loreen Kelley
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.