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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word;-webkit-nbsp-mode: space;line-break:after-white-space'><div class=WordSection1><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>See the message below from Fred Tornatore:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dear Colleagues:<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>As you actively work in the gasification and/or pyrolysis sector I wanted to make sure that you were aware of the proposed rulemaking by EPA regarding such units. Please see the EPA email below and the links offered. We all need to make sure the enviros don’t get their way in lumping gasification and pyrolysis into the Federal solid waste incinerator rules. That is the last place we need to be associated with.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Fred<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Baskerville",serif;color:#263E0F'>******************************<br>Frederick Tornatore<br>Chairman, Bioenergy Association of California<br>&<br>Chief Technical Officer<br>TSS Consultants<br>5430 Carlson Drive, Suite 100<br>Sacramento, California 95819<br>916.601.0531<br><a href="mailto:fatoxic@tssconsultants.com">fatoxic@tssconsultants.com</a><br>www.tssconsultants.com</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b>From:</b> Koerber, Mike <<a href="mailto:Koerber.Mike@epa.gov" target="_blank">Koerber.Mike@epa.gov</a>> <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 2, 2021 3:43 PM<br><b>Subject:</b> EPA ACTION: Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Pyrolysis and Gasification Units<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Please share with your members:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Today, <a name="m_3902652324493536480__Hlk81483252">the EPA issued an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) to </a><a name="m_3902652324493536480__Hlk77173226">assist in the potential development of regulations for pyrolysis and gasification units. </a>These units are used to convert solid or semi-solid feedstocks, including solid waste (<i>e.g.,</i> municipal solid waste, commercial and industrial waste, hospital/medical/infectious waste, sewage sludge, other solid waste), biomass, plastics, tires, and organic contaminants in soils and oily sludges to useful products such as energy, fuels and chemical commodities.<a name="m_3902652324493536480__Hlk69389865"></a><a name="m_3902652324493536480__Hlk69389989"></a> Pyrolysis and gasification are often described as heat-induced thermal decomposition processes. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Through recent interactions with stakeholders, EPA has learned that pyrolysis and gasification processes are more widely being used to convert waste into useful products or energy. An ANPRM will provide an opportunity for a large and diverse group of stakeholders, including potentially impacted facilities, small businesses, and state, local, and tribal governments, to participate in the data and information gathering process and provide information on the details of pyrolysis and gasification units and processes. Based on data and information received through this ANPRM, the agency will evaluate how best to regulate the pyrolysis and gasification units. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>A pre-publication version of the ANPRM and a fact sheet are available on the web at: </span><a href="https://www.epa.gov/stationary-sources-air-pollution/advance-notice-proposed-rulemaking-pyrolysis-and-gasification" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>https://www.epa.gov/stationary-sources-air-pollution/advance-notice-proposed-rulemaking-pyrolysis-and-gasification</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-autospace:none'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#666666'>Disclaimer</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#666666'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#666666'>The information contained in this communication from the sender is confidential. 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