[USCC] Fw: Waxman-Markey Climate Bill

[Nelson Widell]

from Nelson Widell
Peninsula Compost Co.LLC
Wilmington, Delaware


--- On Mon, 7/6/09, Nelson Widell <nelsonwidell22002 at yahoo.com> wrote:


From: Nelson Widell <nelsonwidell22002 at yahoo.com>
Subject: Waxman-Markey Climate Bill
To: compost at mailman.cloudnet.com
Date: Monday, July 6, 2009, 2:24 PM







As recently passed through the House, the Waxman -Markey Bill (HR2454) eliminates carbon offset incentives for projects that capture or avoid landfill methane emissions,including composting and anaerobic digestion.
Unfortunately,this bill takes away offset opportunites for composting by forcing the EPA to regulate landfill methane emissions through "performance standards". Since the bill appears to assume that all landfill emthane emissions will be taken care of by performance standard regulations, then there is no need to develop offset projects such as composting or anaerobic digestion related to this. 
As one can imagine, the major landfill companies love this because it provides justification
for sending more organics to landfills to produce more methane gas to help pay for the increased gas collection costs contemplated by the proposed new EPA capping requirements for those lanfills.
This is bad news for the composting industry.
I haven't heard a peep out of the USCC on this issue.Does the Composting Council have a position on this or propse to do anything about it?