EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson recently wrote in a letter to Senator Olympia Snowe (R-ME) that EPA will promulgate a rule revision that will define biomass as a fuel subject to its boiler maximum achievable control technology (MACT) rule, rather than a nonhazardous waste subject to its rule for commercial and industrial solid waste incinerators (CISWI).  The letter was sent in response to the Senate’s consideration of S. 1392, which would treat “all forms of biomass” as fuel, including resinated wood and treated wood. S. 1392 has the backing of 35 Senators, including 11 Democrats. The House version of the legislation… Read more