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I am Director of Recycling for the Valley Women's Club of the San
Lorenzo Valley, which has been operating recycling centers in the
Coastal Mountains of Santa Cruz County for over thirty years. We
are concerned that recycling has been discounted in the Scoping
Plan.  

Obviously, the emissions reductions associated with Measure RW-3
High
Recycling/Zero Waste should definitely be counted toward the AB 32
goal in the
October 2008 Proposed Scoping Plan (Plan).  Specifically, footnote
#43
in Table 20 on page 63, Section II.15 Recycling and Waste,
states,
"Reductions from RW-2 and RW-3 are not counted toward the AB 32
goal."  This must be amended to include them.  The goal of Zero
Waste is a direct link to improved greenhouse gas reductions.

Furthermore, the Plan recommends no specific actions or policies
to
implement RW-3, again an untenable oversight. We urge CIWMB & CARB
to take
urgent action to ensure that the Plan is revised to count RW-3
emissions
reductions towards the AB 32 goal, and to add specific actions
and
policies to achieve RW-3 reductions, including: mandatory
commercial
recycling; phase-out of diversion credit for green waste
alternative
daily cover; and adoption of Extended Producer Responsibility
framework
legislation. 

This is a vital part of what AB32 is trying to achieve.

Sincerely,

Nancy B. Macy, Director of Recycling
Valley Women's Club of the SLV
PO Box 574 Ben Lomond, CA 95005
831-338-1728

"Dedicated to community action, awareness and leadership in
environmental, educational, social and political concerns which
affect the health and welfare of the San Lorenzo Valley."