From: Art Greenberg 
Sent: Friday, November 29, 2002 5:00 PM
To: Hadjy, Pandor
Subject: Rural Energy Program

Mr. Hadjy:

I am submitting comments on behalf of the North Olympic Peninsula
Resource Conservation and Development (NOP RC&D) Council covering
Jefferson and Clallam Counties in Washington State. It is the belief of
the Council that since much of the forestland in the Pacific Northwest
is denser and being harvested at lower rates than in the past, that the
available trees and biomass would be well suited to generating
electricity. Therefore, any rural renewable energy program providing
federal grant funds should allow for studies to determine the
feasibility of constructing and fueling wood-fired electricity plants.

Thank you.

Art Greenberg
John Boulton
Mike Doherty
for the NOP RC&D