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5. Summary, pg 15: The section on "Meeting Public Policy Goals" should be at the end so information on GHG, fuel, and budget constraints for infrastructure and road improvements can be included as bullet points. 6. Summary pg 20 and pg 66: In the summary as well as in the report the amount of fuel is compared for the different collection systems as well as the conversion to GHG. Is there a way to put some perspective on this. For example, MNDOT uses x amount of fuel to plow x amount of miles of street for a snowstorm. Or, another example, x many tons of GHG is equal to that of x cars. That would be helpful information. 7. Pg 3: In the summary accidents or safety is mentioned as a big concern for many communities when they consider organized collection and sell it to residents. I didn't find much more of it than just a mention here. Pg 41 says it doesn't look at it but when people remember stories of kids being killed by a garbage truck it warrants being considered. 8. Pg 4: Add increased illegal dumping in list of disadvantages for an open system. Also Hazardous waste handling is difficult to manage when people don't have a hauler (computers, TV...) 9. Pg 6 Table 2-2: Reduced fuel and GHG should be included in list of advantages of organized collection. Below that you list "the primary potential advantages of organized collection are three -fold -lower prices, reduced truck traffic and community control..." Reduced truck traffic in what way? Wear and tear or safety? I would argue that the advantages are the savings of infrastructure and resources (roads, fuel and money) or expand prices as costs to everyone through taxes to improve roads, illegal dumping, pollution... 10. Pg 96: alley is spelled wrong. 11. Pg 103 Bloomington does neighborhood organizing also with minimal success, primarily is works best in cul-de-sacs. 12. Pg 109. The report is not supposed to offer conclusions but I think it would be helpful. Is the message from the field trial study that short distances are more fuel efficient? Then say that and why more clearly and put in summary. Also my Equipment Superintendent had never heard of "Puff Arresters" and when we googled there was no good information. 13. Pg I I I Table 4-8 and 4-9: It was difficult to understand what the average observed distances between services households versus average actual distance between households is and why that is important to measure. At the end of pg114 it says that "having the average distance per household with a corresponding fuel consumption rate per household and the exact number of households serviced, the total fuel use by hauler can be computed." Please explain more so it is easier to understand. X:\MS\IE\2008\08M081\10000 reports\Final Appendices\Appendix I1 -Public Comments.doc