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I e 4.1.4 King County, WA A proviso to the 2007 King County Solid Waste Division budget required that the Division prepare a comparative evaluation of waste conversion technologies (i.e. WTE incineration) and waste export. After review and comment on the draft report by the Metropolitan Solid Waste Management Advisory Committee (MSWMAC) and others, the final report was submitted to the King County Council on August 6, 2007. Based on the report, MSWMAC made the following recommendations to the Council: 1. That the King County Council continue its current policy course toward waste export by implementing the recommendations in the Solid Waste Transfer and Waste Export System Plan. 2. That every avenue to extend the life of the Cedar Hills Landfill be explored, including increased recycling and partial early waste export, to keep solid waste rates as low as possible for as long as possible and to provide maximum flexibility for long -term planning. 3. That no further resources be expended on the study of incineration technologies at this time. They believed that there was sufficient information in the report to analyze waste export and incineration technologies at a programmatic level in the Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Plan update and its EIS. There were concerns about the practicality of waste conversion technologies in the King County region, and there was a need recognized to continue planning for the existing transfer system and the potential of extending the life of the Cedar Hills Landfill. 4.2 Procurements 4.2.1 Frederick and Carroll Counties, MD In May 2006, the Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal Authority (Authority) began a search for firms with Qualified Technologies to provide WTE facilities for Frederick and Carroll Counties. The Authority was seeking technologies that demonstrated success in the efficient and feasible conversion of MSW into marketable steam, thermal energy, fuel and electricity. Technologies that produced a fuel were to be considered if the fuel had been demonstrated to reliably and efficiently produce energy (Qualified Technologies). The Authority conducted a two -step procurement. The first step was the Request for Qualifications (RFQ) to identify firms with Qualified Technologies. Qualified Technologies were to be eligible for consideration in the second step, the Basis of Negotiation (BON). In order to be deemed a Qualified Technology, operating statistics from a reference facility had to be provided, with a minimum of three consecutive years of operating data, including waste processed, energy produced, air emissions and residue generation. The size of each unit could be as small as 100 TPD and as large as 750 TPD. The selection of unit size for each project was to be determined during the BON phase. The Authority understood that there were many new and emerging technologies which convert MSW into various fuels or energy. However, the Authority is dependent on bond financing for its projects, and the lending community insisted on GBB/C08027 -01 17 August 15, 2008