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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001437749-17-014743
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170814

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			AVALON HOLDINGS CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001061069
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	REFUSE SYSTEMS [4953]
		IRS NUMBER:				341863889
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			OH
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

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		STREET 1:		ONE AMERICAN WAY
		CITY:			WARREN
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			44484
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3308568800
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<P id=PARA101 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt">One American Way &#9679; Warren, OH 44484-5555 &#9679; Phone: (330) 856-8800 &#9679; Fax: (330) 856-8480&nbsp;</P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P id=PARA8 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">August 14, 2017</FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA10 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Mr. Terence O&#8217;Brien</FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA18 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Re: Response to Comment Letter dated August 9, 2017 relating to Avalon Holdings Corporation&#8217;s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016.</FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA21 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Dear Mr. O&#8217;Brien</FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA23 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">We have received your letter dated August 9, 2017 to Mr. Bryan P. Saksa, Chief Financial Officer of Avalon Holdings Corporation (&#8220;Avalon or the &#8220;Company&#8221;). Please accept this letter as response to your comment relating to the Company&#8217;s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016. For ease of reference, we have reproduced your comment in advance of the response.</FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA25 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><U>Form 10-K for the Year Ended December 31, 2016</U></FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA27 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><U>Item 9A. Controls and Procedures, page 12</U></FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA32 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Please amend your Form 10-K to provide management&#8217;s conclusion as to whether disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of December 31, 2016. Refer to Item 307 of Regulation S-K.</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P id=PARA34 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><U>Response to Comment No. 1:</U> In response to your comment, we will revised and amend our disclosure for &#8220;Item 9A. Controls and Procedures&#8221; as follows below. The Company will file the revised disclosure in an amendment to Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016, once the Staff confirms that it does not have any additional comments relating to the revised disclosure.</FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA44 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><I><B>Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures</B></I></FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA46 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>As required by Rule 13a-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;), Avalon&#8217;s management conducted an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by the 2016 Annual Report. For purposes of the foregoing, the term disclosure controls and procedures means controls and other procedures of an issuer that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the issuer in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission&#8217;s (&#8220;SEC&#8221;) rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by an issuer in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the issuer&#8217;s management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Avalon&#8217;s disclosure controls and procedures are designed to provide reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives as outlined above. Based upon that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that they believe that, as of December 31, 2016, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at a reasonable assurance level. </B></FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA48 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><I><B>Management's Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting</B></I></FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA50 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>Management&#8217;s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting is set forth on page 40 of our 2016 Annual Report, which is incorporated herein by reference.</B></FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA54 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>During the fourth fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2016, there was no change in our internal control over financial reporting</B><B> </B><B>(as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act)</B><B> </B><B>that has materially affected, or is </B><B>reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting. </B></FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA56 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Pursuant to your letter dated August 9, 2017, this written reply is being furnished on EDGAR.</FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA58 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Avalon Holdings Corporation acknowledges the following: </FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA79 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Avalon Holdings Corporation believes this response and its actions to be undertaken as set forth herein adequately addresses the Commission&#8217;s comment. If however, you have any further questions, please feel free to contact the undersigned.</FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA81 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Sincerely,</FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA83 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">AVALON HOLDINGS CORPORATION</FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA85 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><U>/s/ Bryan P. Saksa</U></FONT></P>
<P id=PARA86 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Bryan P. Saksa</FONT></P>
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