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The University of Texas at Dallas
Waste-to-Energy Strategic Geographic
Planning Tool Expert Feedback Forum

UTD Campus in Richardson, Texas
July 28, 2006

Waste-To-Energy Team:

The mission of the Region 6 Waste-To-Energy (WTE) team is to promote the use of renewable energy under the Resource Conservation Challenge in three target areas: Landfills, Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) and Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTWs). Our efforts are to prevent or reduce the emissions of methane, a greenhouse gas, through partnerships with other federal agencies, states, tribes, businesses and communities by fostering the development of economically sustainable energy recovery projects. The WTE team is a multimedia group with expertise in a wide range of WTE topics.

Goals of the Region 6 WTE Team

• Serve as a liaison for stakeholders
  
• Filtering new technologies
  
• Establish partnerships for pilot projects
  
• Promote renewable energy as a fuel source
  
• Work with states on establishing WTE as a priority and on regulations and incentives
  
• Partner with stakeholders to establish Pilot Projects and MOU/MOA agreements
  
• Influence Future Design of facilities

Project Goals:

• Capture largely untapped methane resources in landfills, CAFO's and POTW's for use as fuel
• Reduce methane emissions to the atmosphere
• Promote indigenous enterprises to build and operate recovery systems and use the energy
• Improve the health of urban dwellers by reducing land, air and water pollution

Additional Information:

U.S. EPA's Landfill Methane Outreach Program (LMOP) is a voluntary assistance and partnership program that promotes the use of landfill gas as a renewable energy source.

Workshops/Conferences:

CAFO/Landfill Gas-to-Energy Seminar

EPA Region 6 held a Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFO)/Landfill Gas-to-Energy Seminar in Fort Worth, Texas on March 1, 2005. The seminar addressed CAFO issues, current gas-to-energy technologies and regulatory/financial incentives.

Poultry Litter & Renewable Resource Seminar and Quad State Poultry Dialogue

The Poultry Litter & Renewable Resource Seminar and Quad State Poultry Dialogue was held on May 5th and 6th, 2004, at the University of Arkansas Center for Continuing Education in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

LMOP Workshops/Conferences

AgSTAR Workshops/Conferences

SWANA Workshops/Conferences

 

Federal, State and Local Regulations, Rules and Incentives:

Database of State Incentives for Renewable Energy (DSIRE)