Landfill Gas Energy: A Sustainable Energy Source from Small Landfills in New England

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Welcome

• Bill Foster, Dean of the Muskie School, University of Southern Maine

Opening Remarks

• David P. Littell, Commissioner, Maine Department of Environmental Protection (ME DEP)

Overview and Goals of the Meeting

• David Burns, ME DEP

An Overview of Landfill Gas Energy and U.S. EPA’s Landfill Methane Outreach Program

• Kelly Fagan (PDF, 35 pp., 919 KB), Shaw Environmental, contractor to U.S. EPA LMOP

Landfill Gas Offset Projects in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) – A Regulatory Perspective

• Eric Kennedy (PDF, 28 pp., 418 KB), Bureau of Air Quality, Maine Department of the Environment

Making Projects Happen – Federal Tax Incentives for Landfill Gas Energy

• Paul Burkett (PDF, 14 pp., 122 KB), Attorney at Law, Rath, Young and Pignatelli

Developing Landfill Gas Projects at Small Landfills – A Developer’s Perspective

• Paul Hesson (PDF, 18 pp., 438 KB), Waste Management Renewable Energy

Alternative Markets for Carbon Offset Projects – Choosing the Right Standards for Your Landfill

• Adam Stein (PDF, 19 pp., 112 KB), Terrapass

Preparing Your Landfill for an Offset Project – Measuring, Recordkeeping, Reporting, Calibrating and Validating Landfill Gas Data for Carbon Offset Projects

• Russ Anderson (PDF, 45 pp., 662 KB), SCS Engineers, a case study example of City of Gardner, MA Landfill

A Landfill Owner’s Perspective on Carbon Offset Projects – Part 1

• A Case Study on Tri-Community Landfill, ME – Mark Draper (PDF, 10 pp., 137 KB), Tri-Community Recycling & Sanitary Landfill

A Landfill’s Perspective on Carbon Offset Projects and Renewable Energy

• A Case Study on City of Bath, ME Landfill – Mike Booth (PDF, 14 pp., 455 KB), Sevee & Maher Associates
• A Case Study of Crapo Hill Landfill, MA – Hank Van Laarhoven (PDF, 21 pp., 850 KB), Greater New Bedford Regional Refuse Management District and Thomas Yeransian Commonwealth Resource Management Corporation

Working with a Carbon Offset Aggregator

• Jeremy Morris and Dan Duffy (PDF, 23 pp., 889 KB), Geosyntec