11th Annual LMOP Conference and Project Expo

Proceedings and Highlights

At the 2008 LMOP Conference, held in Washington, DC on January 9-10, attendees learned about the latest projects, technologies and financial incentives and once again the conference included technical presentations, exhibits, and a Project Expo. Listed below are the panels held at the conference and the speakers who presented.

Use the links to the PDF documents to learn more about the panel discussions. If you have difficulty accessing or obtaining the information from these PDF documents, please contact LMOP.

Attendee List (PDF, 21 pp.,309 KB)
Speaker Biographies (PDF, 7 pp., 216 KB)

U.S. Domestic Project Expo Opportunities
Information on each of the landfills displayed as a Project Expo site is listed below:

• Bluff Road Landfill, Nebraska (PDF, 2 pp., 95 KB)
• City of Redding/Benton Landfill, California (PDF, 2 pp., 118 KB)
• Lee’s Summit Landfill, Missouri (PDF, 2 pp., 92 KB)
• Magnolia Subtitle D MSW Landfill, Alabama (PDF, 2 pp., 71 KB)
• New Hanover County Landfill, North Carolina (PDF, 2 pp., 85 KB)
• Newport News Solid Waste Disposal Facility #2, Virginia (PDF, 2 pp., 172 KB)
• Pisgah Landfill, Maryland (PDF, 2 pp., 125 KB)
• Rio Rico MSW Landfill, Arizona (PDF, 2 pp., 80 KB)
• Sarpy County Landfill, Nebraska (PDF, 2 pp., 112 KB)
• St. Landry Parish Landfill, Louisiana (PDF, 2 pp., 78 KB)
• Tehama County/Red Bluff Landfill, California (PDF, 2 pp., 93 KB)
• Windsor-Bloomfield Landfill, Connecticut (PDF, 2 pp., 94 KB)

International Project Expo Opportunities
In 2008, the LMOP Project Expo went global. LMOP has been working in conjunction with the Methane to Markets Partnership to promote landfill gas energy projects worldwide. To see detailed information on international landfills in search of development please visit the Methane to Markets Partnership.

Keynote Address

Stephen L. Johnson, Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA)

Welcome and Conference Overview

Brian Guzzone, Team Leader, Landfill Methane Outreach Program (LMOP), U.S. EPA (PDF, 19 pp., 882 KB)

• Status of Federal Energy Policy Legislation and Clean Renewable Energy Bonds
  Paul Burkett, Rath, Young, Pignatelli (PDF, 14 pp., 62.7 KB);
  Laura Jones (PDF, 12 pp., 143 KB), and Doug Lamb (PDF, 11pp., 168 KB), Hunton and Williams
  
  
• Panel: When is Landfill Gas a REC or a GHG credit or Both?
  Andrew Kolchins, Evolution Markets (PDF, 18 pp., 385 KB) and
  Christy Magerkurth, First Environment (PDF, 14 pp., 55.4 KB)

• Overestimation of Landfill Gas Recovery – Implications and Recommendation for Better Modeling Practices
  Alex Stege, SCS Engineers (PDF, 26 pp., 1.1 MB)
  
  
• How to Conduct and Survive a Pump Test Internationally: Lessons Learned from the Methane to Markets Partnership
  Adrian Loening, Carbon Trade Ltd (PDF, 26 pp., 1.2 MB)

2007 LMOP Partner and Project of the Year Awards Luncheon (PDF, 16 pp., 472 KB)

• Southeastern Chester County Refuse Authority (SECCRA) – How a Local Government Self-Developed and Marketed a LFG Project
  Scott Mengle, SECCRA (PDF, 30 pp., 1.1 MB)
  
  
• City of Greenville (SC) LFG Project and the Role of Carbon Credits
  Bob Priola, EcoSecurities (PDF, 20 pp., 659 KB)

• Rumpke – Cincinnati: the Largest Operating High BTU Project in the U.S.
  G.R. (Rick) O'Mahony, Montauk Energy and Sean Mezei, QuestAir (PDF, 19 pp., 675 KB)
  
  
• Jefferson Davis Parish Landfill Project – High-BTU at a Small Landfill
  Luke Morrow, President, Southtex Renewables (PDF, 7 pp., 964 KB)
  
  
• Greentree High BTU Landfill Gas Project – The Largest Designed Landfill Gas High-BTU Project in the U.S.
  Jim Schretter, Beacon Generating, LLC (PDF, 22 pp., 807 KB)

Thursday, January 10, 2008

• Iris Glen Landfill Gas Project- Fueling the Local VA Hospital
  Dennis Bollinger, Energy Systems Group, and Phil Pindzola, City of Johnson City (PDF, 32 pp., 3.1MB)
  
  
• Lessons Learned Developing a New LFG to CNG Project in Ohio
  Jeff Cook, Acrion Technologies (PDF, 18 pp., 736 KB)
  
  
• Greater Lebanon Refuse Authority’s Renewable Energy Education Facility
  Steve Gabrielle, PPL and Scott Werkheiser, Greater Lebanon Refuse Authority (PDF, 18 pp., 1.7 MB)

• The Role of Solid Waste and Climate Change: Perspectives from the Solid Waste Industry for Climate Solution (SWICS)
  Amy Banister, Waste Management (PDF, 32 pp., 531 KB)
  
  
• An NGO’s Role in Aggregating Carbon in Landfill Gas Projects
  Jason Hoyle, Appalachian State University (PDF, 12 pp., 321 KB)
  
  
• Casella’s Strategy to Meet it’s 10% Greenhouse Gas Reduction Goal
  Abbie Webb, Casella Waste Systems (PDF, 9 pp., 134 KB)

• Project Partner Perspectives – the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. Viewpoints from the landfill, developer, and end user.
  Scott Keeley, Siemens Building Technologies, and Colin Covington, Three Rivers Solid Waste Authority (PDF, 18pp., 392 KB); and Laura Dzamka, Kimberly-Clark (PDF, 8 pp., 273 KB)

• The Latest in Siloxane Removal – an Evaluation of Four Technologies
  Ed Wheless, County Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County and Mark Hughes, Solar Turbines, Inc. (PDF, 23 pp., 671 KB)
  
  
• Status of Landfill NSPS/EG Amendments
  Hillary Glover, U.S. EPA (PDF, 9 pp., 44.3 KB)
  
  
• Bioreactor Landfills and Landfill Gas Project Development
  Robert Gardner, SCS Engineers (PDF, 21 pp., 300KB)