9th Annual LMOP Conference and Project Expo

Session 1: What's New in '05 - Part 1
Moderator: Chris Voell, LMOP, US EPA

• First LFG-Powered Biodiesel Project in the Country, City of Denton, Texas (PDF, 13 pp., 675 KB), Charles Fiedler (PDF, 1 p., 28 KB) and Jake Stewart (PDF, 1 p., 28 KB), Biodiesel Industries
• Transmission v. Distribution: A Pipeline Safety Overview (PDF, 11 pp., 316 KB), David Mauney (MS Word, 1 p., 34 KB), CPL Systems
• New Opportunities for Small Landfills (PDF, 5 pp., 69 KB), Chuck Foster (MS Word, 1 p., 32 KB), Commonwealth Green Energy

Session 2: Emerging LFG Project Opportunities From Around the World
Moderator: Brian Guzzone, LMOP, US EPA

• LFGE Development in Mexico (PDF, 14 pp., 149 KB), Josh Roth (MS Word, 1 p., 32 KB), SCS Engineers & Francisco Grajales Cravioto, World Bank
  Abstract (PDF, 1 p., 33 KB)
  
• Methane to Markets Update (PDF, 4 pp., 278 KB), Brian Guzzone, LMOP

2005 LMOP Partner and Project of the Year Awards Luncheon
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Session 3: Energy Policy Act of 2005, New Opportunities for the LFG Industry
Moderator: Rachel Goldstein, LMOP, US EPA

• Energy Policy Act of 2005 - What’s In It For Landfill Gas? (PDF, 7 pp., 141 KB), Laura Jones (MS Word, 1 p., 32 KB), Hunton and Williams
• Tax Monetization Strategies for LFG Electrical Generation Facility Developers (PDF, 10 pp., 270 KB) Paul Burkett (MS Word, 1 p., 32 KB), Rath, Young and Pignatelli
  Abstract (PDF, 1 p., 24 KB), Outline (MS Word, 6 pp., 607 KB), Checklist (MS Word, 4 pp., 75 KB)
• Section 29 & Section 45 Production Tax Credit Issues for Financiers, Developers & Operators of New and Existing LFG Facilities (PDF, 23 pp., 904 KB), Stephen Somerville (MS Word, 1 p., 32 KB), Clean Power Income Fund
  Abstract (PDF, 1 p., 33 KB)

Session 4: Greenhouse Gas Credits for LFG Energy
Moderator: Victoria Ludwig, LMOP, US EPA

• The Emergence of Carbon Financing (PDF, 7 pp., 159 KB), Claude Devillers (MS Word, 1 p., 32 KB), Merzbach Group, LLC
  Abstract (PDF, 1 p., 32 KB)
  
• Recent Activity in the Sale of Greenhouse Gas Credits in the U.S. and Other Countries (PDF, 14 pp., 454 KB), Bruce Maillet (MS Word, 1 p., 32 KB), Shaw Environmental, Inc.
  Abstract (PDF, 1 p., 33 KB)
• Verifying GHG Reductions from LFG Energy Projects (PDF, 18 pp, 110 KB), Christina Magerkurth (MS Word, 1 pp., 20 KB), First Environment
  Abstract (PDF, 1 p., 11 KB)

Session 5: What's New in '05 - Part 2
Moderator: Pradip Bhowal, Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality

• Selling LFG to Not 1, Not 2, But 4 End Users in Pennsylvania (PDF, 11 p., 1,050 KB), Joel Zylstra (PDF, 1 p., 38 KB), President, Granger Energy
• Producing Electricity (and Tomatoes) with LFG (PDF, 11 p., 1,090 KB), Peter Zeliff (MS Word, 1 p., 32 KB), Innovative Energy Systems, Inc.

Session 6: Overcoming Project Hurdles

• Operational Costs and Other Considerations of LFG Cleaning for Various Prime Movers, (PDF, 20 pp., 1,078 KB), Matthew Nourot (MS Word, 1 p., 32 KB), Gas Recovery Systems, LLC
  Abstract (PDF, 1 p., 26 KB)
• Permitting Challenges in Ozone Non-Attainment Areas (PDF, 7 p., 184 KB), Shelley Cohen (MS Word, 1 p., 69 KB), Ameresco
  Abstract (PDF, 1 p., 30 KB)
• A Balancing Act: LFG Development v. Regulatory Compliance, (PDF, 20 pp., 34 KB), Pete Carrico (MS Word, 1 p., 32 KB), SCS Field Services
  Abstract (PDF, 1 p., 25 KB)

Session 7: What's New in ’05 – Part 3

• Heating Landfill Facilities Using Infrared Heaters – Part 2 and Project 2 (PPT, 16 pp., 4,350 KB), Darrin Dillah (MS Word, 1 p., 28 KB), SCS Engineers
  Abstract (PDF, 1 p., 13 KB)
• Bioreactor Landfills, LFG Generation and GHG Credits (PDF, 10 p., 549 KB), Roger Green (MS Word, 1 p., 32 KB), Waste Management
• Pipeline Quality Gas – A LFG Utilization Alternative Soon Ready to Come in from the Cold (PDF, 10 p., 374 KB), Greg McCarron, SCS Energy

Session 8: Project Opportunities

• LFG’s Role in RPS Compliance in New England (PDF, 10 p., 349 KB), Pat Stanton (MS Word, 1 p., 32 KB), Conservation Services Group
  Abstract (PDF, 1 p., 20 KB)
• Landfill Gas-to-Energy Projects in Maryland, (PDF, 12 p., 231 KB), Daniel Goldstein and Robert Sawyer (MS Word, 1 p., 32 KB), Environmental Resources Management
  Abstract (PDF, 1 p., 22 KB)
• New Opportunities for Turbines, (PDF, 10 pp., 371 KB), Mark Hughes (MS Word, 1 p., 32 KB), Solar Turbines Inc.
  Abstract (PDF, 1 p., 7 KB)

Session 9: What’s Up?

• What’s LMOP Up To? New Partner Products and Services (PDF, 9 pp., 963 KB), Rachel Goldstein, US EPA and Chris Voell, US EPA
• Public Utility Commission Data
• LFG Cost
• LMOP Locator
• Benefits Calculator
• Project Profiles

Handouts from the Project Expo Landfills that were featured at the Conference