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Environmental Protection Agency - LMOP: LFG Energy Project Profiles <br />~~tiifr ~ st,~~~s <br />~ • 'Y`3 <br />5 y~fi z <br />w <br />~1 .~ <br />t °.. ter,-. <br />~~r~Z PfiS4rt~~~ <br />Methane Home <br />LMOP Home <br />Basic Information <br />Accomplishments <br />Energy Projects and <br />Candidate Landfills <br />Benefits of LFG Energy <br />Partners <br />Join the Program <br />Documents, Tools ~ <br />Resources <br />Newsroom <br />Warkshopsl <br />Conferences <br />International Activities <br />Frequent Questions <br />Green Pawer <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />~.~. ~I~v~~aEi~~~l ~~afiE~Ti~~a a~a#"a~~: T A ~ <br />Landfill ethane Outreach Program (L G} <br />Recent Additions ~ Contact Us ~ Print Version Search: i <br />EPA Home > Climate Change > Methane > Volunt~ Pro rg_ams > LMOP > Energy Projects and Candidate <br />Landfills > LFG Energy Project Profiles > Wayne Township Landfill Gas Energy Project for Jersey Shore Steel <br />Wayne Township Landfill ~ ~ ~ L ~ '~ <br />Gas Ener Pro'ect for ~~~° <br />JY J ~.-.. <br />Jersey Shore Steel """~"` ~ ~~" <br />Self Developed (absence of third party developer) <br />Location Lock Haven, Pennsylvania <br />End User(s) Jersey Shore Steel <br />Sector(s) Steel <br />Landfill(s) Wayne Township Landfill <br />Landfill Size 2 million tons waste-in-place (2006) <br />Project Type Direct Thermal (process furnace) <br />Project Size 694 standard cubic feet per minute (scfm) <br />Savings 30 percent of natural gas costs <br />Environmental Carbon sequestered annually by 18,700 acres of pine or fir <br />Benefits forests, annual greenhouse gas emissions from 15,100 <br /> passenger vehicles, or carbon dioxide emissions from <br /> 191,200 barrels of oil consumed. Annual energy savings <br /> equate to heating 2,300 homes. Estimated emissions <br /> reductions of 0.0224 million metric tons of carbon <br /> equivalents. <br />Jay Alexander, General Manager of the Clinton County Solid Waste Authority (the <br />Authority), thought there must a better way to control the gas generated by the Wayne <br />Township Landfill. Approximately 12 million British thermal units of heat an hour <br />(MMBtu/hr) were being flared. Because his landfill was approved to accept waste through <br />2016 and landfill gas (LFG) production would continue to increase, Mr. Alexander looked <br />for a way to flare less LFG, raise revenues, and at the same time support his community. <br />He didn't have to look far. <br />The landfill borders Jersey Shore Steel (JSS). He knew from Dave Keister, the JSS plant <br />engineer, that JSS burned significant amounts of fuel in their furnace to reclaim railroad <br />steel. But, would a project be financially feasible, especially if LFG had to cross the <br />Susquehanna River? Mr. Alexander enlisted the support of Mr. Keister, and together, they <br />figured out how to save money for JSS and reduce the costs for the Authority's waste <br />customers. <br />The project's highlights include: <br />• In 1999, the Authority built a LFG pre-treatment system to compress, filter, and de- <br />waterthe LFG and built a 2.5-mile pipeline to JSS. The pre-treated LFG is carried <br />1,000 feet across the river on the old railroad bridge, which the Authority was able to <br />use for $1. <br />• In 1999, JSS installed the necessary piping, valves, and controls and began a trial to <br />use 12 MMBtu/hr of LFG in the pre-heat zone of their furnace. <br />• In 2000, JSS revamped the mill and installed a new Bricmont three-zone reheat <br />furnace, rated at 55 MMBtu/hr. The new furnace originally included equipment to fire <br />LFG on one zone at 12 MMBtu/hr, but by 2002, JSS had modified the burners in all <br />zones, and was firing 24 MMBtu/hr of LFG. <br />http: //www. epa.gov/landfill/proj/prof/profile/waynetownshiplandfillgase.htm <br />6/8/2009 <br />