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Environmental Protection Agency - LMOP: LFG Energy Project Profiles <br />~~ <br />~~l~E~ SPAY~s <br />{~' ~~. <br />.~ ¢ <br />~~r'4'L p~~ r~ ;'~c <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 />Newsroarn <br />Workshops/ <br />Conferences <br />International Activities <br />Frequent Questions <br />Green Power <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />~.~. ~~w~~~l~~~~~~ ~~c~~rECT~car~ ~~~~tc~ <br />Landfill ethane utr~ach Programs (!~ } <br />Recent Additions I Contact Us I Print Version Search: <br />EPA Home > Climate Change > Methane > Voluntary Programs > LMOP > Energy Projects and Candidate <br />Landfills > LFG Energy Project Profiles > Lanchester Landfill Gas Energy Project <br />,~ <br />Lanchester Landfill Gas ~ r F =~ <br />~`~ ~. 4 ~" <br />Energy Project--_ <br />ih~}tfrL. N4 ninnK f ~ <br />di4P(AIAYEl7l1AIGRd~AII. <br />„~ <br />,~ ~ ~ <br />u9o~kv~rae~ <br />~v~w€a <br />Location Narvon, Pennsylvania <br />End User(s) Dart Container Corporation, Advanced Food Products, L&S <br /> Sweeteners <br />Sector(s) Industrial, Food products <br />Landfill(s) Lanchester Landfill <br />Landfill Size 11 million tons waste-in-place (2006) <br />Project Type Boiler and Direct Thermal (ovens and thermal oxidizers) <br />Project Size 3,800 standard cubic feet per minute (scfm) <br />Savings Estimated $300,000 annually in avoided electricity costs <br />Environmental Carbon sequestered annually by 10,800 acres of pine or fir <br />Benefits forests, annual greenhouse gas emissions from 8,700 <br /> passenger vehicles, or carbon dioxide emissions from <br /> 110,200 barrels of oil consumed. Annual energy savings <br /> equate to heating 12,400 homes. Estimated emissions <br /> reductions of 0.0129 million metric tons of carbon <br /> equivalents. <br />LMOP Partners Chester County Solid Waste Authority, Granger <br />Involved ElectriGEnergy, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department <br /> of Environmental Protection (PaDEP) <br />This 2005 LMOP Project of the Year is the first <br />Pennsylvania landfill gas (LFG) energy project to serve <br />multiple customers. In a year-long process, developers <br />successfully petitioned to serve multiple customers, as <br />well as to have LFG not be considered "natural gas," <br />which would have been regulated by the public utility. <br />But even with a successful ruling, the work had only just <br />begun. <br />c;onstructlon of a ~ ~-mne plpeune posea many <br />challenges. The route encompassed both active and. <br />former railroad lines that traverse farms, parks, commercial and residential developments, <br />and a historic community. Many environmental and construction permits had to be <br />acquired. Plus, land easements along the railroad were complicated by century-old deed <br />restrictions and land rights. In the end, the completed pipeline crosses over 75 land <br />easements and 35 roads en route to its customers. <br />The project's highlights include the following: <br />Dart Container uses LFG for 100 percent of its fuel needs, firing nine boilers, two <br />6/8/2009. <br />http://www. epa. gov/landfill/proj/prof/profile/lanchesterlandfillgasener.htm <br />