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Environmental Protection Agency - LMOP: LFG Energy Project Profiles Page 1 of 2 <br />t~.$., EYft~€~iI~EN'T~~. ~'R~!fiEC.Tipt~t ,~G~tJO~` <br />~~,t~~ n : rAt~ ,, <br />'~~ Land°l~ill l~ll~tane Outreach ragrarn ~L G} .-., <br />;~ ,y~'~~ ~: Recent Additions ~ Contact Us I Print Version Search: m <br />~y `' •-~°~~ EPA Home > Climate Change > Methane > Voluntary Programs > LMOP > Ener y Projects and Candidate <br />rd~ wr ` ' Landfills > LFG EnergyProject Profiles > International's Springfield Assembly Landfill Gas Energy Project <br />_. ~w~w~~1w^~ <br />Methane Home „, <br />Lnternational's Springfield ~= <br />1 ~ ~~'~ ~....~ ~ , ~ r~ <br />~MOF Home Assembly Landfill Gas <br />Basic Information "i°'°"~"'`~``~ x <br />Energy Project "~a~~`~""~" =' <br />6/8/2009 <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 />Workshopst <br />Conferences <br />[nternational Activities <br />Frequent Questions <br />Green Power <br />,l~ <br />i <br />l <br />i ILMnP ave~as~~ i <br />{ µ 1Ar~ltNER <br />Location Springfield, Ohio <br />End User(s) International Truck and Engine Corporation <br />Sector(s) Auto manufacturing <br />Landfill(s) Tremont Landfill <br />Landfill Size 4.72 million tons waste-in-place <br />Project Type Boiler and Direct Thermal (process ovens) <br />Project Size 353 standard cubic feet per minute (scfm) <br />Savings $100,000 annually in avoided natural gas costs <br />Environmental <br />Benefits Carbon sequestered annually by 9,500 acres of pine or fir <br />forests, annual greenhouse gas emissions from 7,700 <br />passenger vehicles, or carbon dioxide emissions from 97,100 <br />barrels of oil consumed. Annual energy savings equate to <br />heating 1,100 homes. Estimated. emissions reductions of <br />n.0114 million matrix tpnc of rarban eglll\/alentC, <br />LMOP Partners <br />Involved Custer Services, Inc., International Truck and Engine <br />Corporation <br />When Ohio's Tremont Landfill closed in 1995, Springfield Gas Co. Inc. sprung to action. <br />The independently-owned company, a specialist in landfill gas (LFG). extraction, recognized <br />a great opportunity to use, rather than flare, the LFG. They approached the nearby <br />International Truck and Engine assembly plant about using LFG as fuel. <br />No stranger to innovative environmentally beneficial projects, International liked the idea. <br />Working with Springfield Gas, they replaced natural gas with LFG to fire process paint <br />ovens, hot water boilers, and other plant units. By the project's end, LMOP recognized <br />International as 2001 Energy .Partner of Year. <br />The project's highlights include: <br />• First ever use of LFG in the radiant heat surface. coatings. <br />. Educates the community about the environmental and economic benefits of LFG. <br />As the project's developer, Springfield Gas faced considerable challenges. The company <br />had to obtain property access for pipeline construction and the rights to the gas-which <br />was no easy task. Local citizens already had united to oppose a newly proposed landfill at <br />the same location. They voiced concerns about reported groundwater contamination, an <br />explosion in a nearby well pump house, and other public health issues. <br />http://www.epa.gov/landfill/proj/prof/profile/internationalsspringfield.htm <br />