Methane in Waste Management
MCLI Recommendation: “States and the federal government should adopt programs to fund gas management systems at both municipal and private landfills, and prioritize awards to landfills investing in landfill gas-to-energy systems.”
LPDD Recommendation: “Congress should prioritize funding for gas capture at landfills and other facilities in lieu of wastewater treatment plants.”
LPDD Recommendation: “EPA could revise its RCRA regulations to prevent landfill operators from venting methane to the atmosphere.”
LPDD Recommendation: “EPA’s 2016 CAA regulations for methane emissions from municipal solid waste landfills could be retained and made even more stringent.”
LPDD Recommendation: “EPA could adopt a regulation for methane emissions from wastewater treatment facilities.”
LPDD Recommendation: “States could consider means of incentivizing gas capture from wastewater treatment facilities.”
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NY’s Landfill Gas Funding Program
New York provides funding to municipally owned or operated landfills installing gas management systems designed to capture gas created within, and emitted from, the landfill. Funding awards are made a...
California Rules for Gas Capture at Municipal Solid Waste Facilities
California’s AB 32, the Global Warming Solutions Act, requires gas capture at any municipal solid waste landfill that accepted waste after 1976, holds 450,000 tons or more of waste, has heat input cap...
Report, Turning down the Heat: How the EPA Can Fight Climate Change by Cutting Landfill Emissions
Industrious Labs’ October 2024 report, Turning Down the Heat, estimated the emissions reductions that would occur if the United States put in place more aggressive policies to capture methane emitted ...
Obama-Era Methane Rules
The Obama Administration promulgated methane rules that the Trump Administration has sought to roll back. Those rules, Standards of Performance for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills and Emissions Guidel...
EPA’s Landfill Methane Outreach Program
LMOP is a voluntary program that works cooperatively with industry stakeholders and waste officials to reduce or avoid methane emissions from landfills. LMOP encourages the recovery and beneficial use...
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