TRI-COMMUNITY
                       RECYCLING AND SANITARY LANDFILL
LANDFILL METHANE

OUTREACH PROGRAM
               2006

        LMOP Project Expo
    TRI-COMMUNITY LANDFILL
      FORT FAIRFIELD, MAINE

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               LANDFILL OVERVIEW
                   TRl-COMMUjttTTY
                   RECYtM INC. AMI SANITARY 1.ANPF1I
      Owner:
Tri-Community Landfill
(Publicly owned)
      Physical Location:
Murphy Road
Fort Fairfield, ME 04736
      Open Year:
1977
      Expected Closure Year:    2023
      Waste in Place:
500,000 tons
      Design Capacity:

      Annual Acceptance:
1.1 million tons (permitted)'
27,800 tons/year
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      Landfill Area:
39 acres
(16 closed; 23 open)
      Landfill Depth:
70 feet
      An additional 50-foot vertical expansion is being developed, which would increase
      the design capacity by 400,000 tons.

     The actual disposal rate in late 1990's was much higher and consisted of both MSW
      and a high organic content front end process residue (FEPR) from a waste-to-
      energy facility.
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           LANDFILL LOCATION MAP
TRI-COMMLWITY
IK YM.INK, AND SANI'IAKY LANDKII
                      Tri-Community Landfill
                      Murphy Rd
                      Fort Fairfield. ME 04742
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                LFG GENERATION
 TRl-COMMyttlTY
UK \( I INC AMI SANHARV I.AMlHi I
    • Wells in Place - No

        •  16 closed acres - passive vents in the cover system

    • Flare - No

    • Methane Content - Estimated 50%

    • LandGEM Recovery Estimation - 210 to 266 scfm
      (peak at 85% collection efficiency)

        •  A range of gas production was modeled using
          k values of 0.04 year1 and 0.08 year1 because the
          landfill accepted substantial tonnage of front end
          process residue (FEPR) from a waste-to-energy
          facility (high organics content)
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                     LandGEM CURVE
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RECYtM INC. AMI SANITARY IjKNDHI
            LFG Projection for Tri-Community Landfill

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  An average disposal rate was entered in LandGEM; the actual disposal in late 1990's was much higher.

  Actual gas flow is estimated to be between upper and lower bounds presented in the graphs.


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            POTENTIAL END USERS
TR&COMMLWITY
IK YM.INK, AND SANI'IAKY LANDKII
    Several local energy companies:




      • Fairfield Energy Venture, L.P. -4.3 miles
        Maine Public Service - 4.7 miles
      • WPS Energy Services - 4.9 miles




      • Aroostook Valley Electric Company - 5.1 miles




    Aroostook Starch Company - 5.7 miles




    Loring Commerce Center

    (former Air Force Base) - 7.5 miles




    Dragon Products Company - 9.3 miles
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           MAINE
GRANTS AND FUNDING
    Renewable Resources Matching Fund Program

       • Grant funding supports community demonstration
         projects using renewable energy technologies.
         The energy generation facility must qualify as a
         small  power production facility under FERC rules
         or must not exceed 100 MW in capacity.

       • Grant funding is awarded through  match funding
         not to exceed $50,000 or 50% of the total amount
         required for the project.

    Clean Energy Maine

       • www.mainegreenpower.org
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           CONTACT INFORMATION
                   TR&COMMLWITY
                   IK YM.INK, AND SANI'IAKY LANDKII
       Contact:
       Address:
       Phone:

       E-mail:
Mark C. Draper
Solid Waste Director
Tri-Community Landfill

P.O. Box 605
Caribou, ME 04736

207.473.7840

TCL@ainop.com
  Alternate Contact:
  Address:
  Phone:

  E-mail:
 Paul Porada, P.E.
 Woodard & Curran, Inc.

 41 Hutchins Drive
 Portland, ME 04102

 207.774.2756

 pporada@woodardcurran.com
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