LANDFILL METHANE
 OUTREACH PROGRAM
      2006
LMOP Project Expo
BUNCOMBE COUNTY LANDFILL (NEW)

  ALEXANDER, NORTH CAROLINA

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             LANDFILL OVERVIEW
      Owner:
      Physical Location:
      Open Year:
Buncombe County
Dept. of Solid Waste

85 Panther Branch Road
Alexander, NC  28701

1997
    •  Expected Closure Year:    2020+
     Waste in Place:
1.2 million tons
      Design Capacity:

      Annual Acceptance:
      Landfill Area:
      Landfill Depth:
3.6 million tons
170,000 tons/year

128 acres (23 acres filled)

100 feet (maximum)
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         LANDFILL LOCATION MAP
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                 LFG GENERATION
 • Wells in Place - Yes

     • 22 wells including slope risers

 • Flare-Yes

 • LFG Flow - 320 scfm*

 • Methane Content - Estimated 50%

 • LandGEM Recovery Estimation - 1,555 scfm (peak at
                                   85% collection efficiency)

 • Bioreactor - modeled using a k value of 0.1 year -1
 'Horizontal well field system under experiment - 620 scfm expected after
   horizontal lifters are installed in early 2006; expect 1,000 scfm in 2007
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               LandGEM CURVE
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            POTENTIAL END USERS
        Sonopress, Inc. - 4.7 miles

        Craggy Correctional Center- 5.0 miles

        Dodge Rockwell Automation - 5.2 miles

        Metropolitan Sewerage District
        of Buncombe County - 5.5 miles

        French Broad Electric Corp - 5.7 miles

        Ethan Allen - 8.0 miles
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   NORTH CAROLINA
GRANTS AND FUNDING
    State Renewable Energy Corporate Tax Credit

        •  35% of the cost of renewable energy property
          constructed, purchased, or leased by a taxpayer
          and placed into service in North Carolina

        •  Maximum incentive of $2.5 million per installation
          from 2006 through 2010

        •  Allowable credit may not exceed 50% of a
          taxpayer's liability for the year

    NC GreenPower Production Incentive

        •  Offers production payments for electricity
          generated by renewable energy

        (Source:  http://www.dsireusa.org/library/includes/techno.cfm)
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           CONTACT INFORMATION
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  Contact:
  Address:
  Phone:

  E-mail:
Denese Ballew
Buncombe County General Services

2229 Riverside Drive
Asheville, NC 28804

828.582.2577

Denese.Ballew@buncombecounty.org
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