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County approves sole-source procurement and contract with Parnell Biogas for enclosed landfill flare
Summary
Deschutes County approved a resolution and contract to procure an enclosed landfill flare and startup services from Parnell Biogas, citing new state emissions-monitoring requirements and potential component reuse to lower cost.
Deschutes County commissioners approved a sole-source procurement and contract with Parnell Biogas Incorporated to supply an enclosed landfill gas flare and start-up services.
Background and reason: Tim Brownell, director of the Solid Waste Department, told the board that new regulatory requirements enacted in 2021 (referenced in the meeting as OAR 340-239 and associated with Senate Bill 239) require testing of landfill surface emissions and monitoring of discharges from destroyed gas. Because the county’s existing open flare does not allow the required source testing, the county must install an enclosed flare that enables monitoring…
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