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Pitkin County to monitor Colorado methane rulemaking; staff to explore grants for potential landfill capture systems
Summary
Pitkin County commissioners on Aug. 12 directed staff to monitor Colorado’s draft methane regulation for landfills, and to pursue grant opportunities and cost estimates, after a staff briefing that put the county’s landfill below current EPA thresholds but within reach of tighter state rules.
Pitkin County commissioners on Aug. 12 discussed draft Colorado rulemaking aimed at reducing methane emissions from municipal solid‑waste landfills and directed county staff to monitor the rule and explore state grant opportunities to offset the cost of any required gas‑capture systems.
Management analyst Levi Borsch and Solid‑Waste Manager Tyler Carvel briefed the commissioners on Regulation 31, a draft state rule that would lower the thresholds at which landfills must begin quarterly surface‑emissions monitoring and, if monitoring shows elevated levels, install and operate a gas collection and control system.
Tyler Carvel told the board the county’s most recent internal test (a “tier‑2” measurement) measured non‑methane organics at 6.4 megagrams per year; under current EPA regulation the threshold that triggers a full collection system requirement is substantially higher (the EPA metric cited at the session was 34 megagrams per year). Carvel said the county’s method…
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