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Committee authorizes staff to issue RFP for renewable natural gas facility at Loudoun County landfill
Summary
After a feasibility review, the committee recommended the Board authorize staff to issue a request for proposals for a vendor to build, own and operate a facility to convert landfill gas to renewable natural gas; the committee also approved the consent agenda earlier in the meeting.
The Finance, Government Operations and Economic Development Committee on March 11 recommended that the Board of Supervisors authorize staff to develop and issue a request for proposals (RFP) for a private vendor to build, own and operate a facility at the Loudoun County Landfill to convert captured landfill gas to renewable natural gas (RNG).
Mark Evaney, assistant director for General Services, summarized a feasibility study showing the landfill produces sufficient methane to support an RNG project and identified economic and environmental benefits, including market credits known as Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs) administered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Evaney said Prince William County operates an RNG plant as a local example and that converting landfill gas to RNG would reduce the county's greenhouse-gas…
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