Greenhouse Gas to Energy ProjectsCX(s) Applied: B5.1Date: 09/07/2010Location(s): Edgecombe County, North CarolinaOffice(s): Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Golden Field Office
Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance
September 7, 2010
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CX(s) Applied: B5.1
Date: 09/07/2010
Location(s): Edgecombe County, North Carolina
Office(s): Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Golden Field Office
Edgecombe County is proposing to use $325,000 in Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding to complete a landfill gas capture system. The EECBG funding will be used to install an electric blower, electrical switchgear, 500 feet of transmission lines, monitoring system, four 200 kilowatt (kW) generators and a flare to burn off any excess gas. The proposed project will occur on the closed landfill which takes up 35 acres of the 57 acre landfill property. An additional 0.5 acre will be used to establish the methane recovery system immediately adjacent to the landfill and still within the boundaries of the landfill property. The landfill is located in a rural area with no nearby neighbors.