Abstract:
The Landfill Gas Emissions Model (LandGEM) is an automated estimation tool with a Microsoft Excel interface that can be used to estimate emission rates for total landfill gas, methane, carbon dioxide, nonmethane organic compounds, and individual air pollutants from municipal solid waste landfills. This guide provides step-by-step guidance for using this software application, as well as an appendix ... containing background information on the technical basis of LandGEM. LandGEM can use either site-specific data to estimate emissions or default parameters if no site-specific data are available. The model contains two sets of default parameters, CAA defaults and inventory defaults. The CAA defaults are based on federal regulations for MSW landfills laid out by the Clean Air Act (CAA) and can be used for determining whether a landfill is subject to the control requirements of these regulations. The inventory defaults are based on emission factors in EPA’s Compilation of Air Pollutant Emission Factors (AP-42) and can be used to generate emission estimates for use in emission inventories and air permits in the absence of site-specific test data.
[Summary provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
TYLER
B.
STEVENS Role:
SERF AUTHOR
Phone:
(301) 614-6898
Fax:
301-614-5268
Email:
Tyler.B.Stevens at nasa.gov
Contact Address:
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Global Change Master Directory City:
Greenbelt
Province or State:
MD
Postal Code:
20771
Country:
USA
Publications/References
EPA, 1991a. Air Emissions from Municipal Solid Waste Landfills. Background Information for Proposed Standards and Guidelines, EPA-450/3-90-011a (NTIS PB91-197061), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC.
EPA, 1991b. Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources and Guidelines for Control of Existing Sources: Municipal Solid Waste Landfills, proposed rule. Federal ... Register, 56 FR 24468, May 30.
EPA, 1991c. Regulatory Package for New Source Performance Standards and III(d) Guidelines for Municipal Solid Waste Air Emissions, Public Docket No. A-88-09 (proposed May 1991). U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC.
EPA, 1996. Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources and Guidelines for Control of Existing Sources: Municipal Solid Waste Landfills, final rule. Federal Register, 61 FR 9905, March 12.
EPA, 1998. Compilation of Air Pollutant Emission Factors, AP-42, Volume 1: Stationary Point and Area Sources, 5th ed., Supplement E, Chapter 2.4: Municipal Solid Waste Landfills. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, Research Triangle Park, NC, November.
McGuinn, Y.C., 1988a. Memorandum. Radian Corporation, to Susan Thorneloe, EPA. Use of Landfill Gas Generation Model to Estimate VOC Emissions from Landfills, Public Docket No. A-88-09, June 21.
McGuinn, Y.C., 1988b. Memorandum. Radian Corporation, to Susan Thorneloe, EPA. Sensitivity Analysis of Landfill Gas Generation Model, Public Docket No. A-88-09, June 21.
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), 1997a. Code of Federal Regulations, Part 60, Protection of the Environment, Subpart WWW - Standards of Performance for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills, Office of the Federal Register, Washington, DC.
NARA, 1997b. Code of Federal Regulations, Part 60, Protection of the Environment, Subpart Cc - Emission Guidelines and Compliance Times for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills, Office of the Federal Register, Washington, DC.
Pelt, W.R., 1993. Memorandum. Radian Corporation to Municipal Solid Waste Landfills Docket A-88-09, Methodology Used to Revise the Model Inputs in the Municipal Solid Waste Landfills Input Database (Revised), Public Docket No. A-88-09, April 28.
Thorneloe, S.A., A. Reisdorph, M. Laur, R. Pelt, R.L. Bass, and C. Burklin, 1999. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Landfill Gas Emissions Model (LandGEM), Sardinia 99, Seventh International Waste Management and Landfill Symposium, Published in Proceedings, Volume IV, Pages 11S18, October 4S8.
Thorneloe, S.A. and J.G. Pacey, 1994. Landfill Gas Utilization--Database of North American Projects, Presented at the 17th Annual International Landfill Gas Symposium by the Solid Waste Association of North America, Long Beach, CA, March 22-24.
Thorneloe, S.A., M. Doorn, M. Barlaz, et al., 1994. Methane Emissions from Landfills and Open Dumps, In EPA Report to Congress on International Anthropogenic Methane Emissions: Estimates for 1990. EPA-230-R-93-010.
Creation and Review Dates
SERF Creation Date:
2012-11-26
SERF Last Revision Date:
2012-11-27
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