Implementing landfill surfaces methane monitoring for the municipal solid waste landfill NSPS/EG
The United States Environmental Protection Agency`s (USEPA) Municipal Solid Waste Landfill New Source Performance Standard (NSPS) and Emission Guidelines (EG) implements a landfill surface methane performance standard to verify emissions control effectiveness. The standard requires that periodic measures of surface gases along a predesignated route be less than 500 ppm methane at any point. During rule proposal, SWANA`s Landfill Gas Management Division (LFGMD) had advocated a performance standard as a more economic and effective alternative to the very prescriptive requirements first proposed by the USEPA in 1991. However, LFGMD recommended an averaged rather than a point source measure of the surface gases. Under the final NSPS rule, the landfill surface gas must be tested along the landfill`s perimeter and along interior routes each quarter. The interior routes must be aligned such that no route portion is more than 30 meters from any other portion. Exemptions are allowed for hazardous areas. A portable methane detector meeting USEPA`s Method 21 requirements is used to continuously sample air pumped from a probe or wand placed between 5 and 10 centimeters of the ground surface as a technician walks along a route. This paper addresses various implementation issues and discusses the development of possible monitoring alternatives, as allowed by the rule.
- OSTI ID:
- 381467
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9603165--
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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