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LANDFILL GAS EMISSIONS MODEL (LANDGEM) VERSION 3.02 USER'S GUIDE
Citation:
Alexander, A., C. Burklin, AND A. Singleton. LANDFILL GAS EMISSIONS MODEL (LANDGEM) VERSION 3.02 USER'S GUIDE. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA/600/R-05/047 (NTIS PB2006-102386), 2005.
Impact/Purpose:
To inform public
Description:
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 (MSW) landfills. This guide provides step-by-step guidance for using this software application, as well as an appendix containing background information for the technical basis of LandGEM. LandGEM can use either site-specific data to estimate emissions, or, if no site-specific data are available, use default parameters. 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.