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LANDFILL AIR EMISSIONS ESTIMATION MODEL USER'S MANUAL
Citation:
Pelt, W., R. Bass, I. Kuo, AND A. Blackard. LANDFILL AIR EMISSIONS ESTIMATION MODEL USER'S MANUAL. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/8-90/085a.
Description:
The document is a user's guide for the computer program, "Landfill Air Emissions Estimation Model." It provides step-by-step guidance for using the program to estimate landfill air emissions. The purpose of this program is to aid local and state agencies in estimating landfill air emission rates for non methane organic compounds and individual air toxics. This program will also be helpful to landfill owners and operators affected by the upcoming New Source Performance Standard (NSPS) and Emission Guidelines for Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Air Emissions. The model is based on the Scholl Canyon Gas Generation Model, used in the development of the soon-to-be-proposed regulation for landfill air emissions. The Scholl Canyon Model is a first order decay equation that uses site- specific characteristics for estimating the gas generation rate. In the absence of site-specific data, the program provides conservative default values from the soon-to-be-proposed NSPS for new landfills and emission guidelines for existing landfills. These default values may be revised based on future information collected by the Agency.