· Precursor
TCEQ requires a landfill gas control system
Waste Dive, summarizing a July 2016 Amarillo Globe-News report, said TCEQ found the City landfill exceeded its permitted threshold for non-methane organic compounds and required a new gas control system, estimated at about $5.5 million to install and about $200,000 a year to maintain. The landfill improvement fund held about $5.4 million.[1]
What the sources say
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Waste Dive reported in August 2016 that TCEQ found the Amarillo landfill exceeded its permitted threshold for non-methane organic compounds and required a new gas control system, estimated at about $5.5 million to install and $200,000 a year to maintain; the landfill improvement fund held about $5.4 million and received $600,000 a year.[1]
- Install estimate
- $5,500,000
- Annual maintenance
- $200,000
- Fund balance
- $5,400,000
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Unnamed City officials, as reported by Waste Dive: Waste Dive reported that some officials attributed the higher gas levels to heavy rainfall the previous year; the article named no officials.[1]