Local Enforcement Agency (LEA) Training

Landfill Gas Screening

July-October 2002
Six locations throughout California

Presentations

Goals of the Workshop:

• Gain a basic understanding of California Landfill Gas (LFG) monitoring standards
• Develop an understanding of how different landfill gas monitors work
• Compare results and techniques between attendees

Topics Covered:

• Introduction to landfill gas (LFG) basics
• Introduction to LFG instrument operation procedures
• Operation of LFG monitors
• Monitoring for LFG 
• Evaluating monitoring results
• Hands-on monitoring in field conditions
• Discussion of State Minimum Standards for LFG  

Summary

Fifty (50) people attended the training including representatives of solid waste facilities, LEAs, and CIWMB. Attendees were offered 5 hours of CEU credits for this workshop from the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA).

Presentations from the Training

If the following PowerPoint presentation files sizes are too large to download, you may request a CD of the presentations from Melissa Parker (916) 341-6398.

• Landfill Gas Basics, (PowerPoint, 325 KB) presented by John Bell, CIWMB
• Monitoring System Evaluation, (PowerPoint, 435 KB) presented by John Bell, CIWMB
• Landfill Gas Screening Monitoring, (PowerPoint, 635 KB)  presented by John Bell, Peter Janicki, and Gino Yekta
• All of the above in one presentation (Adobe PDF, 5 MB | PowerPoint, 23 MB)

For questions regarding the presentation, please contact the instructors at: (916) 341-6368 (John Bell), (916) 341-6315 (Peter Janicki) and (916) 341-6354 (Gino Yekta).

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