Local Enforcement Agency (LEA) Training

Hands-On Landfill Gas Training

March-June 2004
Five locations throughout the state

Goals of the Workshop

• Promote proficiency in landfill gas (LFG) monitoring
• Familiarize trainees with accepted LFG monitoring techniques
• Provide an understanding of LFG monitoring issues
• Allow for discussion of state minimum standards using real world examples
• Build experience quickly
• Gain a basic understanding of California LFG monitoring standards
• Develop an understanding of how different landfill gas monitors work
• Compare results and techniques between attendees

• Introduction to LFG basics
• Introduction to LFG instrument operation procedures
• Operation of LFG monitors
• Monitoring for LFG 
• Evaluating monitoring results
• Hands-on monitoring in simulated field conditions
• Discussion of state minimum standards for LFG

Dates and Locations

March 23, 2004--Stockton
April 20-21, 2004--Visalia
May 25, 2004--San Diego
May 27, 2004--Los Angeles
June 22, 2004--San Mateo

Summary

Twenty-five (25) attendees participated in this training at five locations throughout the state. Attendees were offered 6 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, 293 KB) presented by John Bell, CIWMB
• Monitoring System Evaluation, (PowerPoint, 870 KB) presented by John Bell, CIWMB
• Landfill Gas Screening Monitoring, (PowerPoint, 29 KB)  presented by John Bell, Peter Janicki, and Gino Yekta

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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