Management of Gas from Landfills
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LINKS PROVIDED BELOW ARE PENDING AN UPDATE. ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE HAS BEEN ISSUED WHICH HAS NOT BEEN INCLUDED BELOW. WE WILL SHORTLY UPDATE THIS PAGE. ALL USERS MUST ENSURE THAT THEY OBTAIN THE CURRENT GUIDANCE.
England, Wales, Scotland & Northern Ireland
In the UK, the primary source document used to identify good practise in landfill gas management is still the the HMSO published document, "Waste Management Paper 26b", subsequently, further guidance was issued in "Waste Management Paper 27", and in areas where guidance in WMP 27, was also covered by WMP 26b, it is WMP 27 which takes precedence.
More recently the UK Environment Agency has issued documents which address specific topics. These are listed below, with important documents also from SEPA Scotland (although SEPA will normally adopt EA policy.
Policy in Wales is as in England, and this also applies for Northern Ireland, although it is always worth checking the extent to which EA guidance has been implemented locally, with the NI bodies responsible.
The Landfill Gas regulation scene is evolving rapidly in response to concerns about landfill odours, questions being asked about health risks to neighbouring communities, to implement European Directives, and to reduce carbon dioxide/global warming emissions - so the regulations and guidance can be expected to continue to change.
While we shall endeavour to keep these pages up to date, however, we recommend that users also themselves search the relevant agency web sites etc, to ensure the currency of the guidance used.
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Description
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Title/Link
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UK 
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Responses to the Agency consultation on the document "Guidance for landfill gas engine emissions.
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A Review of Consultation Responses: Guidance on Monitoring Landfill Gas Engines
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UK
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Clear and concise guidance on the gas treatment technologies available for landfill gas engines.
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Guidance On Gas Treatment Technologies For Landfill Gas Engines
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UK & Scotland (SEPA)
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Design and operation of enclosed flares in addition to the basics of combustion, operational requirements and environmental impacts of flares.
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Guidance on Landfill Gas Flaring
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UK
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Monitoring and assessment of the emissions of methane from the surface of permitted or licensed landfill sites.
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Guidance for managing landfill gas surface emissions
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UK
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Information on the IPPC regulatory position for operators of existing landfill sites planning to install landfill gas utilisation plant.
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IPPC for Landfill Gas Utilisation
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UK
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Proposed monitoring of trace component concentrations in raw landfill gas at permitted or licensed landfill sites.
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Monitoring protocol for trace components in landfill gas (Prepared by Enviros of the EA)
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UK
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Landfill leachate estimator tool and GasSimLite model for estimating landfill gas emissions.
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Landfill sector specific tools and guidance
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UK
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Monitoring protocol to enable the Agency and waste industry to control emissions from landfill gas flares in accordance with the Agency's Best Practice Guidance on flaring of landfill.
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Monitoring Protocol for Emissions from Landfill Gas Flares (Current research)
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UK
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Guidance document on a best practice protocol for monitoring the emissions to atmosphere from landfill gas utilisation systems.
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Monitoring Protocol for Emissions from Landfill Gas Utilisation Systems
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UK
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This draft document "Guidance for monitoring landfill gas surface emissions" is intended for use in monitoring methane emissions from the capped surface of permitted or licensed landfill sites.
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Proposed Guidance on Landfill Gas Surface Emissions
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UK
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To assist staff in the monitoring of tracecomponent concentrations in raw landfill gas at permitted or licensed landfill sites in England and Wales..
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Quantification of Trace Components in UK Landfill Gas
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UK
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To investigate the effect on emissions of cleaning up landfill gas prior to use in energy recovery plant. (Current reeearch underway Autumn 2003).
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Development of Guidance on the Effects of Gas Cleanup on Emissions from Landfill Gas Utilisation Equipment
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UK
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To determine whether gas derived from small-scale gasification and anaerobic digestion plant can be combined with landfill gas to reduce gaseous emissions, increase util- isation capacity and increase ...
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Intergas Decentralised Power Generation Using Biomass Syngas Biogas and Landfill Gas (Current research)
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UK
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To develop methods to estimate, measure and reduce landfill gas emissions to atmosphere
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Minimising Methane Emissions from Landfill (Current research)
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Scotland 
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SEPA is consulting with the Environment Agency (UK) on a series of guidance documents to assist Agency staff and industry.
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Draft Guidance for Monitoring Landfill Gas Engine Emissions, November 2002
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Project Profile of work done on Migration and Alteration of Landfill Gases.
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Landfill Gas Migration
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Measurement of landfill gas movement in clay liners.
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Specialist Modelling
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ATLAS
Directorate General XVII
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ATLAS Project to support energy Research and Technological Development (RTD) strategy, undertaken by the European Network of Energy Agencies (EnR)
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Landfill Gas for Energy - EU web site
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TA Luft
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Germany presents national programme to limit emissions of major air pollutants to meet emission ceilings by 2010
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TA Luft Regulations
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