Fort Worth, Texas, considers installing LFG collection system

Fort Worth, Texas, has begun exploring the idea of selling the methane produced by its southeast landfill, reports the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

If approved by Fort Worth’s city council, the city will pay Houston-based law firm Porter Hedges LLP $12,000 to draft a contract with the landfill’s operator, Phoenix-based Republic Services. A yet-to-be-named third-party company would oversee the extraction, processing and sale of methane generated by the landfill.

Brandon Bennet, who oversees the city’s solid waste department, told the Star-Telegram the initiative would essentially be another type of gas well revenue. Currently, the city’s landfill captures and burns methane through flaring, however, the proposed contract would allow for it to sell landfill gas for the production of renewable fuel.

The third-party company will be responsible for constructing, maintaining and operating the gas extraction process, which will pose no costs to Fort Worth taxpayers.

The city council took a vote regarding the contract with Porter Hedges at its Jan. 31 meeting. Waste Today has reached out to the city for an update.