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California Treatment Plant to produce 100% Renewable Energy
WRITTEN BY
Shri Vani SripadaTAGGED
Victor Valley Wastewater Reclamation Authority’s Carbon Neutral Energy Project was unveiled at their wastewater treatment facility in Victorville, California. The Project creates energy by using tons of waste that would otherwise be sent to landfills. This facility houses the Omnivore Biogas Renewable Energy Project which is the end result of Carbon neutrality and produces 100% renewable power by treating sewage and organic waste. The facility will be 100% energy neutral by the start of 2015.
This facility will prevent more than 1,400 tons of waste from entering landfills and replace 9 million kilowatt hours of electricity annually. The facility houses an anaerobic digester with new and unique technology that boosts its energy development capacity by increasing the amount of organic waste and sludge that can be digested and converted to biogas. This is then turned into electricity for power plant operations. Several high energy waste streams such as FOG and food processing wastes are being evaluated for potential introduction into the digester.
FEATURED PROJECT
PROBLEM
A local company engaged in manufacturing imported a small amount of a chemical substance defined under TSCA. Faced with a potential EPA enforcement action with penalties assessed for noncompliance under TSCA of up to $32,500 per day per violation, the company called SMG for help.
SMG'S APPROACH
SMG analyzed the company’s current TSCA procedures and assisted the company in developing a proactive, cost-effective compliance procedure. SMG also facilitated a training program to educate employees about TSCA.
MG worked with the company to develop mechanisms that assured adherence with the policies that were being implemented for compliance. Procedures to promptly correct any potential violations and prevent future violations were also put into place.
RESULTS
SMG was able to show that the company complied with the relevant TSCA regulations and was improving their TSCA policies and procedures to assure that future issues were less likely to occur. The company was not subjected to the proposed penalties and now has mechanisms in place to maintain TSCA compliance.