Ribbon-cutting set for BioCNG facility

St. Landry Solid Waste Disposal District will announce its official opening at a ribbon-cutting ceremony to take place at 10 a.m. Thursday at the St. Landry Parish Landfill, 417 Solid Waste Road, Washington.
The vehicle fuel system, fully commissioned in 2012, was expanded to include an additional BioCNG system and a remote CNG fueling station in Opelousas that dispenses BioCNG via mobile transport.
BioCNG, LLC, which partnered with the District to develop the original system, designed, installed, and commissioned the new “primary-satellite” BioCNG station format – the first of its kind in the country.
The St. Landry Parish BioCNG Vehicle Fuel Project received the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Landfill Methane Outreach Program 2012 Project of the Year award.
The expansion is part of a fuel purchase agreement between St. Landry Solid Waste and Progressive Waste Solutions. Progressive Waste purchased new CNG-powered refuse trucks to use the biogas and to provide the district collection services and has access to the increased BioCNG generated from the expanded system. The system was designed to serve public works trucks and the sheriffs’ vehicle fleet. The expanded project will also provide BioCNG fuel to St Landry Parish clients.
“On behalf of the District, I am delighted to celebrate the expanded facility’s completion, which has been a year in the making,” Katry Martin, St. Landry Parish Solid Waste Disposal District executive director, said. “Progressive has been successfully using the facility, and is now fueling up to 10 refuse trucks per day with an estimated annual consumption of 140,000 gasoline gallon equivalents.”
Steve Wittmann, BioCNG, LLC, project manager said, BioCNG’s four-year relationship with the district has been gratifying and its proud to see the expanded BioCNG fueling station.