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Memorandum of Understanding for Community Partners
This is a voluntary partnership between your organization and the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency's (EPA's) Landfill Methane Outreach Program (LMOP). The LMOP's
goal is to reduce methane emissions from landfills by encouraging the development
of cost-effective and environmentally sound landfill gas (LFG) projects. This
Memorandum takes effect when signed by both Parties.
EPA Partners with energy users, providers, and marketers; states; energy
recovery developers; and others crucial to the success of landfill
energy recovery development to help achieve the goals of LMOP. Community
Partners
are encouraged
to work in partnership with the EPA in developing their LFG projects
and to promote their experiences
with landfill methane utilization to other communities. The responsibilities
of each Partner—EPA
and the Community Partner—are summarized below.
EPA'S RESPONSIBILITIES
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Assist the Partner to facilitate LFG project
development and help the Partner overcome project barriers by providing
information, project
evaluations,
and technical assistance, where appropriate.
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Conduct an evaluation of the technical and economic
feasibility of a landfill gas energy project.
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Provide an assessment of potential energy users for the landfill
gas.
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Publicly recognize the Partner and take actions
to increase the public's knowledge of the Partner's involvement with
these beneficial projects.
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Provide and assist the Partner in using marketing tools (e.g.,
templates for posters, brochures, and press releases) to help the
Partner communicate
the benefits of landfill gas utilization
to its constituents.
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Designate an EPA LMOP liaison and
notify Partner of any change in the designated liaison.
COMMUNITY PARTNER'S RESPONSIBILITIES
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Appoint a representative as LMOP Coordinator and notify EPA of any
change in the designated liaison.
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Complete and annually update a project profile focusing
on the process the community undertook to develop its project.
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Participate in the LMOP Peer Network
to facilitate the exchange of information on various aspects of
LFG project development by communicating with peers
who have already developed projects.
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Where appropriate, promote the LFG project(s) and LMOP
through case studies, LFG project tours, ribbon-cutting ceremonies,
or other events.
NOTE: Partner responsibilities apply only after the Partner
has successfully developed a LFG project.
GENERAL TERMS
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As a general principle of the LMOP, each Party to this agreement
agrees to assume the good faith of the other Party and to notify
the other if any issues arise. Either Party can terminate
this agreement, without cause or penalty,
and both will then cease to publicize the Partner's
participation in the LMOP (must be submitted
in writing).
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The Partner agrees that the activities it undertakes connected
with this MOU are not intended to provide services to the federal
government and
that the Partner will not submit a claim
for compensation to any federal agency/department.
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The Partner agrees that it will not claim or imply that its participation
in the LMOP constitutes EPA approval or endorsement of anything other than
the Partner's commitment to the LMOP (see "LMOP Logo Use Guidelines"
on the final page of this MOU).
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