HomeMy WebLinkAbout06-12-13 SJC Res in Support of NYSDEC grant App for Trans Fuel from Biogas.pdfSJC Resolution to Support NYSDEC Grant Application for Project No. 7 -MSWSS -118 for
Transportation Fuel from Biogas
WHEREAS, the Ithaca Area Wastewater Treatment Facility ( IAWWTF) is a jointly owned facility by the
City of Ithaca and Towns of Dryden and Ithaca, and
WHEREAS, in 2009 IAWWTF staff applied for a NYSDEC Division of Solid and Hazardous Materials
Bureau of Waste Reduction and Recycling Municipal Waste Reduction and Recycling Capital Project
grant to develop a Transportation Fuel from biogas fueling system to support the greening of our fleet,
and
WHEREAS, NYSDEC has invited IAWWTF to submit a full application and
WHEREAS, since the original application several capital improvements have been made that support the
vehicle fueling concept creating a suite of projects we can use to support the grant application, and
WHEREAS, the SJC has been a constant source of support for energy conservation and production
projects and grants that support said projects, and
WHEREAS, because of the more than $11 million in recent investments we can use parts of those project
investments to provide the 50% matching contribution to support the grant request amount; now,
therefore be it
RESOLVED, that the IAWWTF will submit a full proposal to DEC, and be it further
RESOLVED, the IAWWTF will use the biogas for transportation on its own fleet for a minimum of two
years, and be it further
RESOLVED, that the authorized representative for this project is the IAWWTF Laboratory Director.
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June 12, 2013