AGENDA

Meetlng #4
Anaerobic Treatment of Septage/Blosollds to
Produce Blogas, Electrlcal Power and Treated Blosollds
Township of Chatsworth
Township of Georglan Blutfs
Date:
Time:
Location:
Tuesday, April24,2007
8:30 a.m.
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Review minutes of Project Meeting #3.
Review information oblained frorn "Growing the Margins; Energy Conservation and Generation for
Farms and Food Processors" conference in London April i2 & 19,2007.
Discussion of project
team members from Universig of Guelph and CEM Engineering.
Discussion of information from Terry Rothwell,
p.Eng.,
Agriculture Engineer.
Discussion of information obtained from Mr. John Schut, Client Account Otficer, Rural
programs
Branch, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, Owen Sound.
Loss of carbon credits for prole-clif electricity sold to Ontario Power Authority. Meeting with Sevetlana
Morozova, Senior Associate, CO2E.com., carbon credits broker - Toront.
Contact with Agriculture Canada.
Contact with Ontario Mnistry of Environment.
Email response from Mrs. Elaine Hardy Program Support Coordinator EnvironmentalAssessment
& Approvals Branch, Ontario Ministry of Environment regarding the EA requirements.
Discussion of Regulation Proposal notice under the environmental registry for products that can be
treated anaerobically using anaerobic digesters on farms.
Discussion of otf farm materials that can be processed
on farm.
Ontario Ministry of Agricultural Food and Rural Affairs staff wth expertise (and connections) with
anaerobicdigestion of farm materials. Mr. Don Hilborn, P. Eng., Stratford, Mr. Jake Debruyn,
p.
Eng.,
Stone Road at Guelph.
Proposed letter to Ontario Power Authority regarding approvals of this project
as a farm based
project.
Discussio regarding Biogas (methane gas) cleanup, compression and delivery by truck to ie.
Superior Propane.
Discussion of utilizing waste dusl material from the grain elevators in Owen Sound for feed stock in
the anaerobic digester.
It was indicated during the conference that straw cut up in small pieces
was found to be a good
product for producing
Biogas in anaerobic digesters.
It would appear that the only digester that has been working adequately so far in Ontario for treatment
of agricultural products
such as manure and other waste pioducts has been the digester at the Klaesi
Brothers farm in Cobden. Fritz and Paul Klaesi might be needed as advisrs as this project
progresses.
New business.
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