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Board of Commissioners Meeting Minutes - Final December 12, 2023 <br />Absent: 1 - Commissioner Earman <br />15.B.3. 23-1130 Authorization to provide LFG Easements on the Landfill Property <br />Recommended Action: Solid Waste Disposal District (SWDD) staff recommends that its Board approve: <br />a) Approve the fifty -foot -wide temporary LFG construction easement and grant <br />Nopetro Eco District, LLC the non-exclusive easement in accordance with the <br />easement drawings. b) Approve the twenty -foot -wide sub -lateral "C-5" canal <br />crossing LFG easement and grant Nopetro Eco District, LLC the non-exclusive <br />easement in accordance with the easement drawings. c) Approve the <br />twenty -foot -wide LFG easement and grant Nopetro Eco District, LLC the <br />non-exclusive easement in accordance with the easement drawings. d) Direct the <br />County Attorney's Office to finalize the legal documents to record the approved <br />non-exclusive easements. e) Authorize the Chairman to execute the final legal <br />documents to effectuate the granting of the approved non-exclusive easements. <br />Attachments: Staff Report <br />50 -Foot Wide Temporary Easement <br />20 -Foot Wide Sub -Lateral C-5 Canal Easement <br />20 -Foot Wide Sub -Lateral LFG Easement <br />Environmental Assessment <br />[Clerk Note: This item was heard following Item 13. B.] <br />Himanshu Mehta, Solid Waste Disposal District (SWDD) Managing Director, <br />explained the requested easements were needed to construct, install, and maintain <br />landfill gas (LFG) lines between the SWDD landfill and the Nopetro Eco District's <br />(NED) planned construction of a Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) processing <br />facility. Because the NED recently acquired an alternate parcel of land for the <br />RNG facility, new easements were required to fulfill the SWDD's obligation to the <br />project. <br />Nopetro's CEO, Jorge Herrera, presented an update to the RNG plant <br />development which included a timeline with expected LFG commencement in <br />January 2025. <br />Chairman Adams received confirmation that an amendment to NED's agreement <br />with the County to extend the original milestones by 90 days was in progress. <br />County Attorney Bill DeBraal received information regarding additional items that <br />were being negotiated under the forthcoming amendment. <br />A motion was made by Vice Chairman Flescher, seconded by Commissioner <br />Loar, to approve staff's recommendation. The motion carried by the following <br />vote: <br />Indian River County Florida Page 2 <br />