LOPEZ CANYON LANDFILL

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FACT SHEET

• Address: 11950 Lopez Canyon Road, Lake View Terrace, CA 91342
• Year Opened: 1975
• Year Closed: 1996
• Property Size: 399 acres
• Fill Area: 166 acres
• Type of Refuse: Class III (residential, street sweepings, construction and demolition materials)
• Total in Place Capacity: 19,200,000 tons or 30,720,000 cubic yards
• Average Depth of Fill: 200 feet
• Additional Expansion Area: none

The landfill gas management system consists of a combination of horizontal and vertical extraction wells feeding a flare station at a capacity of 8,750 cubic feet per minute and 6 Megawatt and 1 Megawatt electrical generating stations. Present landfill gas generation is 5,000,000 cubic feet per day. Present electrical generation is enough to power 6,000 homes.

Lopez Canyon is undergoing closure construction.

Potential Future Use: Public use facilities, low intensity open space or active recreational