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72 LANDFILL GAS AGREEMENT This Agreement is entered into as of Deeember3aaeafyFebruary , 20082009 (the "ClesiftgEffective Date"), between Orange County, North Carolina (the "County") and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill(the"University"). The County and the University are sometimes hereinafter referred to individually as "Party" and collectively as"Parties."[County's change acceptable to UNCJ RECrrArs WHEREAS,the University is the flagship public research university of the State of North Carolina located in Chapel Hill,North Carolina; WHEREAS,the University desires, in furtherance of its University Sustainability Policy and the sustainability objectives associated with the proposed Carolina North Campus, to pursue and implement projects in cooperation with community partners that preserve natural resources, conserve energy,reduce hazardous emissions,and lessen overall environmental impacts; WHEREAS, the County, as a good steward of the environment and a leader in the growth, development, and sustainability of the community,desires to partner with the University in its efforts to meet the goals of the University Sustainability Policy and its other sustainability efforts; WHEREAS,the University has determined that to help achieve these objectives it will work cooperatively with the County to extract landfill gas from the Orange County Landfill, and to convert that gas into energy to supply power and heat for the University's Carolina North Campus while at the same time removing significant quantities of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere; WHEREAS,the County desires,in furtherance of the health and well-being of its citizens and the fiscal soundness of the County,to enter into this Agreement with the University to make beneficial use of Landfill resources and to generate revenue for the County from the sale of LFG; (00022477.DOC)