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27 <br />miles to the west of the Highway 86 exit from Interstate 40, and approximately five (5) miles <br />north of Chapel Hill, at 1514 Eubanks Road, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, which consists of two <br />land disposal areas, a "North" closed unit comprising about fifty (50) acres (the "North <br />Landfill"), and a "South" operating unit comprising approximately twenty-five (25) acres and <br />operated in four phases (the "South Landfill"). The South Landfill is currently operating in <br />Phase 4 and is expected to reach capacity in the Spring of 2011; <br />W~REAS, waste acceptance records indicate that the North Landfill received about <br />h <br />;~~-~. <br />1.2 million tons of waste during its operating period "`om 19'72 to June 1995. The capacity of <br />~`? `l; <br />`~ <br />Y4-'~ ~ `G'-tie <br />the South Landfill is approximately 920,000 tons;` -ti <br />,_~.:~ <br />Wk~REAS, Landfill Gas (as defined below), coir~sLing principally of.methane, carbon <br />~"+. <br />dioxide, nitrogen and traces of other constituent ases, is ~~ +°elated as a b - roduct of the <br />g ~?,~~;,, w Y P <br />decomposition of waste in the Landfill; <br />VP~I2EAS, subj,a~e~terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the County <br />`~ ~ ,~ <br />desires to grant to ~e~=t~~n~~~crsit<~ ~e exclusive right to design, develop, install and operate the <br />.~ ~. <br />LFG Project (as defined b``e~,« j~tu pus~~tah~1 dfill gas (and in particular, methane) and to <br />~"~ <br />convert LFG into one or more 'f s'ij~Yt of energy, thereby reducing associated greenhouse gas <br />w~G~~. <br />~~?i} <br />emissions from the Landfill, while atte same time generating power from a renewable energy <br />source; <br />WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the <br />University desires to have the exclusive right to design, develop, install, and operate the LFG <br />Project, and to collect, extract, and remove LFG from the Landfill, and either to destroy such gas <br />or to convert all or any portion of it into energy to supply part of the University's energy needs at <br />its Carolina North Campus, or for any other lawful purpose; and <br />4 <br />{00018638.DOC 16} <br />