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INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL
Introduced by: The Council President
At the request of: The Administration (Department of Public Works)
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ORDINANCE concerning
Title
Franchise - Methane Gas Line and Telecommunications Conduit Under and Across the Hawkins Point Road Right-of-way
FOR the purpose of granting a franchise to Ameresco Curtis Bay, LLC, to construct, use, and maintain a methane gas line and telecommunications conduit under and across the 2400 block of Hawkins Point Road, subject to certain terms, conditions, and reservations; and providing for a special effective date.
Body
BY authority of
Article VIII - Franchises
Baltimore City Charter
(1996 Edition)
Recitals
Ameresco Curtis Bay, LLC, is constructing a Renewable Energy Center for the United States Coast Guard Yard at 2401 Hawkins Point Road. The Renewable Energy Center will be operated by Ameresco to provide electricity and steam to the Coast Guard Yard.
The Renewable Energy Center will be fuelled by methane gas generated at the City of Baltimore's Quarantine Road Sanitary Landfill. Ameresco is constructing facilities at the Quarantine Road Landfill that will clean and compress the landfill gas for transport to the Renewable Energy Center.
Ameresco Curtis Bay, LLC, is proposing to construct an underground private methane gas line connecting its facilities at the Quarantine Road Landfill to the United States Coast Guard Yard and the Renewable Energy Center. The connection will require a 12-inch methane gas line and a 2-inch telecommunications HDPE conduit.
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