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approval to combust ventilation air methane at one of Jim Walter's mines, and that it will <br />"generate an income stream based on the selling of carbon credits." 17 This further demonstrates <br />that methane capture or combustion can be not only economical, but profitable. In Pennsylvania. <br />RAG American Coal Co. in 2003 received approval to capture and process methane. "The <br />recovered methane will be processed and sold to a natural gas pipeline." Penn. Dep't of <br />Environmental Protection, "DEP Issues Air Quality Plan Approval for Methane Recovery <br />Project," (Nov. 6, 2003) at 2, attached as Exh. 29. A 2007 EPA presentation documents 10 <br />capture and utilization projects at active mines in the United States, including: natural gas <br />pipeline injection, mine air heating, and coal drying. P. Franklin, US EPA Coalbed Methane <br />Outreach Program, "Coal Mine Methane Recovery & Utilization in the United States" (Sep. 25, <br />2007), at 8-11, attached as Exh. 30. This document also reports that technology is available to <br />harness ventilation air methane, which typically occurs at concentrations of less than 1%. Id. at <br />15.18 <br />In addition to those projects in the U.S., numerous projects around the globe capture and <br />utilize methane, including: "natural gas pipeline injection, electric power production, co-firing in <br />boilers, district heating, mine heating, coal drying, vehicle fuel, flaring, and <br />manufacturing/industrial uses[.]" Methane to Markets website, <br />http://www.methanetomarkels.orglcoalmines/coalmines-bkgrd.him, at 2 d printed page (last <br />viewed April 25, 2008), attached as Exh. 31. In fact, EPA is making grants and providing <br />technical workshops to promote responsible use of coal mine methane in other countries. U.S. <br />" See Biothermica Press Release, "Key Approval Granted for First-of-Kind Coal Mine <br />Methane Mitigation Project in North America" (Apr. 28, 2008) at 1, available at <br />www.biothermica.com/brochure_pdf/comm_vamjwr_en.pdf (last viewed Apr. 28, 2008). <br />'$ Additional documentation of methane utilization projects is available in the EPA <br />Coalbed Methane Outreach Program Technical Options Series, the Coalbed Methane Outreach <br />Program's website, http://www.epa.gov/Coalbed/resources/technical options.html. <br />APPEAL OF E SEAM METHANE DRAINAGE WELLS PROJECT, APRIL 28, 2008 PAGE 28