HomeMy WebLinkAboutSEV - PWRF - 30% Anaerobic Design Reimbursement AgreementFILED FOR RECORD AT REQUEST OF: City of Pasco
WHEN RECORDED RETURN TO:
City of Pasco, Washington
525 North 3rd Pasco WA 99301
ANAEROBIC DIGESTION AND RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS PROJECT
FEASIBILITY REVIEW AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT entered into this 2nd day of November, 2021, by and between
Sustainable Energy Ventures, LLC, hereinafter referred to as "RNG Project Developer", and the
City of Pasco, Washington, a Municipal Corporation, hereinafter referred to as "City."
WHEREAS, City operates a Process Water Reuse Facility ("PWRF') to treat industrial
wastewater from Food Processors ("Processors") located in the vicinity of the City of Pasco; and
WHEREAS, the industrial wastewater treatment system operated by City, including the
PWRF, requires improvements in order to sufficiently treat current Processor wastewater flows
such that they continue to meet City permit limits; and
WHEREAS, the City's current wastewater treatment system is at or near capacity and
requires expansion to enable new Processors to use the facility or existing Processors to expand
their operations; and,
WHEREAS, RNG Project Developer has made a proposal to City and to Processors to
privately develop a new wastewater treatment plant that includes anaerobic digestion for
more comprehensive wastewater treatment and nitrogen removal to bring effluent nitrogen
levels to below City's permit levels (together, "AD System"), a gas cleanup system ("Gas
Cleanup System") for the production of Renewable Natural Gas, and an expansion of treatment
capacity (all together, the "Project"); and,
WHEREAS, in order to provide City and Processors with accurate wastewater treatment
costs and to determine the feasibility of the Project, the RNG Project Developer will need to
complete a 30% engineering design effort on the potential AD System ("Feasibility Review") for
a cost of $155,000.00, as well as complete an engineering design effort on the potential Gas
Cleanup System and Balance of Plant ("BOP") engineering that is outside of the scope of the AD
System design effort; and
WHEREAS, the Processors have agreed to support the cost of the Feasibility Review; and
WHEREAS, City has agreed to pay RNG Project Developer for the Feasibility Review of
the AD System and obtain reimbursement from Processors through City's regular billing processes.