In December, it completed the 16-inch, high-density polyethylene pipeline from the Lanchester Landfill to deliver gas to Dart Container in Leola.

"Of the 20 existing operations that utilize landfill gas to energy, this is the only one that has multiple customers," said Dawn Granger, company spokeswoman.

The gas line, which follows an existing railroad line from Honey Brook to New Holland and then to Leola is a collaboration with the Chester County Solid Waste Authority and Granger Energy L.L.C. of Lansing, Mich.

Kathleen A. McGinty, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection secretary, will honor the company's accomplishment today during a visit to the landfill, located in Honey Brook and Narvon.

The project involved more than a dozen approvals from the DEP, Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, local municipal authorities and the U.S. Office of Pipeline Safety. An additional 30 railroad crossings, 75 land easements and 32 construction agreements were obtained.

Two more companies, New Holland Concrete in New Holland and L&S Sweeteners in Leola, are expected to begin receiving methane gas within the next year.

Granger has developed a total of 13 landfill gas-to-energy projects in Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Utah and Alabama.

Granger would not disclose the price of the gas contracts.

"Landfill gas will always be cheaper than other natural gas and give the companies a competitive advantage, which is good for the community and helps provide and maintain jobs," she said.

Granger last year received a $235,000 grant from the Pennsylvania Energy Harvest initiative to purchase a landfill gas-fueled Caterpillar Engine Generator that produces electricity.