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Proposals
Taylor-Montgomery
An Orange County private hauler hub ringed by four municipal WWTPs, working farmland, and invasive-biomass watersheds — the highest feedstock-variation site in the portfolio.
How this site was selected: Mapping layers pair feedstocks with infrastructure, the matrix approach (industrial/hauling, feedstock variation, pyrolysis, space/expansion) distills the strongest candidates, and the 25-50 mile coverage logic keeps proposals balanced. Read the methodology.
Why this site
Site-selection rationale
Taylor-Montgomery is the densest feedstock mix in the ten. Inside the 25-mile radius: Gardnertown Farm on the agricultural side; Goshen, Newburgh, New Windsor, and Wallkill WWTPs on the biosolids side; and invasive water chestnut beds on Algonquin Park Pond and the Moodna-Creek-to-Hudson stretch that would otherwise be a disposal cost rather than a feedstock.
On the matrix: feedstock variation is the headline green (ag + biosolids + aquatic invasive in one radius is unusual for the Valley); industrial & hauling is green through the existing private hauler footprint; pyrolysis potential is also green because the aquatic invasive biomass is a natural pyrolysis feed that pairs with AD digestate. Space is watch-list and will need shortlisting before siting.
For coverage, Taylor-Montgomery sits squarely in the Orange County corridor that links the NYC demand edge with the Valley's central counties — and leans on the 25-mile food-waste-law spacing rule without crowding Beacon or the Dutchess RRA downstream.
System diagram
Tip: open this in a new tab to zoom, then use it in meetings as a shared reference.
Biosolids flow snapshot
This 2015 snapshot shows Orange County's biosolids moving through landfill, hauling, and land application lanes. Use it to frame constraints before you size anything.
Evidence & policy context
The drivers behind this proposal
The same forces that shape HVB's mission shape the case for this site — four policy and ecological drivers, grounded in a shared county-scale data resource.
Food waste diversion
Tie this proposal into New York's 2022 organics mandate and the diversion tailwind it has created.
Read the food waste law
Climate mandates (CLCPA)
Anchor the system in the state's methane and RNG-pathway accountability framework.
View the CLCPA pathways
Environmental justice
Screen this site against community burden and build benefits into the pilot from day one.
Explore the EJ policy
Invasive biomass loops
Consider whether invasive biomass streams (water chestnut, others) can contribute feedstock to this site.
See invasive biomass pilotsWhere to start
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