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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>As
  filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 29, 2021</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Registration
  No. 333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 12pt"><B>UNITED
  STATES </B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 12pt"><B>SECURITIES
  AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Washington,
  D.C. 20549</B></FONT></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 12pt"><B>FORM
  S-8</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION
  STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></FONT><B><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><BR></FONT></B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 16pt"><B>ARCHAEA
  ENERGY INC.</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B></B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</FONT></P>
  
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      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 49%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Delaware</B></FONT></P>
      <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"></P></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; width: 2%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 49%; padding-right: -0.7pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>85-2867266</B></FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">(State
      or other jurisdiction of<BR>
   incorporation or organization)</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: -0.7pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
   Identification No.)</TD></TR>
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
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      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; width: 49%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>4444 Westheimer Road, Suite G450 <BR>
  Houston, Texas</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; width: 2%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; width: 49%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>77027</B></FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(Address of principal executive offices)</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(Zip code)</FONT></TD></TR>
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Archaea
  Energy Inc. 2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(Full
  title of the plan)</FONT></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Lindsay
  Ellis<BR>
  General Counsel and Secretary<BR>
  4444 Westheimer Road, Suite G450<BR>
  Houston, Texas 77027<BR>
  (346) 708-8272</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(Name,
  address and telephone number of agent for service)</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><I>&nbsp;</I></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Copies
  of all communications, including communications sent to agent for service, should be sent to:</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Matthew
  R. Pacey, P.C.<BR>
  Lanchi D. Huynh<BR>
  Kirkland&nbsp;&amp; Ellis LLP<BR>
  609 Main Street<BR>
  Houston, Texas 77002<BR>
  (713) 836-3600</B></FONT></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Indicate
  by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting
  company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &ldquo;large accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;accelerated filer,&rdquo;
  &ldquo;smaller reporting company,&rdquo; and &ldquo;emerging growth company&rdquo; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
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      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 49%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Large
      accelerated filer &#9744;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 51%; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Accelerated
      filer &#9744;</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Non-accelerated
      filer &#9746;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Smaller
      reporting company &#9746;</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Emerging
      growth company &#9746;</FONT></TD></TR>
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">If
  an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying
  with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. &#9744;</FONT></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>CALCULATION
  OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
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      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; font-weight: bold; text-align: left">Title of Securities to be Registered</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; font-weight: bold; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Amount <BR> to be Registered<SUP>(1)</SUP></B></FONT></TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">Proposed Maximum <BR> Offering<BR>
      Price Per<BR>
   Share</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">Proposed Maximum <BR> Aggregate <BR> Offering <BR>
  Price</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">Amount of <BR> Registration Fee</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: left; width: 52%">Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 1%; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="width: 9%; text-align: right">14,500,000</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; text-align: left"><SUP>(2)</SUP></TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 1%; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="width: 9%; text-align: right">17.43</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; text-align: left"><SUP>(3)</SUP></TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 1%; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="width: 9%; text-align: right">252,735,000.00</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 1%; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="width: 9%; text-align: right">23,428.54</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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  <TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(1)</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Pursuant
  to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &ldquo;Securities Act&rdquo;), Archaea Energy Inc. (the &ldquo;Registrant&rdquo;)
  is also registering an indeterminate number of additional shares of its Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (&ldquo;Class
  A Common Stock&rdquo;), that may become issuable by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction.
  No additional registration fee is included for these shares.</FONT></TD>
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  <TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(2)</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Represents
  shares of Class A Common Stock reserved for issuance under the Archaea Energy Inc. 2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan (as amended from time
  to time, the &ldquo;Plan&rdquo;).</FONT></TD>
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  <TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(3)</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Estimated
  solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, based on the average of the high and low prices of the shares of Class A
  Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on December 21, 2021 (such date being within five business days of the date that this registration
  statement was first filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;Commission&rdquo;)). This calculation is in accordance
  with Rule 457(c) and (h) of the Securities Act.</FONT></TD>
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  <P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">PART
  I</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION
  REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(<FONT STYLE="text-transform: none">a</FONT>) PROSPECTUS</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&#9;The
  Registrant will send or give all participants in the Plan document(s) containing the information required by Part I of Form&nbsp;S-8,&nbsp;as
  specified in Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act. Such documents are not required to be, and are not, filed with the Commission,
  either as part of this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this &ldquo;Registration Statement&rdquo;) or as prospectuses or prospectus
  supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act. These documents, and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration
  Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof,&nbsp;taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section&nbsp;10(a)
  of the Securities Act.</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">PART
  II</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION
  REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Item
  3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Except
  to the extent that information is deemed furnished and not filed pursuant to securities laws and regulations, the Registrant hereby incorporates
  by reference into this Registration Statement the following documents:</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in; text-indent: -0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" STYLE="width: 100%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top">
  <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(a)</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Amendment
                                              No. 2 to the Annual Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1823766/000121390021067751/f10k2020a2_archaeaenergyinc.htm">Form 10-K/A</A> for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 (filed
                                              by the Registrant with the Commission on December 28, 2021);</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in; text-indent: -0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" STYLE="width: 100%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top">
  <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(b)</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Amendment
                                              No. 1 to the Quarterly Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1823766/000121390021067762/f10q0321a1_archaeaenergyinc.htm">Form 10-Q/A</A> for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2021
                                              (filed by the Registrant with the Commission on December 28, 2021), Amendment No. 1 to the
                                              Quarterly Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1823766/000121390021067764/f10q0621a1_archaeaenergy.htm">Form 10-Q/A</A> for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2021 (filed by the
                                              Registrant with the Commission on December 28, 2021) and Amendment No. 1 to the Quarterly
                                              Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1823766/000182376621000013/lfg-20210930.htm">Form 10-Q/A</A> for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2021 (filed by the Registrant
                                              with the Commission on December 29, 2021);</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in; text-indent: -0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" STYLE="width: 100%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top">
  <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(c)</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">the
                                              Current Reports on Form 8-K filed by the Registrant with the Commission on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1823766/000121390021020720/ea139171-8k_riceacq.htm">April 8, 2021</A>,
                                              <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1823766/000121390021026070/ea140801-8k_riceacq.htm">May 13, 2021</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1823766/000121390021029907/ea141854-8k_riceacq.htm">May 28, 2021</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1823766/000121390021047206/ea147132-8k_riceacquisit.htm">September 9, 2021</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1823766/000121390021047981/ea147388-8k_riceacq.htm">September 14, 2021</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1823766/000121390021049102/ea147108-8k_archaea.htm">September 21, 2021</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1823766/000121390021056595/ea149698-8k_archaea.htm">November 4, 2021</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1823766/000121390021065854/ea152512-8k_archaeaener.htm">December 17, 2021</A> and <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1823766/000121390021067744/ea153004-8k_archaeaenergy.htm">December 28, 2021</A>; and</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in; text-indent: -0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" STYLE="width: 100%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top">
  <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(d)</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">the
                                              description of the Class A Common Stock contained in the Registration Statement on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1823766/000121390020032477/ea128664-8a12b_riceacquisit.htm">Form 8-A</A>
                                              filed by the Registrant with the Commission on October 21, 2020, including any amendments
                                              or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Except
  to the extent that information is deemed furnished and not filed pursuant to securities laws and regulations, all documents filed by
  the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &ldquo;Exchange
  Act&rdquo;), subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered
  have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall also be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and
  to be a part hereof from the dates of filing of such documents.</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Any
  statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
  for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document
  which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or
  superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Item
  4. Description of Securities.</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Not
  applicable.</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Item
  5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Not
  applicable.</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Item
  6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Subsection
  (a)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the &ldquo;DGCL&rdquo;) empowers a corporation
  to indemnify any person who was or is a party or who is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action,
  suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation)
  by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the
  request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
  enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys&rsquo; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
  incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person
  reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding,
  had no reasonable cause to believe the person&rsquo;s conduct was unlawful.</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Subsection
  (b)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;145 of the DGCL empowers a corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be
  made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its
  favor by reason of the fact that the person acted in any of the capacities set forth above, against expenses (including attorneys&rsquo;
  fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if the person
  acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation,
  except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged
  to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (the &ldquo;Court of
  Chancery&rdquo;) or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication
  of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses
  which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Section&nbsp;145
  of the DGCL further provides that to the extent a director or officer of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise
  in the defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in subsections (a)&nbsp;and (b)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;145, or in defense
  of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys&rsquo; fees) actually and
  reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith; that indemnification provided for by Section&nbsp;145 shall not be deemed
  exclusive of any other rights to which the indemnified party may be entitled; and the indemnification provided for by Section&nbsp;145
  shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee
  or agent and shall inure to the benefit of such person&rsquo;s heirs, executors and administrators. Section&nbsp;145 also empowers the
  corporation to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation,
  or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership,
  joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity,
  or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liabilities
  under Section&nbsp;145.</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Section&nbsp;102(b)(7)&nbsp;of
  the DGCL provides that a corporation&rsquo;s certificate of incorporation may contain a provision eliminating or limiting the personal
  liability of a director to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, provided
  that such provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director (i)&nbsp;for any breach of the director&rsquo;s duty of
  loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii)&nbsp;for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct
  or a knowing violation of law, (iii)&nbsp;under Section&nbsp;174 of the DGCL, or (iv)&nbsp;for any transaction from which the director
  derived an improper personal benefit.</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24pt">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24pt"></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Additionally,
  the Registrant&rsquo;s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, limits the liability of the Registrant&rsquo;s
  directors to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, and the Registrant&rsquo;s bylaws provide that the Registrant will indemnify them
  to the fullest extent permitted by such law. The Registrant has entered into and expects to continue to enter into agreements to indemnify
  its directors, executive officers and other employees as determined by the Registrant&rsquo;s board of directors. Under the terms of
  such indemnification agreements, the Registrant is required to indemnify each of its directors and officers, to the fullest extent permitted
  by the laws of the state of Delaware, if the basis of the indemnitee&rsquo;s involvement was by reason of the fact that the indemnitee
  is or was the Registrant&rsquo;s director or officer or was serving at the Registrant&rsquo;s request in an official capacity for another
  entity. The Registrant must indemnify its officers and directors under the circumstances and to the extent provided for therein, from
  and against all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, joint or several, expenses (including legal fees and expenses), judgments, fines,
  penalties, interest, settlements or other amounts arising from any and all threatened, pending or completed claim, demand, action, suit
  or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, and whether formal or informal, and including appeals, in which
  he or she may be involved, or is threatened to be involved, as a party or otherwise, to the fullest extent permitted under the DGCL and
  the Registrant&rsquo;s bylaws. The indemnification agreements also require the Registrant, if so requested, to advance all reasonable
  fees, expenses, charges and other costs that such director or officer incurred, provided that such person will return any such advance
  if it is ultimately determined that such person is not entitled to indemnification by the Registrant. Any claims for indemnification
  by the Registrant&rsquo;s directors and officers may reduce the Registrant&rsquo;s available funds to satisfy successful third-party
  claims against the Registrant and may reduce the amount of money available to the Registrant.</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Item
  7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Not
  applicable.</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Item
  8. Exhibits.</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The
  following is a list of exhibits filed as part of this Registration Statement, which are incorporated herein:</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse">
    <TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; text-indent: 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; width: 9%"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.75pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.75pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Exhibit<BR>
  
      Number</B></FONT></P></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; vertical-align: bottom; text-indent: 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; width: 90%; text-align: left"><B>Description</B></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.1 </FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1823766/000121390021049102/ea147108ex3-1_archaea.htm">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Registrant with the Commission on September 21, 2021).</A></FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top; background-color: White">
      <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.2</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1823766/000121390021049102/ea147108ex3-2_archaea.htm">Certificate of Amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Registrant with the Commission on September 21, 2021)</A>.</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.3</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1823766/000121390021049102/ea147108ex3-3_archaea.htm">Bylaws of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Registrant with the Commission on September 21, 2021).</A></FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top; background-color: White">
      <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.4</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1823766/000121390021049102/ea147108ex10-14_archaea.htm">Archaea Energy Inc. 2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.14 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Registrant with the Commission on September 21, 2021).</A></FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">5.1*</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 0"><A HREF="ea153098ex5-1_archaea.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Opinion of Kirkland &amp; Ellis LLP.</FONT></A></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top; background-color: White">
      <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">23.1*</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 0"><A HREF="ea153098ex23-1_archaea.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Consent of KPMG LLP (with respect to Aria Energy LLC consolidated financial statements).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">23.2*</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 0"><A HREF="ea153098ex23-2_archaea.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Consent of KPMG LLP (with respect to Archaea Energy LLC consolidated financial statements).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top; background-color: White">
      <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">23.3*</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 0"><A HREF="ea153098ex23-3_archaea.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Consent of WithumSmith+Brown, PC (with respect to Archaea Energy Inc. (formerly known as Rice Acquisition Corp.) financial statements).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">23.4*</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 0"><A HREF="ea153098ex5-1_archaea.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Consent of Kirkland &amp; Ellis LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top; background-color: White">
      <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">24.1*</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="#poa_001">Power of Attorney (included as part of the signature page to this Registration Statement).</A></FONT></TD></TR>
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  <P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Item
  9. Undertakings.</FONT></P>
  
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                                              undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
  
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  <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 72pt"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 36pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(1)</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">To
                                              file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment
                                              to this Registration Statement:</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 2in; text-indent: -0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
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                                              include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 2in; text-indent: -0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
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  <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 1.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(ii)</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">to
                                              reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration
                                              Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in
                                              the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration
                                              Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities
                                              offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
                                              registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering
                                              range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule
                                              424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20
                                              percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &ldquo;Calculation
                                              of Registration Fee&rdquo; table in the effective registration statement; and</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
  
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  <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 1.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(iii)</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">to
                                              include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
                                              disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the
                                              Registration Statement;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><I>&nbsp;</I></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><I>provided,
  however,</I> that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment
  by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section
  13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 2in; text-indent: -0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
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  <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 1.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(2)</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">That,
                                              for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective
                                              amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
                                              therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
                                              bona fide offering thereof.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
  
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  <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 1.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(3)</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">To
                                              remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being
                                              registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in; text-indent: -0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
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  <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(b)</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The
                                              undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
                                              under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&rsquo;s annual report pursuant to
                                              Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of
                                              an employee benefit plan&rsquo;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange
                                              Act) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be
                                              a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering
                                              of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
  
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  <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(c)</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Insofar
                                              as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors,
                                              officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions,
                                              or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
                                              indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
                                              unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other
                                              than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
                                              controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding)
                                              is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities
                                              being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has
                                              been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
                                              question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
                                              Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><A NAME="poa_001"></A>SIGNATURES</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Pursuant
  to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
  requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
  duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas on December 29, 2021.</FONT></P>
  
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      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>ARCHAEA ENERGY INC.</B></FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 60%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 5%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">By:</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 35%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Nicholas Stork</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Name:&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Nicholas Stork </FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Title:</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Chief Executive Officer and Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 3in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">KNOW
  ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints each of Lindsay Ellis or Eric Javidi
  acting alone or together with another attorney-in-fact, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
  substitution and resubstitution, for such person and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all
  further amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto,
  and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
  and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about
  the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact
  and agent, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Pursuant
  to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and
  on the dates indicated.</FONT></P>
  
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      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: bottom; width: 58%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><B>Title</B></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/
      Nicholas Stork</FONT></P></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Chief
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      Stork</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(Principal
      Executive Officer)</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/
      Eric Javidi</FONT></P></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Chief
      Financial Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Eric
      Javidi</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(Principal
      Financial Officer)</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/
      Chad Bellah</FONT></P></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Chief
      Accounting Officer </FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Chad
      Bellah</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(Principal
      Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/
      Daniel Joseph Rice, IV</FONT></P></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Chairman
      of the Board of Directors</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Daniel
      J. Rice, IV</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/
      J. Kyle Derham</FONT></P></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">J.
      Kyle Derham</FONT></TD>
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      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/
      Kathryn Jackson</FONT></P></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Kathryn
      Jackson</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/
      Joseph Malchow</FONT></P></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Joseph
      Malchow</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/
      Scott Parkes</FONT></P></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Scott
      Parkes</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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text: As
  filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 29, 2021
  Registration
  No. 333-
  UNITED
  STATES
  SECURITIES
  AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington,
  D.C. 20549
  FORM
  S-8
  REGISTRATION
  STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  ARCHAEA
  ENERGY INC.
  (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  Delaware
  85-2867266
  (State
      or other jurisdiction of
  incorporation or organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer
  Identification No.)
  4444 Westheimer Road, Suite G450
  Houston, Texas
  77027
  (Address of principal executive offices)
  (Zip code)
  Archaea
  Energy Inc. 2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan
  (Full
  title of the plan)
  Lindsay
  Ellis
  General Counsel and Secretary
  4444 Westheimer Road, Suite G450
  Houston, Texas 77027
  (346) 708-8272
  (Name,
  address and telephone number of agent for service)
  Copies
  of all communications, including communications sent to agent for service, should be sent to:
  Matthew
  R. Pacey, P.C.
  Lanchi D. Huynh
  Kirkland & Ellis LLP
  609 Main Street
  Houston, Texas 77002
  (713) 836-3600
  Indicate
  by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting
  company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer,"
  "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
  Large
      accelerated filer ☐
  Accelerated
      filer ☐
  Non-accelerated
      filer ☒
  Smaller
      reporting company ☒
  Emerging
      growth company ☒
  If
  an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying
  with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
  CALCULATION
  OF REGISTRATION FEE
  Title of Securities to be Registered
  Amount
  to be Registered
  (1)
  Proposed Maximum
  Offering
  Price Per
  Share
  Proposed Maximum
  Aggregate
  Offering
  Price
  Amount of
  Registration Fee
  Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share
  14,500,000
  (2)
  $
  17.43
  (3)
  $
  252,735,000.00
  $
  23,428.54
  (1)
  Pursuant
  to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), Archaea Energy Inc. (the "Registrant")
  is also registering an indeterminate number of additional shares of its Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share ("Class
  A Common Stock"), that may become issuable by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction.
  No additional registration fee is included for these shares.
  (2)
  Represents
  shares of Class A Common Stock reserved for issuance under the Archaea Energy Inc. 2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan (as amended from time
  to time, the "Plan").
  (3)
  Estimated
  solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, based on the average of the high and low prices of the shares of Class A
  Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on December 21, 2021 (such date being within five business days of the date that this registration
  statement was first filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission")). This calculation is in accordance
  with Rule 457(c) and (h) of the Securities Act.
  PART
  I
  INFORMATION
  REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(
  a
  ) PROSPECTUS
  The
  Registrant will send or give all participants in the Plan document(s) containing the information required by Part I of Form S-8, as
  specified in Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act. Such documents are not required to be, and are not, filed with the Commission,
  either as part of this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this "Registration Statement") or as prospectuses or prospectus
  supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act. These documents, and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration
  Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a)
  of the Securities Act.
  PART
  II
  INFORMATION
  REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  Item
  3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
  Except
  to the extent that information is deemed furnished and not filed pursuant to securities laws and regulations, the Registrant hereby incorporates
  by reference into this Registration Statement the following documents:
  (a)
  Amendment
                                              No. 2 to the Annual Report on
  Form 10-K/A
  for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 (filed
                                              by the Registrant with the Commission on December 28, 2021);
  (b)
  Amendment
                                              No. 1 to the Quarterly Report on
  Form 10-Q/A
  for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2021
                                              (filed by the Registrant with the Commission on December 28, 2021), Amendment No. 1 to the
                                              Quarterly Report on
  Form 10-Q/A
  for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2021 (filed by the
                                              Registrant with the Commission on December 28, 2021) and Amendment No. 1 to the Quarterly
                                              Report on
  Form 10-Q/A
  for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2021 (filed by the Registrant
                                              with the Commission on December 29, 2021);
  (c)
  the
                                              Current Reports on Form 8-K filed by the Registrant with the Commission on
  April 8, 2021
  ,
  May 13, 2021
  ,
  May 28, 2021
  ,
  September 9, 2021
  ,
  September 14, 2021
  ,
  September 21, 2021
  ,
  November 4, 2021
  ,
  December 17, 2021
  and
  December 28, 2021
  ; and
  (d)
  the
                                              description of the Class A Common Stock contained in the Registration Statement on
  Form 8-A
  filed by the Registrant with the Commission on October 21, 2020, including any amendments
                                              or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.
  Except
  to the extent that information is deemed furnished and not filed pursuant to securities laws and regulations, all documents filed by
  the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange
  Act"), subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered
  have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall also be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and
  to be a part hereof from the dates of filing of such documents.
  Any
  statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
  for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document
  which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or
  superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
  Item
  4. Description of Securities.
  Not
  applicable.
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  Item
  5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
  Not
  applicable.
  Item
  6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
  Subsection
  (a) of Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the "DGCL") empowers a corporation
  to indemnify any person who was or is a party or who is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action,
  suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation)
  by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the
  request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
  enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
  incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person
  reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding,
  had no reasonable cause to believe the person's conduct was unlawful.
  Subsection
  (b) of Section 145 of the DGCL empowers a corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be
  made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its
  favor by reason of the fact that the person acted in any of the capacities set forth above, against expenses (including attorneys'
  fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if the person
  acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation,
  except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged
  to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (the "Court of
  Chancery") or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication
  of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses
  which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.
  Section 145
  of the DGCL further provides that to the extent a director or officer of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise
  in the defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 145, or in defense
  of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and
  reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith; that indemnification provided for by Section 145 shall not be deemed
  exclusive of any other rights to which the indemnified party may be entitled; and the indemnification provided for by Section 145
  shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee
  or agent and shall inure to the benefit of such person's heirs, executors and administrators. Section 145 also empowers the
  corporation to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation,
  or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership,
  joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity,
  or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liabilities
  under Section 145.
  Section 102(b)(7) of
  the DGCL provides that a corporation's certificate of incorporation may contain a provision eliminating or limiting the personal
  liability of a director to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, provided
  that such provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director (i) for any breach of the director's duty of
  loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct
  or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the DGCL, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director
  derived an improper personal benefit.
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  Additionally,
  the Registrant's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, limits the liability of the Registrant's
  directors to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, and the Registrant's bylaws provide that the Registrant will indemnify them
  to the fullest extent permitted by such law. The Registrant has entered into and expects to continue to enter into agreements to indemnify
  its directors, executive officers and other employees as determined by the Registrant's board of directors. Under the terms of
  such indemnification agreements, the Registrant is required to indemnify each of its directors and officers, to the fullest extent permitted
  by the laws of the state of Delaware, if the basis of the indemnitee's involvement was by reason of the fact that the indemnitee
  is or was the Registrant's director or officer or was serving at the Registrant's request in an official capacity for another
  entity. The Registrant must indemnify its officers and directors under the circumstances and to the extent provided for therein, from
  and against all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, joint or several, expenses (including legal fees and expenses), judgments, fines,
  penalties, interest, settlements or other amounts arising from any and all threatened, pending or completed claim, demand, action, suit
  or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, and whether formal or informal, and including appeals, in which
  he or she may be involved, or is threatened to be involved, as a party or otherwise, to the fullest extent permitted under the DGCL and
  the Registrant's bylaws. The indemnification agreements also require the Registrant, if so requested, to advance all reasonable
  fees, expenses, charges and other costs that such director or officer incurred, provided that such person will return any such advance
  if it is ultimately determined that such person is not entitled to indemnification by the Registrant. Any claims for indemnification
  by the Registrant's directors and officers may reduce the Registrant's available funds to satisfy successful third-party
  claims against the Registrant and may reduce the amount of money available to the Registrant.
  Item
  7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
  Not
  applicable.
  Item
  8. Exhibits.
  The
  following is a list of exhibits filed as part of this Registration Statement, which are incorporated herein:
  Exhibit
  Number
  Description
  4.1
  Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Registrant with the Commission on September 21, 2021).
  4.2
  Certificate of Amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Registrant with the Commission on September 21, 2021)
  .
  4.3
  Bylaws of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Registrant with the Commission on September 21, 2021).
  4.4
  Archaea Energy Inc. 2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.14 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Registrant with the Commission on September 21, 2021).
  5.1*
  Opinion of Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
  23.1*
  Consent of KPMG LLP (with respect to Aria Energy LLC consolidated financial statements).
  23.2*
  Consent of KPMG LLP (with respect to Archaea Energy LLC consolidated financial statements).
  23.3*
  Consent of WithumSmith+Brown, PC (with respect to Archaea Energy Inc. (formerly known as Rice Acquisition Corp.) financial statements).
  23.4*
  Consent of Kirkland & Ellis LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
  24.1*
  Power of Attorney (included as part of the signature page to this Registration Statement).
  *
  Filed
  herewith.
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  Item
  9. Undertakings.
  (a)
  The
                                              undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
  (1)
  To
                                              file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment
                                              to this Registration Statement:
  (i)
  to
                                              include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
  (ii)
  to
                                              reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration
                                              Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in
                                              the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration
                                              Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities
                                              offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
                                              registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering
                                              range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule
                                              424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20
                                              percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation
                                              of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement; and
  (iii)
  to
                                              include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
                                              disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the
                                              Registration Statement;
  provided,
  however,
  that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment
  by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section
  13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
  (2)
  That,
                                              for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective
                                              amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
                                              therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
                                              bona fide offering thereof.
  (3)
  To
                                              remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being
                                              registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
  (b)
  The
                                              undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
                                              under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to
                                              Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of
                                              an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange
                                              Act) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be
                                              a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering
                                              of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
  (c)
  Insofar
                                              as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors,
                                              officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions,
                                              or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
                                              indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
                                              unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other
                                              than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
                                              controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding)
                                              is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities
                                              being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has
                                              been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
                                              question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
                                              Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant
  to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
  requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
  duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas on December 29, 2021.
  ARCHAEA ENERGY INC.
  By:
  /s/ Nicholas Stork
  Name:
  Nicholas Stork
  Title:
  Chief Executive Officer and Director
  KNOW
  ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints each of Lindsay Ellis or Eric Javidi
  acting alone or together with another attorney-in-fact, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
  substitution and resubstitution, for such person and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all
  further amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto,
  and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
  and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about
  the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact
  and agent, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
  Pursuant
  to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and
  on the dates indicated.
  Signature
  Title
  /s/
      Nicholas Stork
  Chief
      Executive Officer and Director
  Nicholas
      Stork
  (Principal
      Executive Officer)
  /s/
      Eric Javidi
  Chief
      Financial Officer
  Eric
      Javidi
  (Principal
      Financial Officer)
  /s/
      Chad Bellah
  Chief
      Accounting Officer
  Chad
      Bellah
  (Principal
      Accounting Officer)
  /s/
      Daniel Joseph Rice, IV
  Chairman
      of the Board of Directors
  Daniel
      J. Rice, IV
  /s/
      J. Kyle Derham
  Director
  J.
      Kyle Derham
  /s/
      Kathryn Jackson
  Director
  Kathryn
      Jackson
  /s/
      Joseph Malchow
  Director
  Joseph
      Malchow
  /s/
      Scott Parkes
  Director
  Scott
      Parkes
  /s/
      James Torgerson
  Director
  James
      Torgerson
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