air permit Articles
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What U.S. environmental protection agency greenhouse gas regulation changes mean to you
There is an upside for forward-thinking manufacturers regarding EPA blueprint for the way state and local regulatory agencies use the Clean Air Act permitting process to regulate greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency blueprint for the way state and local regulatory agencies use the Clean Air Act permit process to regulate greenhouse gas emissions in ...
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National Ambient Air Quality Standards Update
You have seen ALL4 documenting the corresponding evolution of the NAAQS levels since the current U.S. EPA administration started in January 2009, and we will continue to follow them closely and provide you with updates that we think are important to your operations. The following sections provide updates on the most important NAAQS and how you can plan for them today. Discusses SO2, air ...
By All4 Inc.
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Integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) air permitting: overcoming obstacles, maximizing flexibility, presented at EUEC 2010
Agenda 1.IGCC Process Overview Gasification system options and process flow diagram Process area and plant-wide air emissions summary 2.Gasification Block Sources Emission points and operating scenarios (OS) Short-term and annual emissions summary 3.Permitting and Compliance Strategies Permitting considerations for startup, shutdown, gasifier rotations, and malfunctions (SSM) ...
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Develop a `real-time` air emissions monitoring strategy for your facility
To improve air quality, states and localities are requiring more intense 24/7 monitoring of listed air pollutants from hydrocarbon processing facilities. Affected facilities must develop reliable and accurate environmental data management systems for reporting purposes. In this case history, the BP Texas City site (a refinery and chemicals plant) successfully implemented a real-time ...
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`Married Under the Clean Air Act-the Single Source Determination and Problems Arising Therefrom,` presented at the 2004 AWMA annual conference
Abstract: This paper illustrates and discusses situations where two or more independent entities are considered a single source for purposes of complying with construction (New Source Review) and operating (Title V) permit aspects of the Clean Air Act (CAA). The objective of this presentation is to inform environmental professionals of the complexities that arise from business partnerships that, ...
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PSD and the Dreaded Major Modification
The implementation at the state level of the major New Source Review (NSR) rules that include both prevention of significant deterioration (PSD) and nonattainment new source review (NNSR) have evolved over a long period of time. During the last decade that evolution has been substantially impacted by the “NSR Reform” revisions of 2002; the regulation of particulate matter less than ...
By All4 Inc.
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How to Obtain an Air Pollution Construction Permit Infographic
Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is more aggressively pursuing enforcement actions against industrial sources than ever before. This is a result of EPA desire to generate revenue, as well as reflecting the desires of current leadership. In this regulatory climate, it’s increasingly important for emission unit operators to understand enforcement risks and liabilities. ...
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Managing air quality during regulatory changes
This paper discusses the regulatory and technical issues associated with the revisions to the US EPA Guideline on Air Quality Models. The proposed guideline includes the models AERMOD, CALPUFF, and ISC-PRIME, all of which contain significant technical improvements over prior models. Differences in modelling requirements are appearing as regulatory agencies and industries use technically superior ...
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Staff spotlight: environmental professional leverages industry experience to benefit clients
Christine Kurtz, a Managing Consultant in Trinity’s Minneapolis office, provides clients in the Upper Midwest with the benefits of her 18 years of experience in both industry and consulting. Christine spent over 16 years in industry prior to joining Trinity. She started out in research and development, moved into process engineering, and then found her passion in environmental management ...
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VOC control efficiency compliance test case study
Skyworks Solutions, Inc. (Skyworks) selected CK to perform a compliance emissions testing program to determine the control efficiency of a new Roto-Concentrator followed by a thermal oxidizer (RC/TOx) used to control volatile organic compounds/hazardous air pollutants (VOC/HAP) from multiple manufacturing processes. A facility air permit condition required compliance testing of the subject ...
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`An evaluation of aermod model sensitivity to variations in landuse characteristics,` presented at guideline on air quality models: next generation of models conference 2009
Abstract The development and release of the AERSURFACE landuse preprocessing program forAERMET/AERMOD has substantially changed the process for determining the landusecharacteristics (i.e. surface roughness, albedo, and Bowen ratio) that surround ameteorological monitoring site. Previous modeling guidance recommended that a 3-kilometer (km) upwind fetch in wind-direction-based sectors be ...
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Saving on compliance
Alcoa Inc.’s Tennessee Operations, located in Alcoa, Tenn., manufactures aluminum can sheet materials. The facility is subject to the federal Title V operating permit program because of its many air emission sources. Prior to the operating permit program, air module software (Essential Air, part of ESS' Essential Suite) was used to perform annual emission estimates at the facility. However, the ...
By IHS Markit
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Preventative Maintenance Solutions for Air Pollution Control
Production output and cost control can be difficult to obtain consistently in any manufacturing operation. In this white paper, we describe one facility’s experience with installing and maintaining a Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) control system. This is a typical example of how a preventive maintenance plan can ensure the control system operates with 100 percent reliability, how such a ...
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So Your Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Monitoring Plan is Complete... Now What?!?
U.S. EPA's Greenhouse Gas Mandatory Reporting Rule (GHG MRR) codified at 40 CFR Part 98 required that facilities subject to the rule have a complete written GHG Monitoring Plan by April 1, 2010. At a minimum, the GHG Monitoring Plan must identify (1) methods used to collect GHG emissions information and supporting data, (2) personnel responsible for collecting the data, and (3) quality assurance, ...
By All4 Inc.
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Air Volume Change Measurement in Unsaturated Soil Testing Using a Digital Pressure-Volume Controller
One of the challenges associated with the testing of unsaturated soils is the measurement of air volume change induced by stress changes. This paper reports the results of an evaluation of a digital pressure-volume controller as an air volume change indicator. Effects of temperature, confined volume, and precompression of the measurement medium on the p-V characteristics and the device response ...
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Case study - Plastic components painting
Overview A plastic injection molding company in Wisconsin is known as a world-class leader in the industry for their secondary decorating and assembly capabilities. One of their eleven facilities not only performs plastic injection molding but also provides the organization with decorating capabilities such as painting, laser etching, laser marking, pad printing and assembly of automotive, ...
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International Paints LLC - VOCs - Case Study
About the Project Summary Union, NJ — Operations management at International Paint LLC here reports dramatic savings in compliance costs for Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) emissions, through replacement of a gas-fired thermal oxidation afterburner with a 3000-cfm, combination biofiltration and carbon adsorption, “end-of-pipe” VOC removal system. They also report eased ...
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IInternational Paints LLC - VOCs Case Study
About the Project Summary Union, NJ — Operations management at International Paint LLC here reports dramatic savings in compliance costs for Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) emissions, through replacement of a gas-fired thermal oxidation afterburner with a 3000-cfm, combination biofiltration and carbon adsorption, “end-of-pipe” VOC removal system. They also report eased ...
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Implication of Applying CALPUFF to Demonstrate Compliance with the Regional Haze Rule
Abstract The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency promulgated the final Regional Haze Rule in July 1999 to protect Class I areas from visibility impairment. Industrial sources may be required to conduct modeling analysis to demonstrate their potential impact on nearby Class I areas during air permit applications. Although the widely used Industrial Source Complex Short-Term model (ISCST3) can be ...
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New Nitrogen Dioxide Ambient Air Quality Standard Could Pose Challenges
In the more than 200 air quality modeling analyses that ALL4 meteorologists have conducted, demonstrating compliance with the annual nitrogen dioxide (NO2) National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) of 53 parts per billion (ppbv) has rarely been an issue. The relative ease for demonstrating compliance with the annual NO2 NAAQS is due to two (2) factors. First, the NAAQS for NO2 is an annual ...
By All4 Inc.
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