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Air Quality ServicesDiverse Staff with Hands-on ExperienceCornerstone provides air quality services that focus on achieving compliance in a cost-effective manner, while sup-porting our clients’ business operations. We have assisted clients in the solid waste, industrial, pharmaceutical, and chemical process industries. Our range of clients includes iron and steel, printing, petroleum refining, utilities, petro-chemicals, food manufacturing, surface coating, synthetic organic chemicals, synthetic rubber, and other chemical process sectors.The company’s air quality services personnel include a di-verse mix of mechanical, chemical, civil, and environmental engineers, working alongside air pollution specialists with a depth of experience in all areas of air quality services. Many of our engineers have worked in industrial plants and have extensive hands-on experience in examining production processes from the perspective of emissions and byprod-ucts.As part of our air quality services, Cornerstone serves carbon trading markets by representing biogas owners selling greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction credits produced when methane in the biogas is destroyed or used in a ben-eficial way. Examples include fueling an electrical genera-tion facility, powering a factory, or heating a greenhouse. Cornerstone serves as a key partner in several collaborative projects between landfills, energy developers, and the carbon emissions trading market. In addition, Cornerstone has developed feasibility studies and evaluation reports to advise clients on selling GHG emission reduction credits.Recently, Cornerstone expanded its GHG capabilities to assist clients with state GHG reporting requirements and prepare for federal mandatory GHG emissions reporting.What Sets Cornerstone Apart?• Senior air personnel with 125 years of combined experi-ence – Cornerstone’s senior air staff is intimately familiar with the federal Clean Air Act and numerous state air programs, ensuring that our recommendations are tried and tested.• Comprehensive services – Cornerstone’s professionals have expertise in a full range of air quality services, from permitting to testing of new installations, as well as fluent knowledge of ongoing facility operating requirements.• Client focus – Listening to our clients’ needs and objectives and thoroughly understanding the daily and long-term challenges that owners and operators face.• Long-term planning focus – Cornerstone strives to assist clients with their long-term planning needs, minimizing unknown variables and reactionary decision making, which costs valuable resources.• Providing sound yet balanced business and technical solu-tions – Working with our clients to find technical solutions that also improve their overall business standing.• Extensive regulatory experience – Several of Cornerstone’s professionals are former regulators, and this background gives us an awareness of regulatory obstacles, fosters a smooth process and open communications, and aids in receiving timely regulatory approvals and acceptance.Building lifetime relationships with our clients and employeesCost-effective services and solutions that achieve air quality compliance while supporting business operationsAir Quality Services ProvidedPermitting• Air permitting - NSR (state-specific minor source and PSD/NNSR) and Title V• Best Available Control Technology (BACT)/ Lowest Achiev-able Emission Rate (LAER) evaluations/state-specific BACT/BAT• Atmospheric dispersion modeling (toxics, NSR/PSD, state-specific requirements)• Emission inventoriesCompliance• Air toxics health risk assessments• NSPS/NESHAP/permit compliance support• Compliance assessments/ facility audits• Source emissions testing review and oversight• Greenhouse gas (GHG) servicesSupport Services• LFG collection and control system O&M• Ambient air monitoring/monitoring plan development• Community awareness/public relations support• Pollution prevention planning• Risk management plan development and review• Environmental information management systemsRecent Cornerstone ExperienceCornerstone prides itself on establishing close and produc-tive relationships with its clients. A few recent examples of our air quality services assignments include:Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio (OH) – Title V, NSPS, and NESHAPs compliance reporting and assistance, multi-fa-cility carbon footprint analyses, carbon credit calculations/assistance, synthetic minor permit to install application (avoiding PSD major source status), permit revocations and Title V permit application.Ohio Facilities – Comprehensive air compliance services are provided at 21 Ohio facilities. Services include PSD/NNSR, Title V, NSPS, NESHAPs, and Ohio specific permitting/routine compliance.Republic Services, Inc. (various states) – Assisted with deter-mining the air compliance status of more than 250 facilities in 21 states. Analyses included emission unit inventories, individual state research and final reports, and findings pro-vided in a master electronic dataset.US Energy to Biogas Energy Solutions, LLC (IL) – PSD/NNSR facility planning evaluations for two independent alternative energy facilities. Evaluation included baseline emission unit inventories, comparative analyses of multiple power genera-tion methods/alternatives, long-term emissions predictions and a condensed version of the PSD/NNSR requirements.USEPA contractor (AZ) – Subcontractor on contract for oversight of a remediation effort for a large industrial facility. Services included ambient air monitoring, ambient air data analysis and support for a myriad of air related topics.For more information, e-mail info@cornerstoneeg.com or visit www.cornerstoneeg.comFor more information:Ed Valis (East) - (877) 294-9070Kyle Nay (Central) - (877) 633-5520Suzan Pankenier (West) - (877) 633-5520 03/14