Spring 2018 AQ101
Session 1 – Clean Air Act and Air Quality History (4.11.18)
CAA History: court decisions, Federal Register, pollutants regulated, NAAQS, HAPs, GHG
Session 2 – Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources (4.25.18)
Please note that we experienced audio issues with our Session 2 recording so we have also provided the recording from our past AQ101 course.
Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources: modification, reconstruction, emission guidelines
Session 3 – National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (5.9.18)
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Part 61 and Part 63, RMP, residual risk
Session 4 – Emissions Inventories (5.23.18)
Emission Inventories: air quality modeling inventories, NSR inventories, HAP inventories, NSPS inventories
Session 5 – Major Source Thresholds and State Implementation Plans (6.6.18)
State Implementation Plans: major source descriptions, state regulations, local air regulations
Session 6 – Title V Permits (6.20.18)
Operating Permits: state and federal level, semi-annual compliance, compliance assurance monitoring renewals, how to modify one
Session 7 – New Source Review (7.11.18)
New Source Review: overview and basic definitions
Session 8 – PSD and Non-attainment NSR Applicability (7.25.18)
Prevention of Significant Deterioration and Non-attainment NSR: applicability test, regulated NSR pollutants
Session 9 – The Other NSR Components (8.8.18)
Other Components to NSR: Best Available Control Technology (BACT), offsets, precursor pollutants, Lowest Achievable Emission Rate (LAER)
Session 10 – Continuous Monitoring Systems (8.22.18)
Continuous Emission Monitors (CEM) and Stack Testing: basics of stack testing and CEM programs, why, when, how
Session 11 – Air Quality Modeling Basics (9.5.18)
Air Quality Modeling Basics: various components to air quality modeling
Session 12 – PSD Air Quality Modeling (9.19.18)
PSD Air Quality Modeling: NAAQS and PSD increment compliance, air quality related values (AQRVs), Class I impacts
