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AIR QUALITY SERVICES

 

Develop Emissions Inventories

Conduct New Source Reviews (NSR)

Prepare Air Permit Applications and Obtain Approval

Regional Clean Air Incentives Market (RECLAIM Compliance strategies)

            Trading Services for Buying and Selling RECLAIM Trading Credits (RTCs)

            Baseline Emissions Audits

Technical/Economic Planning for RECLAIM compliance

Computerized Systems for recording, data validating, and transmission of emissions reports

Process review and control technology analysis

Engineering design and process modifications to reduce emissions

Title V Permit Preparation

Regulatory Liaison (SCAQMD and other air districts)

Assess Emissions Control Technology to satisfy “Best Available Control Technology” (BACT) and Best Available Retrofit Control Technology” (BARCT)

Air Toxics Program Management

            Air Toxic Emission Inventory Plan

            Air Toxic Emission Inventory Report

Health Risk Assessments (HRAs) and Air Dispersion Modeling

Air Toxics Reporting for SARA Title III

Source Testing and Sample Analysis Programs

Prepare and Assist in Variance Hearings

Computer Aided Environmental Management Services Facility Air Quality Compliance Audits

Provide Engineering Design and Selection of Air Pollution Control Equipment and Related Systems

 

 

COMPLIANCE AND PROFITS THROUGH “EMISSIONS TRADING”

 

Create, Certify and Sell Emission Credits

 

 

AIR TOXICS RISK ASSESSMENT

 

AEC assists industries to determine air toxics emissions and comply with health risk assessment requirements:

 

Compliance with California’s air toxics laws:

            Air Toxics “Hot Spots” (AB 2588)

            Proposition 65

            California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)

            Risk Management and Prevention Program

Compliance with regional, state, and federal permit application requirements for health effects screening

Estimation of air toxics emissions

Source testing for air toxics emissions

Preliminary analysis using SCREEN and PTPLU models (Required for most air permits)

Refined analysis using the ISCST3, COMPLEX-1, SHORTZ, and AERMOD models (Required for Health Risk Assessments or when preliminary analysis indicates high risk)

Multi-pathway health risk assessment for Maximum Individual Cancer Risk (MICR) and excess cancer burden

Computerized Isopleths plotting

Determination of toxic material usage limits, control equipment requirements, and/or stack design requirements to reduce health risk

 

 

 

REGIONAL CLEAN AIR INCENTIVES MARKET (RECLAIM)


RECLAIM sets a limit on facility-wide emissions and allows each facility to determine the most cost-effective controls.  Typical services that AEC provides include:

 

Keeping you informed on regulatory requirements and how RECLAIM will affect your facility’s operations

Auditing of RECLAIM calculations to assure accurate RECLAIM allocations

Source testing

Technical and economic planning for meeting RECLAIM emission limits

Engineering of emission controls and process modifications to reduce emissions

Installation of Continuos Emissions Monitoring Systems (CEMS) and Continuous Process Monitoring Systems (CPMS)

Computerized System for recording, data validation, and transmission of emissions reports

 

AEC also provides the following trading services for buying and selling Emission Reduction Credits (ERC) and RECLAIM Trading Credits (RTC):

Monitoring of emissions reports to advise whether RTCs should be bought or sold

Access to SCAQMD electronic bulletin board to obtain RTC availability and price information

Confidential third party listing of RECLAIM Trading Credits at client’s discretion

Projections on future trends of the RTC trading market

Advice on the best prices

Completion of all transaction documentation for the SCAQMD


 

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