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Clean Air Act Compliance

The growing complexity of air quality and climate change (greenhouse gas) regulations challenge industrial companies and utilities to achieve and maintain regulatory compliance while remaining cost-competitive in today‘s business climate.  Cardno ENTRIX has a dedicated team of air quality professionals with extensive experience in air quality permitting and regulatory compliance necessary to help clients meet these challenges.  We apply a broad knowledge of air quality statutes and federal, state, and local regulations to help our clients focus on pathways that address alternative project scenarios, including permitting and compliance, planning and design, technical problem solving, and agency negotiations.

Cardno ENTRIX has conducted numerous air quality compliance audits and assessments for existing facilities along with regulatory feasibility studies for development projects.  We have helped clients obtain construction and operating permits across a variety of industries—including oil and gas exploration and production, electric power generation, light and heavy manufacturing, semiconductors, mining, food processing, and hazardous waste treatment.  Cardno ENTRIX’s regulatory compliance practice not only addresses compliance with existing rules but also takes into account the potential impact of foreseeable future regulations or actions on facility operation.

Related Services: Example Projects:
  • Title I Permit to Construct (PTC) and Permit to Operate (PTO) applications and pre-application agency interface, including New Source Review (NSR), Best Available Control Technology (BACT) analysis, and Title V applicability.
  • Continuous emissions monitoring systems (CEMS) certification planning and support.
  • Air quality impact analyses and mitigation measures pursuant to NEPA, CEQA, SEPA, and EPA and state air quality regulations.
  • Applicability of federal New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) and National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Pollutants (NESHAPS).
  • Best Available Retrofit Control Technology (BARCT) assessment for existing sources, including owner’s engineer vendor liaison support.
  • Criteria pollutant, greenhouse gas, and hazardous air pollutant emissions inventories.
  • Federal, state, and local regulatory compliance audits.
  • Air toxics health risk assessments (HRA) and risk management planning (RMP)
  • Emissions testing oversight and support.
  • Emission reduction credits (ERCs) and new source offsets, including federal SO2 allowances, RECLAIM trading credits (RTCs), and negotiation of alternate forms of emission impact mitigation, such as control retrofits.
  • Emission calculations and dispersion modeling using EPA- and state-approved mathematical methods and software tools. 
  • Strategy for public hearings, and expert witness support for permit appeals and variance applications.