December 2011
EPA PROPOSES CHANGES TO BOILER & INCINERATOR STANDARDS
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing changes to Clean Air Act standards for boilers and certain incinerators based on data and input from states, environmental groups, industry, lawmakers and the public. The proposed reconsideration would include reductions in toxic air pollutants, including mercury and soot, while increasing the rule's flexibility and addressing compliance concerns raised by industry and labor groups. Toxic air pollutants are often measured during Stack Testing events. The changes also cut the cost of implementation by nearly 50% from the original 2010 proposed rule.

Some of the key changes EPA is proposing include:

• Boilers at large sources of air toxics emissions: EPA is proposing to create additional subcategories and revise emissions limits. EPA is also proposing to provide more flexible compliance options for meeting the particle pollution and carbon monoxide limits, replace numeric emissions limits with work practice standards for certain pollutants, allow more flexibility for units burning clean gases to qualify for work practice standards and reduce some monitoring requirements.
• Boilers located at small sources of air toxics emissions: EPA is proposing to require initial compliance tune-ups after two years instead after the first year.
• Solid waste incinerators and revisions to the list of non-hazardous secondary materials: EPA is proposing to adjust emissions limits for waste-burning cement kilns and for energy recovery units.

If you would like information on air emission testing for boilers or incinerators or compliance with EPA requirements, contact Louise Barton at 800-372-2471 ext. 225 or louise@aircomp.com.

If you would like information on air emission testing for lead emissions or compliance with EPA requirements, contact Louise Barton at 800-372-2471 ext. 225 or louise@aircomp.com.

If you would like information on air emission testing for compliance with EPA requirements, contact Louise Barton at 800-372-2471 ext. 225 or louise@aircomp.com.

If you would like information on air emission testing for compliance with EPA requirements, contact Louise Barton at 800-372-2471 ext. 225 or louise@aircomp.com.

Carried long distances across the country by wind and weather, power plant emissions of Sulfur Dioxide (SO₂) and Nitrogen Oxide (NO_x) continually travel across state lines. As the pollution is transported, it reacts in the atmosphere and contributes to harmful levels of smog (ground-level ozone) and soot (fine particles). At the smokestack, SO₂ and NO_x are measured by emissions testing.

The rule will improve air quality by cutting SO₂ and NO_x emissions that contribute to pollution problems in other states. By 2014, the rule and other state and EPA actions will reduce SO2 emissions by 73% from 2005 levels. NO_x emissions will drop by 54%. Following the Clean Air Act’s “Good Neighbor” mandate to limit interstate air pollution, the rule will help states that are struggling to protect air quality from pollution emitted outside their borders, and it uses an approach that can be applied in the future to help areas continue to meet and maintain air quality health standards.

The Cross-State Air Pollution Rule replaces and strengthens the 2005 Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR), which the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ordered EPA to revise in 2008. The court allowed CAIR to remain in place temporarily while EPA worked to finalize today’s replacement rule.

EPA expects pollution reductions to occur quickly without large expenditures by the power industry. Many power plants covered by the rule have already made substantial investments in clean air technologies to reduce SO₂ and NO_x emissions. The rule will level the playing field for power plants that are already controlling these emissions by requiring more facilities to do the same.

The proposal is open for public review and comment for 45 days after publication in the Federal Register. For more information go to: http://www.epa.gov/crossstaterule

If you would like information on air emission testing for compliance with EPA requirements, contact Louise Barton at 800-372-2471 ext. 225 or louise@aircomp.com.

The highest levels of lead in air are usually found near lead smelters. The major sources of lead emissions to the air today are ore and metals processing and piston-engine aircraft operating on leaded aviation gasoline. For industrial facilities, stack testing is often used to quantify lead emissions.

EPA notified Puerto Rico, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa and Kansas that they each have one area under consideration for a nonattainment designation based on the 2008 lead standards. EPA is also considering expanding the size of one other area in Pennsylvania that was already designated as nonattainment in November 2010. A nonattainment area would include areas with monitors that show violations of the lead standard and nearby areas contributing to that violation.

States and tribes may comment and provide additional information to EPA by August 15, 2011. The public may also review the Agency’s proposed responses and provide comment for 30 days following the publication of a Federal Register notice announcing the start of a 30-day public comment period.

Once designated, nonattainment areas also are subject to nonattainment new source review requirements. Nonattainment New Source Review is a permitting program for industrial facilities to ensure that new and modified sources of pollution do not impede progress toward cleaner air.

For more information on the designation process for the lead standards, and to view individual letters from EPA to states and tribes, go to EPA’s Web site at www.epa.gov/leaddesignations.

At Air Compliance Testing, all of the key professional staff and most of our technical staff have earned Qualified Individual (QI) status in one or more of the four Source Evaluation Society (SES) Group Method Exams. Many have also earned Qualified Stack Testing Individual (QSTI) status.

If you would like information on air emission testing for compliance with EPA requirements, contact Louise Barton at 800-372-2471 ext. 225 or louise@aircomp.com.

EPA is amending the minimum competency requirements for air emission testing to improve the accuracy of emissions data. While EPA believes that meeting the requirements of ASTM D7036 and having a Qualified Individual on site during emission testing does not guarantee proper performance of any individual test, these actions will likely result in proper test execution and high quality data generation. EPA also believes that third party (e.g., State agency) oversight helps ensure that testing is properly conducted and strongly encourages such oversight to continue.

The rule requires having at least one Qualified Individual (QI) on site conducting or overseeing applicable tests. A QI must pass appropriate exam(s), described in ASTM D 7036–04, covering the test methods the QI will perform.

Voluntary compliance with any minimum competency standard has not worked for the past 30 years, which is how long EPA and other organizations have tried to develop an acceptable standard for stack testers. Some of the reasons why voluntary compliance has not worked include disagreement among stack testing companies on a minimum competency standard, and the sources’ often used practice of hiring the lowest bidder. The lack of voluntary compliance with a minimum competency standard is also why various States have developed their own stack testing regulatory standards. A driving force for the development of the current standard was to prevent the patchwork of standards that was beginning to occur throughout the U.S.

At Air Compliance Testing, all of the key professional staff and most of our technical staff have earned Qualified Individual (QI) status in one or more of the four Source Evaluation Society (SES) Group Method Exams. Many have also earned Qualified Stack Testing Individual (QSTI) status.

If you would like information on air emission testing for compliance with EPA requirements, contact Louise Barton at 800-372-2471 ext. 225 or louise@aircomp.com.

• $27.5 million increase in enforcement and compliance, targeted to increase efficiencies and streamline enforcement by using the latest e-reporting and monitoring tools. EPA will increase oversight and inspections at high risk chemical and oil facilities.
• An additional $46 million for regulatory efforts to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) pollution and implement GHG reporting requirements under the Clean Air Act. This includes $25 million for states and $5 million for EPA to address GHGs in Clean Air Act permitting activities.
• $350 million for projects strategically targeting the Great Lakes ecosystem, a $125 million decrease from FY 2010, the first year of the initiative.
• $2.5 billion--a decrease of $947 million-- combined for the Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Funds (SRFs).
• $1.2 billion for the Superfund program. This is a $70 million reduction to Superfund programs.
• $16.1 million more to reduce chemical risks, increase the pace of chemical hazard assessments, and provide the public with greater access to chemical information.
• $584 million to support research and innovation into new and emerging environmental science.

For more information on EPA’s proposed FY2012 budget go to http://www.epa.gov/planandbudget/annualplan/fy2012.html

If you would like information on air emission testing for compliance with EPA requirements, contact Louise Barton at 800-372-2471 ext. 225 or louise@aircomp.com.

On December 7, 2010, EPA filed a motion seeking an extension until April 2012 to re-propose and finalize these standards. EPA is disappointed that the extension was not longer. However, the agency will work to issue these standards by this new deadline.

The standards will be significantly different than what EPA proposed in April 2010. The agency believes these changes still deserve further public review and comment and expects to solicit further comment through a reconsideration of the rules. The agency is considering all other options for addressing these issues before the rules would become effective 60 days after publication in the Federal Register.

For more information on the Emissions Standards for Boilers and Process Heaters and Commercial / Industrial Solid Waste Incinerators go to http://www.epa.gov/airquality/combustion

If you would like information on stack testing, contact Louise Barton at 800-372-2471 ext. 225 or louise@aircomp.com.

Areas designated as not meeting the standard will need to develop and implement plans to reduce pollution to meet the lead standards. Nonattainment areas must meet the standards by Dec. 31, 2015. EPA will designate areas as meeting or not meeting the standards in two rounds. In this first round, EPA is designating areas that do not meet the standards based on air quality monitoring data from the existing lead monitoring network. In October 2011, EPA will use data from new monitors to complete a second round of designations that will classify the remaining areas in attainment, unclassifiable or nonattainment.

In October 2008, EPA strengthened the nation’s air quality standards for lead tenfold to 0.15 micrograms of lead per cubic meter of air. The agency also finalized requirements for new monitors to be located near large sources of lead emissions. EPA has data from existing monitors indicating violations of the standards, and is currently collecting data from new monitors that began operation in January 2010.

National average concentrations of lead in the air have dropped almost 92 percent nationwide since 1980, largely the result of the agency's phase-out of lead in gasoline. Lead in the air comes from a variety of sources, including smelters, iron and steel foundries stack emissions, and general aviation gasoline.

IIf you would like information on sampling emissions for lead, contact Louise Barton at 800-372-2471 ext. 225 or louise@aircomp.com.

The final rule makes several important changes to the Stationary Source Audit Sample Program. EPA will no longer provide audit samples to state/local agencies. The creation and distribution of audit samples has been privatized and the responsibility for obtaining audit samples has been shifted to the source owner. The restructuring of the program affects operators of stationary sources who are required to perform compliance source testing under 40 CFR parts 60, 61, 63, and for methods found in Appendix M of Part 51.

Source owners may obtain audit samples from Accredited Audit Sample Providers (AASP). The AASP must be accredited by a third party and approved to a set of standards developed by a Voluntary Standards Consensus Body (VSCB) organization. The VSCB must have their standards for their audit sample program approved by EPA. The audit samples must be analyzed by the same analysts on the same instrumentation as compliance samples. The facility must report the audit sample results to the agency and the AASP simultaneously. Audit samples that are tested in the field can continue to be tested in the field, as long as a representative from the compliance authority is present during the testing.

The AASP will then report back to the compliance authority, the facility and the laboratory the evaluation of the audits sample results. The final report will contain the assigned value, the acceptance criteria the reported method and the evaluation.

Air Compliance Testing will be in attendance at the Source Evaluation Society SSAAP Conference in Tucson in March 2011 where an update on the EPA audit sample requirements will be given.

If you would like more information on EPA required audit samples, contact Louise Barton at 800-372-2471 ext. 225 or louise@aircomp.com.

Methane is a potent greenhouse gas (GHG) that is 20 times more powerful than carbon dioxide in warming the atmosphere. Methane, the primary component of natural gas, accounts for 16% of all greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions resulting from human activities. Because methane is both a powerful GHG and short-lived compared to carbon dioxide, achieving significant reductions would have a rapid and significant effect on atmospheric warming potential.

The partnership supports more than 300 methane emission reduction projects around the world. The projects, when fully developed, will reduce GHG emissions in an amount equivalent to annual emissions from 11.4 million cars. The ministers are expected to reaffirm their commitment to strong global action on methane for an additional five years.

The Methane to Markets Partnership reduces GHG emissions by promoting cost-effective recovery and use of methane through global projects. Methane projects are also important because they provide new sources of clean energy, while improving air and water quality. Since 2004, the partnership has proven to be one of the most effective international efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, growing from 14 to 36 country partners, representing nearly 70 percent of global methane emissions today. More than 1,000 public and private sector organizations have also signed on to date.

In the United States, the largest methane emissions come from the decomposition of wastes in landfills, ruminant digestion and manure management associated with domestic livestock, natural gas and oil systems, and coal mining. Methane from individual facilities can be measured by conducting a stack test using EPA Method 18.

If you would like more information on measurement of methane emissions from your facility, contact Louise Barton at 800-372-2471 ext. 225 or louise@aircomp.com.

This action sets the nation’s first limits on mercury air emissions from existing cement kilns, strengthens the limits for new kilns, and sets emission limits that will reduce acid gases. This final action also limits particle pollution from new and existing kilns, and sets new-kiln limits for particle and smog-forming nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide.

Existing cement manufacturers have until 2013 to comply with the new regulations; new plants must comply before start up. When fully implemented in 2013, EPA estimates the annual emissions will be reduced:

• Mercury – 16,600 pounds or 92%
• Total hydrocarbons – 10,600 tons or 83%
• Particulate Matter – 11,500 tons or 92%
• Acid gases – (measured as hydrochloric acid): 5,800 tons or 97%
• Sulfur dioxide – 110,000 tons or 78%
• Nitrogen oxides – 6,600 tons or 5%

Compliance with limits will be primarily demonstrated by Stack Testing or by review of Continuous Emissions Monitoring System (CEMS) data.

The agency is expected to issue rules on mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants next year.

If you would like more information on measurement of emissions from your facility, contact Louise Barton at 800-372-2471 ext. 225 or louise@aircomp.com.

This proposal would require significant reductions in sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions that cross state lines. Emissions reductions will begin to take effect in 2012 – within one year after the rule is finalized. By 2014, the rule and other state and EPA actions would reduce power plant SO2 emissions by 71 percent over 2005 levels. Power plant NOx emissions would drop by 52 percent. This proposed rule would replace EPA’s 2005 Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR).

Key elements for the 31 affected states and the District of Columbia:

• Twenty-eight states would be required to reduce both annual SO2 and NOx emissions. By reducing the emissions from the upwind states, the proposal would help downwind states attain air quality standards, specifically the 24-hour PM2.5 standards established in 2006 and the 1997 annual PM 2.5 standards.
• Twenty-six states would be required to reduce NOx emissions during the hot summer months of the ozone season because they contribute to downwind states’ ozone pollution. By reducing the emissions from the upwind states, the proposal would help downwind states’ attain air quality standards, specifically the 1997 ground-level ozone standard.

Many power plants use a Continuous Emissions Monitoring System (CEM) to measure their emissions. Stack Testing is also used in conjunction with the CEM data. These measurements are used to determine compliance with emission limits.

If you would like more information on air emissions testing, contact Louise Barton at 800-372-2471 ext. 225 or louise@aircomp.com.

For Area Source facilities, the proposed rule would establish standards to address emissions of Mercury, Particulate Matter (PM) (as a surrogate for non-Mercury metals), and Carbon Monoxide (CO) (as a surrogate for organic air toxics). For Major Source new and existing natural gas- and refinery gas-fired units and facilities and all existing units with a heat input capacity less than 10 million British thermal units per hour (MMBtu/hr) the proposed rule would establish a work practice standard instead of emission limits. Existing major source facilities would also be required to conduct an energy assessment to identify cost-effective energy conservation measures.

For all other existing and new boilers and process heaters located at major sources, the proposed rule would establish emission limits for Mercury, Dioxin, Particulate Matter (PM) (as a surrogate for non-mercury metals), Hydrogen Chloride (HCl) (as a surrogate for acid gases), and Carbon Monoxide (CO) (as a surrogate for non-Dioxin organic air toxics).

For CISWI facilities, the proposed rule would establish emission limits for Mercury, Lead, Cadmium, Hydrogen Chloride, Particulate Matter, Carbon Monoxide, Dioxins/Furans, Nitrogen Oxides, and Sulfur Dioxide.

In addition to the emission limits, the proposal would also require stack testing for newly regulated subcategories, monitoring for newly regulated subcategories, additional monitoring for new sources, annual inspections of emission control devices, annual visible emissions test of ash handling operations, and that the owner/operator follow certain procedures for test data submittal.

If you would like more information on air emissions testing, contact Louise Barton at 800-372-2471 ext. 225 or louise@aircomp.com.

EPA has developed a comprehensive response plan that includes air sampling tactics. EPA Region 4 is monitoring using several methods to measure particulate matter (PM) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that are expected to be present as a result of oil burning. Affected Region 4 areas where impact is possible include the states of Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida.

EPA Region 6 is assessing the impacts of the spill on the air quality of far southeast Louisiana. EPA is utilizing PQ200 air samplers, DataRAM DR-4000 particulate monitors, Tedlar bags for VOC grab samples and AreaRAE air monitors. Additionally, SUMMA passivated canisters (SUMMAs) with flow controllers will be used to sample for VOCs. These methodologies are commonly used for source emission testing required of industrial facilities by EPA.

Air samples will be collected once every 24 hours by the PQ200 and analyzed for concentrations of particulates 2.5 microns and smaller. Grab samples for VOCs will be collected using Tedlar bags and low flow pumps, and analyzed using EPA/ERT TAGA bus instruments. The SUMMA® canisters will collect samples for VOCs every 8 hours and will be analyzed by method TO-15A. DataRAMs will be used in real-time monitoring of the PM-2.5 particulate levels and AreaRAEs to monitor for VOCs.

If you would like more information on air emissions testing, contact Louise Barton at 800-372-2471 ext. 225 or louise@aircomp.com.

In the last 40 years, EPA has ammended the Clean Air Act to set, and then refined, national air quality, auto emission, and anti-pollution standards. Standards have become stricter over time, with air permit limitations reducing emission limits. Stack Testing, following the EPA Test Methods, became a reliable and often required way to demonstrate compliance.

In the last 25 years, the Emission Measurement Center (EMC) of the EPA, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (OAQPS), has provided national leadership in furthering the science of characterizing and measuring air pollutant emissions. The EMC has produced nearly one hundred Test Methods for measuring air pollutants emitted from the entire spectrum of industrial processes causing air pollution. The EMC is the EPA's focal point for planning and conducting field test programs to provide quality data in support of regulatory development, producing validated emission test methods, and providing expert technical assistance for EPA, State, and local enforcement officials and industrial representatives involved in emission testing.

EPA has planned a celebration on the National Mall April 24 – 25 to commemorate this event.

If you would like more information on stack testing, contact Louise Barton at 800-372-2471 ext. 225 or louise@aircomp.com.

Part I of the request required general facility information. Part II required fuel analysis and emission data, and Part III required emissions testing (stack testing) data. Parts I and II are due within 90 days of receipt of the ICR, which was sent out in late December, 2009. Part III, emission testing, is to be completed within 6 – 8 months of receipt.

For the facilities required to complete Part III, stack testing will be conducted for some combination of the following pollutants or potential surrogate groups:

• Non-Dioxin/Furan organic HAP: Carbon Monoxide, Total Hydrocarbons, Methane, Formaldehyde, Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide, Volatile and Semi-Volatile Organic HAP
• Dioxin/furan: Dioxins/Furans, Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide
• Acid Gas HAP: Hydrogen Chloride, Hydrogen Fluoride, Hydrogen Cyanide, Oxides of Nitrogen, Sulfur Doixide, Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide
• Mercury and Non-Mercury Metallic HAP: Mercury, Non-Hg HAP Metals (including Antimony, Arsenic, Beryllium, Cadmium, Chromium, Cobalt, Lead, Manganese, Nickel, Selenium), Particulate Matter (PM 2.5 (Filterable and Condensable); Total Solids; Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide

Preliminary estimates of the burden associated with this information collection effort indicate a total of 125,098 hours and $75,972,758. This includes 537 facilities providing information on their boilers and fuel, 1,332 units providing HAP emission data and 12 months of fuel analyses, and 512 units required to conduct emissions testing.

If you would like more information on stack testing to comply with an ICR, contact Louise Barton at 800-372-2471 ext. 225 or louise@aircomp.com.

Under the rule, suppliers of fossil fuels or industrial greenhouse gases, manufacturers of vehicles and engines, and facilities that emit 25,000 metric tons or more per year of GHG emissions are required to submit annual reports to EPA. The gases covered by the proposed rule are carbon dioxide (CO₂), methane (CH₄), nitrous oxide (N₂O), hydrofluorocarbons (HFC), perfluorocarbons (PFC), sulfur hexafluoride (SF₆), and other fluorinated gases including nitrogen trifluoride (NF3) and hydrofluorinated ethers (HFE). The final rule was signed by the Administrator on September 22, 2009. On October 30, 2009, the final rule was published in the Federal Register (www.regulations.gov) under Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0508-2278.

Quantifying air emissions can be accomplished several ways, including a hybrid of direct measurement, often accomplished by stack testing and/or using a CEMS) and facility specific calculations. Facilities already reporting and collecting emissions data (e.g., via CEMS under the U.S. Acid Rain Program) must use direct measurement of emissions. Other source categories can use facility-specific calculations (e.g. feedstock, mass balance). Emission Factors may also be applied in some cases.

If you would like more information on direct measurement of GHG emissions from your facility, contact Louise Barton at 800-372-2471 ext. 225 or louise@aircomp.com.

September 2008
Air Compliance Testing Expands to Florida
Air Compliance Testing, Inc. of Cleveland, Ohio, has acquired Air Consulting and Engineering, Inc. (ACE), of Gainesville, Florida. The new organization will operate as the Florida Office of Air Compliance Testing, Inc. This acquisition will expand the territory served by Air Compliance Testing to include the Eastern United States from the Great Lakes region to the Florida Keys.

Air Compliance Testing, Inc., founded in 1993, provides high quality, engineer-supervised, and guaranteed valid Air Testing Services to industrial, commercial, and government institutions. Services include Stack Testing, FTIR Spectroscopy Analysis, CEMS Services, Industrial Hygiene Monitoring, Air Dispersion Modeling, Mercury Monitoring, and various supporting Analytical Laboratory Services.

ACE was founded in 1984 by Mr. Stephen Neck, PE, QSTI, to provide professional Source Emission Testing, Engineering, and Air Permitting Services to industries located in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, the Carolinas, and throughout the world, including Brazil, Dominican Republic, Germany, Puerto Rico, South Korea and Qatar. The acquisition includes an extremely experienced staff, including engineers, chemists, and technicians.

For information on Air Compliance Testing, go to www.aircomp.com or call 1-800-EPA-AIR1 (800-372-2471).

July 2008
Air Compliance Testing staff passes SES Method Exams on their way to QI and QSTI
Air Compliance Testing's technical staff is in the process of completing the four Source Evaluation Society (SES) Group Method Exams. The entire technical staff is scheduled to complete all four group exams before the January 2009 regulatory requirement to have a Qualified Individual present at every test performed for Part 75. Once the exams are completed, staff members will be Qualified Individuals (QI) and can proceed to Qualified Stack Testing Individuals (QSTI). This is a step in the process of Air Compliance Testing obtaining accreditation and providing accredited Stack Testing Services

May 7, 2008
Air Compliance Testing becomes a CCX Approved Verifier for Landfill Gas Offsets
Air Compliance Testing has added Landfill Gas Offset projects to their Approved Verifier Services for the Chicago Climate Exchange® (CCX). The CCX is the world's first and North America's only active voluntary, legally binding integrated trading system to reduce emissions of all six greenhouse gases (GHG). Projects must obtain independent verification by a CCX approved verifier. Verifiers use information provided by the project owner or aggregator and site visits, if needed, to accurately assess a project's actual, annual GHG sequestration or destruction. An offset project is subject to initial verification, as well as annual verification for the duration of its enrollment in CCX. Go to www.chicagoclimatex.com for more information on CCX.

April 18, 2008
Air Compliance Testing teams with Environmental Concerns to Offer Turn-Key Mercury Monitoring Services
Air Compliance Testing, Inc. has teamed up with Environmental Concerns, Inc. to provide a one-stop, turnkey, comprehensive service to ensure mercury (Hg) monitoring in compliance with Appendix K of Part 75. Air Compliance Testing can also help determine the proper spiking levels for triple section traps and perform your annual Relative Accuracy Test Audits (RATA). Go to www.aircomp.com for information on all our services, or contact us at 1-800-EPA-AIR1.

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February 2008
Air Compliance Testing Welcomes Christopher Tecca
Chris Tecca has joined the Air Compliance Testing sales team, bringing over 15 years of experience to the team. He has specialized in technical sales of hardness testing equipment and services.

October 26, 2007
Air Compliance Testing to Become CCX Approved Verifier
Air Compliance Testing has applied to the Chicago Climate Exchange® (CCX)® to act as an Approved Verifier. The CCX is the world’s first and North America’s only active voluntary, legally binding integrated trading system to reduce emissions of all six greenhouse gases (GHG). Projects must obtain independent verification by a CCX approved verifier. Verifiers use information provided by the project owner or aggregator and site visits, if needed, to accurately assess a project’s actual, annual GHG sequestration or destruction. An offset project is subject to initial verification, as well as annual verification for the duration of its enrollment in CCX. Go to www.chicagoclimatex.com for more information on CCX.

October 5, 2007
Air Compliance Testing Acquires FBT Environmental and Testing Services
Air Compliance Testing recently announced that it acquired the assets of FBT Testing and Environmental Services’ Cincinnati, Ohio stack testing division.

Founded in 1992, FBT Testing and Environmental Services maintained clients in the power production, manufacturing, construction materials, and automotive industries. The acquisition is an implementation of Air Compliance Testing’s focus on growth and diversification through new products and acquisitions. Air Compliance Testing, founded in 1993, continues to be the largest air emissions testing company in Ohio.

Air Compliance Testing is looking forward to providing the clients of FBT the same superior quality testing services we provide to our current clients. It is also an opportunity to introduce them to the additional services Air Compliance Testing provides: FTIR, CEMS Maintenance Programs, Dispersion Modeling and OSHA Compliance Modeling. Go to www.aircomp.com for information on all our services, or contact us at 1-800-EPA-AIR1.

April 24, 2007
Houchin and Lisy pass SES Method Exams on their way to QSTI
Congratulations to Tyson Houchin and Robert Lisy on both passing the Source Evaluation Society (SES) Group Method Exams! The next step is for them to apply to the SES to obtain a Qualified Stack Testing Individual (QSTI) designation. This is a step in the process of Air Compliance Testing obtaining and providing accredited Stack Testing Services. Go to www.aircomp.com to learn about their complete line of air emission testing and monitoring services, to request more information, or to see a copy of the latest newsletter.

January 10, 2007
Air Compliance Testing Offers FTIR Services
Air Compliance Testing now offers FTIR services. Commonly referred to as FTIR, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy. FTIR is the diagnostic tool of choice for Chemical Process Optimization, Benchmarking and/or Optimizing Pollution Control Technologies; Engineering Emissions Evaluations, Determining concentrations of multiple compounds. Go to www.aircomp.com to learn about their complete line of air emission testing and monitoring services, to request more information, or to see a copy of the latest newsletter.

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February 9, 2005
Air Compliance Testing's CEMS Maintenance Program
(PRWEB) February 9, 2005: Air Compliance Testing offers complete, turnkey Continuous Emission Monitoring System (CEMS) Maintenance Services. We can help you satisfy your CEMS and Continuous Opacity Monitoring System (COMS) QA/QC Program requirements.

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