A Practical Guide to Air Quality Compliance
This easy-to-read guide links the regulatory and technical aspects of air quality compliance in one self-contained volume.\ This unique handbook explains air quality compliance in plain language, free of legalese. Russell E. Erbes draws on twenty years of industrial air quality compliance experience as he clarifies the complex regulatory and technical issues facing industry in the wake of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments. He guides the reader through a labyrinth of demanding regulations,...
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This easy-to-read guide links the regulatory and technical aspects of air quality compliance in one self-contained volume. This unique handbook explains air quality compliance in plain language, free of legalese. Russell E. Erbes draws on twenty years of industrial air quality compliance experience as he clarifies the complex regulatory and technical issues facing industry in the wake of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments. He guides the reader through a labyrinth of demanding regulations, rising costs, and complex procedures. A Practical Guide to Air Quality Compliance, Second Edition, sorts through requirements and helps environmental professionals manage compliance effectively and efficiently—whatever the needs of their facilities. Filled with real-world examples that illustrate both problems and solutions, it features: * Unwritten applicability guidelines known only by technical experts in air compliance. * Tips on obtaining permits and variances, and monitoring and ensuring compliance. * Appendices that explain terms, list air toxins and potential health risks, and more. * Coverage of Title V programs, acid rain provisions, stratospheric ozone protection, atmospheric dispersion modeling, and risk assessment methodologies. * A chapter on the new criminal and civil penalties for noncompliance. * A survey of the major differences among federal, state, and local requirements. For environmental managers and engineers at industrial facilities, environmental consultants and attorneys, and professionals in regulatory agencies, this practical guide removes the guesswork from the air quality compliance process. Booknews A guide for environmental managers of industrial facilities to complying with the 1990 US Clean Air Act, its amendments, and its manifestation in state and local regulations. Combines detailed information about the legislation and regulation with technical and practical insights, many of them based on experience and not elsewhere available. Discusses the history and concept of the act, the scientific and technical bases of the standards and measurement techniques, new source reviews, nonattainment, permits, acid rain, stratospheric ozone, enforcement, and transportation and general conformity. The date of the first edition is not noted. No bibliography. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
AcknowledgmentsCaveatBiographyCh. 1Introduction1Ch. 2History of Air Quality Legislation5Ch. 3Legislative and Regulatory Concepts15Ch. 4Ambient Air Quality Standards and Atmospheric Dispersion33Ch. 5Risk Assessment and Management67Ch. 6Emission Standards for Criteria Pollutants83Ch. 7Hazardous Air Pollutants89Ch. 8New Source Review109Ch. 9Nonattainment141Ch. 10Permits and the New National Operating Permits Program163Ch. 11Acid Rain Provisions of the 1990 CAA187Ch. 12Stratospheric Ozone Protection195Ch. 13Enforcement203Ch. 14Transportation and General Conformity211Ch. 15Future Implementation of the 1990 CAA221Ch. 16Summary235References239Appendix A List of Acronyms241Appendix B Glossary of Terms247Appendix C 1990 CAA Amendment Provisions Related to Specific Stationary Source Categories259Appendix D Atmospheric Dispersion Coefficients277Appendix E Dose-Response Values for Selected Air Toxics281Appendix F List of NSPS Sources293Appendix G List of Federal Hazardous Air Pollutants303Appendix H List of Source Categories Emitting Hazardous Air Pollutants319Appendix I Schedule of MACT Standards Promulgation329Appendix J List of Chemicals and Threshold Quantities for Accidental Release prevention337Appendix K Table of SIC Major Groups351Appendix L Nonattainment Areas357Appendix M EPA Memorandum on Nonattainment Redesignation Requests371Appendix N Draft Model Title V Permit for Graphic Arts387Appendix O Draft Model Title V Permit for PM[subscript 10] Emissions from Lime Manufacturing Plants399Index423
\ BooknewsA guide for environmental managers of industrial facilities to complying with the 1990 US Clean Air Act, its amendments, and its manifestation in state and local regulations. Combines detailed information about the legislation and regulation with technical and practical insights, many of them based on experience and not elsewhere available. Discusses the history and concept of the act, the scientific and technical bases of the standards and measurement techniques, new source reviews, nonattainment, permits, acid rain, stratospheric ozone, enforcement, and transportation and general conformity. The date of the first edition is not noted. No bibliography. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
