This webinar by James Westbrook, President of BlueScape Environmental, provides an overview of how to create a CEQA Air Quality Analysis. The first section of the webinar discusses when an Air Quality Analysis must be completed under CEQA; project types including construction and operation phases; air pollutant emission sources and applicable CEQA significance thresholds; how to construct a conservative analysis while filling in assumption “holes;” review of project alternatives and mitigation requirements; the role of air agencies in CEQA review and relationship to other actions such as air permitting; special analysis cases; and strategies to work with agencies and the public throughout the air quality impact review process. The webinar is presented from the standpoint of CEQA air quality guidelines provided by the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD).
The second part of the webinar presents a technical discussion on methods and tools used to complete air quality studies, including CalEEMod emission modeling software, CARB EMFAC and OFFROAD databases, and AERMOD and HARP2 impact modeling software. A case example for completing an air quality study for a commercial development using CalEEMod is presented.
James Westbrook can be reached at training@bluescapeinc.com or 877-486-9257. Please contact us for questions and support for how to create a CEQA Air Quality Analysis.
BlueScape 2022 Update: CEQA Air Quality & Greenhouse Gas Impact Studies Webin...BlueScape
In 2022, developers completing an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) must complete Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas (GHG) impact technical studies to address the potential for significant environment impacts. In this webinar, you will learn about:
• Status in 2022 of the CEQA Guidelines, and local lead agency air quality and GHG analysis guidelines;
• When Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas technical studies must be completed under CEQA, or as otherwise required by reviewing agencies;
• Project strategies; working with agencies and the public through the process;
• Types of projects and air emission sources, the construction and operation phases, analysis types, and information needs;
• Pollutant types and typical CEQA air quality and GHG analysis significance thresholds;
• Difference between Project Design Elements and Mitigation;
• Typical air quality and GHG mitigation requirements: How to address mitigation and monitoring;
• How to review project alternatives and cumulative impacts with other projects;
• The role of California air districts in CEQA review and relationship to other actions such as air permitting;
• Special non-CEQA analysis cases, such as projects near schools and freeways;
• 2022 update on software tools and guidance documents, including CalEEMod, EMFAC, AERMOD, and HARP2;
• Elements of CEQA Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas technical study reports;
• An example Case Study.
About the instructor:
James A. Westbrook is the President of BlueScape Environmental, with over 30 years of experience completing CEQA Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas technical studies. He has led this type of work for the development of transmission lines, renewable energy farms, petroleum refinery expansion, power plants, manufacturing, landfills, rail expansion, airports, highways, seaports, retail centers, schools, and multifamily housing.
BlueScape AB 617 Update, The Community Air Protection Program Draft Blueprint...BlueScape
This webinar is an update to BlueScape’s presentation on March 22, 2018. On June 7, 2018, the Air Resources Board (ARB), released the Draft Community Air Protection Program Blueprint. ARB requests that comments on the Blueprint be submitted by July 23rd, 2018. The Blueprint builds on ARB’s previous Concept Paper, containing detailed information on identification and selection of Communities; criteria for emission reduction programs; statewide rulemaking actions, tools and resources; and, Air Monitoring Plan requirements.
Communities have been self-recommending to the Air Districts. The Community Identification process closes by June 29, 2018. One of the main concerns of industry is likely to be how effectively these Communities will collect monitoring data, visualize and analyze potential impacts, and work with the regulatory agencies to make and implement appropriate emission reduction decisions.
AB 617 is a fast-developing program with potentially far-reaching consequences in California. The program is expected to be approved by the ARB Board by fall 2018 and launched by year-end. This webinar will update you on current AB 617 Program developments:
- Summary of important elements in ARB’s Draft Blueprint document;
- Expected Year 1 target Communities List in three major Air Districts;
- AB 617 activities & schedule update, at the State and Air District levels;
- Community governance, and the role of agencies and industries;
- Description of Air Monitoring Plan requirements and expected technical developments;
- Update on Community Funding Grants and other funding resources; and
- Data analysis and visualization; a demonstration on how communities could use monitoring and emissions data to assess emission reductions.
James Westbrook can be reached at jwestbrook@bluescapeinc.com or 877-486-9257. Please contact us for any questions or support you need to work with the air agencies and communities to respond to the developing regulations and requirements under AB 617, and if you have an air quality impact analysis needs.
Presentation by Scott Taylor, President, Taylor Environmental Services, on the latest changes in environmental regulations for the asphalt industry in California. Taylor is co-chairman of the CalAPA Environmental Committee. Presentation delivered at the CalAPA Spring Asphalt Pavement Conference, held March 20-21, 2019 in Ontario, CA.
Presentation by Van Troung, Civil Engineer, on "Los Angeles County's Sustainable Roadway Improvement Program." Presentation delivered at the CalAPA Spring Asphalt Pavement Conference, held March 20-21, 2019 in Ontario, CA.
BlueScape Air Quality in 2015: What You Need to Know Webinar 2-10-15BlueScape
This webinar by James Westbrook at BlueScape describes air quality regulations and policies that will impact US businesses in 2015. Mr. Westbrook can be reached at 877-486-9257 for more information. For a video presentation go to http://youtu.be/Ot9B6lA_V0U.
BlueScape 2022 Update: CEQA Air Quality & Greenhouse Gas Impact Studies Webin...BlueScape
In 2022, developers completing an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) must complete Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas (GHG) impact technical studies to address the potential for significant environment impacts. In this webinar, you will learn about:
• Status in 2022 of the CEQA Guidelines, and local lead agency air quality and GHG analysis guidelines;
• When Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas technical studies must be completed under CEQA, or as otherwise required by reviewing agencies;
• Project strategies; working with agencies and the public through the process;
• Types of projects and air emission sources, the construction and operation phases, analysis types, and information needs;
• Pollutant types and typical CEQA air quality and GHG analysis significance thresholds;
• Difference between Project Design Elements and Mitigation;
• Typical air quality and GHG mitigation requirements: How to address mitigation and monitoring;
• How to review project alternatives and cumulative impacts with other projects;
• The role of California air districts in CEQA review and relationship to other actions such as air permitting;
• Special non-CEQA analysis cases, such as projects near schools and freeways;
• 2022 update on software tools and guidance documents, including CalEEMod, EMFAC, AERMOD, and HARP2;
• Elements of CEQA Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas technical study reports;
• An example Case Study.
About the instructor:
James A. Westbrook is the President of BlueScape Environmental, with over 30 years of experience completing CEQA Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas technical studies. He has led this type of work for the development of transmission lines, renewable energy farms, petroleum refinery expansion, power plants, manufacturing, landfills, rail expansion, airports, highways, seaports, retail centers, schools, and multifamily housing.
BlueScape AB 617 Update, The Community Air Protection Program Draft Blueprint...BlueScape
This webinar is an update to BlueScape’s presentation on March 22, 2018. On June 7, 2018, the Air Resources Board (ARB), released the Draft Community Air Protection Program Blueprint. ARB requests that comments on the Blueprint be submitted by July 23rd, 2018. The Blueprint builds on ARB’s previous Concept Paper, containing detailed information on identification and selection of Communities; criteria for emission reduction programs; statewide rulemaking actions, tools and resources; and, Air Monitoring Plan requirements.
Communities have been self-recommending to the Air Districts. The Community Identification process closes by June 29, 2018. One of the main concerns of industry is likely to be how effectively these Communities will collect monitoring data, visualize and analyze potential impacts, and work with the regulatory agencies to make and implement appropriate emission reduction decisions.
AB 617 is a fast-developing program with potentially far-reaching consequences in California. The program is expected to be approved by the ARB Board by fall 2018 and launched by year-end. This webinar will update you on current AB 617 Program developments:
- Summary of important elements in ARB’s Draft Blueprint document;
- Expected Year 1 target Communities List in three major Air Districts;
- AB 617 activities & schedule update, at the State and Air District levels;
- Community governance, and the role of agencies and industries;
- Description of Air Monitoring Plan requirements and expected technical developments;
- Update on Community Funding Grants and other funding resources; and
- Data analysis and visualization; a demonstration on how communities could use monitoring and emissions data to assess emission reductions.
James Westbrook can be reached at jwestbrook@bluescapeinc.com or 877-486-9257. Please contact us for any questions or support you need to work with the air agencies and communities to respond to the developing regulations and requirements under AB 617, and if you have an air quality impact analysis needs.
Presentation by Scott Taylor, President, Taylor Environmental Services, on the latest changes in environmental regulations for the asphalt industry in California. Taylor is co-chairman of the CalAPA Environmental Committee. Presentation delivered at the CalAPA Spring Asphalt Pavement Conference, held March 20-21, 2019 in Ontario, CA.
Presentation by Van Troung, Civil Engineer, on "Los Angeles County's Sustainable Roadway Improvement Program." Presentation delivered at the CalAPA Spring Asphalt Pavement Conference, held March 20-21, 2019 in Ontario, CA.
BlueScape Air Quality in 2015: What You Need to Know Webinar 2-10-15BlueScape
This webinar by James Westbrook at BlueScape describes air quality regulations and policies that will impact US businesses in 2015. Mr. Westbrook can be reached at 877-486-9257 for more information. For a video presentation go to http://youtu.be/Ot9B6lA_V0U.
Learn about The PHMSA Hazardous Liquid Pipelines Mega Rule Part (1) revisions and new requirements. Discover what the new rule means for pipeline operators.
BlueScape Learn Air Permits & Compliance Training 7-28-15BlueScape
This training by James A. Westbrook, President of BlueScape Environmental covers what facility operators need to know learn about air quality regulations and permits. The topics include types of air regulations, a discussion on what requirements are found in air permits, development of an Air Quality Management System, and working with agencies.
James can be reached at 877-486-9257 for questions, customized training, and air quality permitting and compliance support.
BlueScape and Cooper White - BAAQMD Air Toxics Risk Reduction Rule 11-18 Webi...BlueScape
This webinar by James Westbrook, President of BlueScape Environmental, and Keith Casto, Partner of Cooper, White & Cooper, provides an overview of the new Bay Area AQMD Air Toxics Risk Reduction Rule 11-18, adopted on November 15, 2017.
This webinar provides you with helpful information you can use to understand the potential impacts from Rule 11-18, and to prepare for compliance, including: overview of applicability and requirements; meaning of the Significant Risk Threshold, the Risk Action Level, TBARCT, and other key definitions; description of Rule 11-18 process steps and compliance requirements, from emissions inventory and risk prioritization, to health risk assessment and risk reduction; tips to update and refine your facility Air Toxics Emissions Inventory, and to reduce potential prioritization as a high-risk facility; tips to work with the BAAQMD on preparation of your facility health risk assessment, and to refine the modeling and health risk calculations using technical methods; how to evaluate health risk reduction options and complete a Risk Reduction Plan for BAAQMD approval; how to demonstrate emission sources will meet TBARCT; and, Rule 11-18 compliance timelines for various risk categories and compliance options.
James Westbrook can be reached at jwestbrook@bluescapeinc.com or 877-486-9257. Keith Casto can be reached at 415-765-6272. Please contact us for any questions or support on the implementation of Rule 11-18 for your facility.
Presented to:
Kentucky Chemical Demilitarization Citizens’ Advisory Commission and
Chemical Destruction Community Advisory Board
Presented by:
Jeff BrubakerSite Project Manager
Allison RespessAssistant Project Manager for Explosive Destruction Technology
Best Practices for NEPA Compliance and Related Permitting for Projects on In...Trihydro Corporation
Regulatory framework for permitting wells and pipelines
Typical timeframes and hang-ups in the permitting process
Best practices for permitting
Programmatic approaches to well field development on tribal lands, including potential benefits to tribes, Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), and operators
Eric Cavazza and Brian Bradley, PA DEP, "An Analysis of PAs Accelerated Respo...Michael Hewitt, GISP
In October of 2010, the Federal Office of Surface Mining (OSM) ceased implementing the Federal Emergency Response Program to address suddenly occurring, high-priority, abandoned mine land (AML) problems in Pennsylvania. In response to the cessation of the Emergency Program by OSM, Pennsylvania chose to not accept delegation of the Emergency Program from OSM but rather to set up and Accelerated Response Program to address the AML problems traditionally dealt with by OSM.
The legislative regime affecting the development and operation of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility and marine terminal project in British Columbia (B.C.), includes government approvals, licences, permits and other regulatory requirements typically associated with such a project. While each project must be analyzed for its own specific permitting requirements, this overview provides an outline of the major environmental protection and non-environmental project permits, licences, etc., that are typically needed to undertake LNG terminal construction and operation activities.
BlueScape Get the Air Permit for Energy Projects Webinar 9-10-13BlueScape
This webinar by James Westbrook at BlueScape describes the air permitting process for energy projects, from early planning and technical feasibility review to application submittal and permit negotiation. The webinar presents tips to avoid delays and move quickly, save money, and address issues and hurdles that can impact the project. Issues such as emission limits and BACT emission controls, offsets, Title V permitting, and modeling impacts are discussed. The presenter provides tips on how to conduct the permitting process to be successful, and maximize operational flexibility. Mr. Westbrook can be reached at 858-774-2009 for more information. For a video presentation go to youtube.com/watch?v=AB84GQORp2w. Also see www.bluescapeinc.com.
Learn about The PHMSA Hazardous Liquid Pipelines Mega Rule Part (1) revisions and new requirements. Discover what the new rule means for pipeline operators.
BlueScape Learn Air Permits & Compliance Training 7-28-15BlueScape
This training by James A. Westbrook, President of BlueScape Environmental covers what facility operators need to know learn about air quality regulations and permits. The topics include types of air regulations, a discussion on what requirements are found in air permits, development of an Air Quality Management System, and working with agencies.
James can be reached at 877-486-9257 for questions, customized training, and air quality permitting and compliance support.
BlueScape and Cooper White - BAAQMD Air Toxics Risk Reduction Rule 11-18 Webi...BlueScape
This webinar by James Westbrook, President of BlueScape Environmental, and Keith Casto, Partner of Cooper, White & Cooper, provides an overview of the new Bay Area AQMD Air Toxics Risk Reduction Rule 11-18, adopted on November 15, 2017.
This webinar provides you with helpful information you can use to understand the potential impacts from Rule 11-18, and to prepare for compliance, including: overview of applicability and requirements; meaning of the Significant Risk Threshold, the Risk Action Level, TBARCT, and other key definitions; description of Rule 11-18 process steps and compliance requirements, from emissions inventory and risk prioritization, to health risk assessment and risk reduction; tips to update and refine your facility Air Toxics Emissions Inventory, and to reduce potential prioritization as a high-risk facility; tips to work with the BAAQMD on preparation of your facility health risk assessment, and to refine the modeling and health risk calculations using technical methods; how to evaluate health risk reduction options and complete a Risk Reduction Plan for BAAQMD approval; how to demonstrate emission sources will meet TBARCT; and, Rule 11-18 compliance timelines for various risk categories and compliance options.
James Westbrook can be reached at jwestbrook@bluescapeinc.com or 877-486-9257. Keith Casto can be reached at 415-765-6272. Please contact us for any questions or support on the implementation of Rule 11-18 for your facility.
Presented to:
Kentucky Chemical Demilitarization Citizens’ Advisory Commission and
Chemical Destruction Community Advisory Board
Presented by:
Jeff BrubakerSite Project Manager
Allison RespessAssistant Project Manager for Explosive Destruction Technology
Best Practices for NEPA Compliance and Related Permitting for Projects on In...Trihydro Corporation
Regulatory framework for permitting wells and pipelines
Typical timeframes and hang-ups in the permitting process
Best practices for permitting
Programmatic approaches to well field development on tribal lands, including potential benefits to tribes, Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), and operators
Eric Cavazza and Brian Bradley, PA DEP, "An Analysis of PAs Accelerated Respo...Michael Hewitt, GISP
In October of 2010, the Federal Office of Surface Mining (OSM) ceased implementing the Federal Emergency Response Program to address suddenly occurring, high-priority, abandoned mine land (AML) problems in Pennsylvania. In response to the cessation of the Emergency Program by OSM, Pennsylvania chose to not accept delegation of the Emergency Program from OSM but rather to set up and Accelerated Response Program to address the AML problems traditionally dealt with by OSM.
The legislative regime affecting the development and operation of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility and marine terminal project in British Columbia (B.C.), includes government approvals, licences, permits and other regulatory requirements typically associated with such a project. While each project must be analyzed for its own specific permitting requirements, this overview provides an outline of the major environmental protection and non-environmental project permits, licences, etc., that are typically needed to undertake LNG terminal construction and operation activities.
BlueScape Get the Air Permit for Energy Projects Webinar 9-10-13BlueScape
This webinar by James Westbrook at BlueScape describes the air permitting process for energy projects, from early planning and technical feasibility review to application submittal and permit negotiation. The webinar presents tips to avoid delays and move quickly, save money, and address issues and hurdles that can impact the project. Issues such as emission limits and BACT emission controls, offsets, Title V permitting, and modeling impacts are discussed. The presenter provides tips on how to conduct the permitting process to be successful, and maximize operational flexibility. Mr. Westbrook can be reached at 858-774-2009 for more information. For a video presentation go to youtube.com/watch?v=AB84GQORp2w. Also see www.bluescapeinc.com.
Overview presentation on Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) delivered by Dr. John Harvey of the University of California Pavement Research Center (UCPRC) at the CalAPA EPD workshop on Oct. 25, 2023 in Sacramento.
Implications of Greenhouse Gas (GHG), Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC), and F...All4 Inc.
John Slade and Dan Holland of All4 Inc. present "Implications of Greenhouse Gas (GHG), Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC), and Fine Particulate (PM2.5) to Air Quality Permitting". The presentation provides an overview of the implication of newly adopted rules to New Source Review (NSR), major modifications, emissions under NSR, and flexibility in air permitting.
Andracsek, Robynn, Burns & McDonnell, What Every EHS Staff should Know about ...Kevin Perry
Andracsek Robynn Burns McDonnell What Every EHS Staff should Know about Monitoring and Modeling MECC Kansas City May 11-13, 2016 Overland Park www.mecconference.com
2004 May - Demystifying the Air Permitting ProcessShirley Rivera
Presented as part of the 2nd Annual EPA CHP Partners Meeting held May 12-13, 2004, in Washington, DC - http://www.epa.gov/chp/events/meeting_may1204.html . . . Information shared includes perspectives on air quality (AQ) regulatory landscape, project planning, siting issues, and recovering from AQ permitting.
At the Asia Clean Energy Forum 2016 Ricardo Energy & Environment’s waste management and resource efficiency experts discussed a range of critical issues, including financial, institutional, policy, regulatory, engineering, environmental and social issues around the planning for and delivery of appropriate and effective waste to energy infrastructure in developing economies.
In this presentation Phil White discusses the environmental impacts of waste treatment.
At the CalAPA Fall Asphalt Pavement Conference held Oct. 27, 2022 in Sacramento, a presentation on compaction of Asphalt Pavements was delivered by DingXin Cheng PhD, Director California Pavement Preservation Center (CP2). Pavement performance requires a proper compaction of the asphalt mixture. Our partners at CCPIC will provide an overview of the importance of pavement compaction and an overview of the roles of contractors and agency representatives to maximize the performance of the pavement.
Presentation delivered at the CalAPA Spring Asphalt Pavement Conference April 9-10, 2014 in Ontario. Topic: Understanding the ins and outs of environmental sustainability as it relates to pavements, including lifecycle measurement.
Similar to BlueScape How to Create a CEQA Air Quality Analysis for Development Projects - Design for Success Webinar 042717 (20)
2023 Air Quality in California: What You Need to KnowBlueScape
his webinar by James Westbrook and Peyton Wilson of BlueScape provides an update to companies doing business in California in 2023, on how changing air quality regulations will impact their business.
The webinar topics will include: recent and upcoming changes in US EPA air quality regulations, including Ozone Standards, New Source Review, Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions regulations, NSPS/MACT Standards, and Title V; new state legislative bills and changes in important state regulations, including AB617, Clean Energy and GHG regulations, Proposition 65, and onroad/offroad emission standards; status of important state and regional efforts toward electrification, use of renewable fuels, and decarbonization; an update on Air District regulations in Southern California, the Bay Area, and the Central Valley; updates to Technical Guidelines and common tools used in California for air quality technical analysis and health risk assessment, such as CalEEMod and HARP2; recent regulatory development and court decisions affecting NEPA and CEQA air quality and climate change review in California; and, regulation changes impacting such industries as power generation, chemical manufacturing, petroleum refining, sand & gravel mining, heavy manufacturing and other industries.
James Westbrook can be reached at jwestbrook@bluescapeinc.com or 877-486-9257. Please contact us for any questions or support you need to understand the impact of air quality regulations on your business.
California Air Quality in 2019: What You Need to KnowBlueScape
This webinar by James Westbrook, President of BlueScape Environmental, provides businesses with a 2019 update on California air quality regulations.
The webinar topics include: recent and upcoming changes in US EPA air quality regulations, including Ozone Standards, New Source Review, Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions regulations, and NSPS/MACT Standards; new state legislative bills and changes in important state regulations, including AB617, Clean Energy and GHG regulations, Proposition 65, and onroad/offroad emission standards; an update on Air District regulations in Southern California, the Bay Area, and the Central Valley; updates to Technical Guidelines and common tools used in California for air quality technical analysis, such as CalEEMod, AERMOD and HARP2; recent court decisions affecting CEQA air quality review, such as the Friant Case, Sierra Club v. San Diego County, and other important decisions; regulation changes impacting such industries as power generation, chemical manufacturing, oil & gas production, oil refining, and heavy manufacturing; and strategic business decisions companies should consider making in 2019.
James Westbrook can be reached at jwestbrook@bluescapeinc.com or 877-486-9257. Please contact us for any questions or support you need to work with the air agencies to design effective NSR permits for your operations.
BlueScape & StilesPomeroy LLP New Proposition 65 Warning Requirements are He...BlueScape
This webinar by James Westbrook and Chuck Pomeroy of StilesPomeroy LLP Law Firm, a refresher of a webinar in January 2017, provides an overview of California Proposition 65 (Prop 65) regulation requirements, how to conduct a Prop 65 exposure evaluation to determine whether to provide safe harbor warnings, and discusses the challenges to meeting the new warning requirements provided in Article 6.
James Westbrook can be reached at training@bluescapeinc.com or +1 877-486-9257. Chuck Pomeroy at StilesPomeroy LLP can be reached at cpomeroy@stilespomeroy.com or +1 626-243-5599. Please contact us for questions and support for conducting Prop 65 exposure evaluations, and for the procedures to develop or change Prop 65 warning labels.
BlueScape - AB 617, The California Community Air Protection Program Webinar 0...BlueScape
This webinar by James Westbrook, President of BlueScape Environmental, provides an update on the California Community Air Protection Program, or AB 617. The regulation is a new, one-of-a-kind program implemented by the Air Resources Board (ARB).
The Program provides more than $255 million in funding for mobile source air emission reductions and assistance grants in health-impacted, economically disadvantaged areas, primarily in the South Coast Air Basin, the San Joaquin Valley and the Bay Area. ARB released the AB 617 Concept Paper, and the Draft Process and Criteria for 2018 Community Selections in early February 2018, and has been conducting workshops and technical summits. Communities are now able to self-recommend to ARB, and Air Districts are required to submit an initial Communities list by April 30, 2018.
AB 617 is a fast-developing program that will be launched by the end of 2018. This new and statewide process will be directed by Air Districts, but led by communities that step forward to reduce their health impacts, supported by an extensive emissions database and air monitoring networks. Companies operating in or near Communities identified under AB 617 may be required to take action under risk of enforcement, including such actions as installing Best Available Retrofit Control Technology (BARCT).
This webinar provides information on what you need to know about the current direction of AB 617 Program development, including: genesis of the AB 617 rule; relationship to existing state regulations and programs; potential AB 617 Communities, as identified using CalEnviroScreen and other tools; summary of work completed by ARB to date (Concept Plan, Draft Process and Criteria for 2018 Communities Selection, and Technical Summits); current Air District actions to implement AB 617 such as description and funding sources to implement emission reductions, monitoring networks, emission databases and assistance grants; schedule for AB 617 implementation, and opportunities for you to get involved with the developing Program.
James Westbrook can be reached at jwestbrook@bluescapeinc.com or 877-486-9257. Please contact us for any questions or support you need to work with the air agencies and communities to respond to the developing regulations and requirements under AB 617.
BlueScape Pressure on Metal Facilities is Heating Up! Update on the Los Ange...BlueScape
Metal processing facilities are facing regulatory scrutiny and air emission controls unlike ever before, in a snowball effect of agency action.
You may have heard about metal processing facilities such as Exide in Vernon. Or Anaplex in Paramount. Fast-forward to 2017, the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) has made findings of elevated and significant airborne levels of hexavalent chromium (CrVI) in Paramount and Compton. The findings were made by extensive ambient fenceline and community monitoring near metal processing facilities.
Now, some metal processing facilities in the LA area are undergoing Order for Abatement actions to protect public health by SCAQMD, by controlling emissions and odors, and even by shutting down operations, at high capital cost. State and local rules are changing, to accelerate the allowed enforcement use of fenceline monitoring and expedited Orders for Abatement, and to codify stringent CrVI, lead, arsenic, cadmium and nickel air emission controls.
The City of Los Angeles just announced that 21,000 metal processing sites will be prioritized for investigation for possible public health impacts from CrVI sources. These developments have implications in LA, California and beyond.
This webinar discusses:
• The background to SCAQMD’s Community Air Toxics Initiative.
• Update of enforcement activities in Paramount and Compton.
• What is the role public nuisance laws, monitoring, source testing and health risk modeling have in all this?
• SCAQMD rule developments that may impact your operations; 1407, 1420, 1426, 1430 & 1469
• Relevant State legislation and other local actions flowing from the Air Toxics Initiative.
• How to assess your status before SCAQMD visits your facility - what is a “bad” operation and what is “good”
• Options to avoid enforcement action and revised SCAQMD toxics rule requirements, and streamline compliance costs.
• How to proactively reduce emissions, including enclosures, scrubbers, dust collectors, housekeeping and other measures.
The instructors for the webinar are James A. Westbrook, President of BlueScape, and Michael Stewart, Project Manager. Since 1987, BlueScape has managed or completed more than 100 air toxics related projects for metal processing facilities. BlueScape has been working with aerospace companies, metal finishing facilities and foundries on issues related to the Air Toxics Initiative.
BlueScape can be reached at training@bluescapeinc.com or 877-486-9257 for questions, customized training, and support for your air permitting, compliance and HRA projects.
BlueScape & Dentons New Prop 65 Warning Requirements Webinar 011717BlueScape
This webinar by James Westbrook and Robert Kuykendall of BlueScape, and Chuck Pomeroy of Dentons Law Firm, provides an overview of California Proposition 65 (Prop 65) regulation requirements, how to conduct a Prop 65 exposure evaluation to determine whether to provide safe harbor warnings, and discusses the challenges to meeting the new warning requirements provided in Article 6.
James Westbrook and Bob Kuykendall at BlueScape can be reached at training@bluescapeinc.com or 877-486-9257. Chuck Pomeroy at Dentons can be reached at charles.pomeroy@dentons.com or 213-243-6256. Please contact us for questions and support for conducting Prop 65 exposure evaluations, and for the procedures to develop or change Prop 65 warning labels.
BlueScape & Coto Consulting Update to ISO 14001:2015 Webinar 092116BlueScape
This webinar by Dr. Christina Schwerdtfeger of Coto Consulting, and moderated by Bob Kuykendall of BlueScape, provides guidance on the process to update to the ISO 14001:2015 standards, which is required by 2018.
The drivers for ISO 14001 certification are discussed in the first part of the webinar. Dr. Schwerdtfeger then provides the timeline and expected level of effort for the ISO 14001:2015 from now until September 2018. The last section of the webinar discusses three types of assistance for companies to update to ISO 14001:2015, a Gap Assessment, a Quarterback role, and Full Technical Support, and then the minimum requirements for certification.
BlueScape can be reached at training@bluescapeinc.com or 877-486-9257 for questions, customized training, and support for updating to the ISO 14001:2015 standard.
BlueScape California Industrial Storm Water Compliance Webinar 090816BlueScape
This webinar by Robert Kuykendall and Hari Gupta of BlueScape Environmental covers the California Industrial Storm Water Program requirements.
The first part of the webinar provides an overview of the Program, including applicability, conditional exclusions and Notice of Non-Applicability, Storm Water Prevention Plan Requirements, the SMARTS reporting system, monitoring and sampling, and the role of the QISP. The second part discusses Level 1 and 2 Exceedance Action Requirements (ERAs), including 2016 evaluation and reporting requirements, and tips for implementing SWPPs and BMPs.
BlueScape can be reached at training@bluescapeinc.com or 877-486-9257 for questions, customized training, and support for developing and implementing storm water plans.
BueScape & MIRATECH EPA RICE NESHAP the Meter is Running Webinar 4-08-14BlueScape
This webinar by James Westbrook of BlueScape and Scott McBryde of MIRATECH provides an update on the compliance requirements of the RICE NESHAP, 40 CFR 63 Subpart ZZZZ as applied to stationary compression ignition and spark-ignited reciprocating internal combustion (RICE) engines located at industrial facilities, including major and area sources of hazardous air pollutants. The goal of the webinar is to help companies understand where their engines fit with the regulation, and identify possible compliance alternatives. For more information, Mr. Westbrook can be reached at 877-486-9257 or jwestbrook@bluescapeinc.com, and Mr. McBryde can be reached at 909-821-0039 or smbryde@miratechcorp.com. Also see www.bluescapeinc.com and miratechcorp.com.
BlueScape is a progressive, full-service air quality and environmental consulting firm located in California and Houston, Texas. We specialize in air quality permitting, emissions assessment, control technology review, ambient impact modeling and compliance services, and other services.
BlueScape serves diverse industries including Power Generation, Utilities, Refineries, Oil&Gas, Aerospace, General Manufacturing, Banking, Construction Development and others. We excel at providing air quality, water quality, permitting and sustainability services.
Our Environmental Managers, Engineers and Scientists, specialize in helping you navigate through and solve tough business problems, whether getting new build permits, establishing environmental compliance and mitigation programs, or responding to agency violations.
BlueScape strives to take time and care to work with you to develop first-hand knowledge of your operations. At the outset we will offer expert solutions to get your projects done, while creating long-term value with sustainable permits and compliance management programs.
Come see what BlueScape is all about by reviewing our website at www.bluescapeinc.com or connect with us on Linkedin… and come back often, as we frequently offer training, seminars and webinars.
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BlueScape How to Create a CEQA Air Quality Analysis for Development Projects - Design for Success Webinar 042717
1. How to Create a CEQA
Air Quality Analysis for
Development Projects
Design for Success!
April 27, 2017
James A. Westbrook, President
jwestbrook@bluescapeinc.com
877-486-9257
2. Webinar Topics
Section 1: CEQA Air Quality Analysis Process
- CEQA Air Quality Review Requirements and Process
- Air Quality Issues reviewed under CEQA
- 5 Air Quality Analysis Process Steps:
Identify Needs - Gather Info – Calculate Emissions –
Impact Modeling - Report
- Significance Thresholds; Project and Cumulative Impacts
- Special Siting Cases
- Strategies for an Approvable Air Quality Analysis Report
Section 2: Air Quality Impacts Technical Discussion
- Air Emission Calculations
- Localized Significance Thresholds (SCAQMD)
- Air Quality Modeling for Criteria Pollutants
- Health Risk Assessment for Diesel Particulate Emissions
5. CEQA Regulation Overview
• Applies to development “projects” such as airports,
freeways, office buildings, housing developments, etc.
• 1970 – California Environmental Quality Act signed into
legislation
• CEQA Statute: Public Resources Code Div 13, §21000 et
seq
– Identify significant effects, mitigate or avoid significant
effects where feasible, approve if infeasible to mitigate
provided other laws met
– Project impacts, cumulatively considerable with other
projects, adverse effects on human beings
• CEQA Guidelines CCR Title 14, Div. Chap 3, §15000 et
seq
• Lead Agencies in charge of CEQA review
• Air Districts are Responsible Agencies, review and input
7. When is an Air Quality Analysis Required
under CEQA?
• Must have a “Project”
• Not exempt from CEQA or ministerial (non-
discretionary)
• Lead Agency prepares Initial Study to determine a
project’s environmental impact
• Possible Significant Impact?
– EIR or Negative Declaration (Neg Dec) prepared by
Lead Agency
• Air Quality section of the EIR document, separate
technical study report
• Public comment period on Draft EIR or Neg Dec
• Need an EIR to require air quality review?
8. Air Quality Issues Review under CEQA
• Criteria Pollutants - Regional and Localized Impacts
– Ozone (NOx and VOC precursors), Particulate Matter (PM), NO2, CO,
SO2
– Particulate Matter - PM10 or PM2.5 from combustion or fugitive dust
– Localized sensitive receptor impacts for NO2, PM, and CO
– Traffic-related CO roadway and intersection hotspots
• Greenhouse Gases (GHG or CO2e)
– Climate Change, California AB32 regulation
• Air Toxics
– Diesel Particulate Matter (DPM)
– Other combustion toxics, operation-related toxics
– Asbestos from demolition
– Subsurface contamination releases
• Nuisance-Related Issues
– Odors
– Methane
• Hazardous Material Spills, Explosions?
11. Step 1: Identify Air Pollutants and Requirements
• What kind of Project and Location?
– Demo old/build new Commercial Office Building in mid-Wilshire District Los Angeles
– Expand berth facilities for a Port of San Diego tenant
– Build a new Power plant in South San Francisco
• Local Planning Agency and Air District Guidelines
• Identify Project Information:
– Preferred project alternative, and other alternatives including no action
– Equipment and activities that cause air emission impacts
– Identify project pollutants; Construction, Operation
– Identify significance thresholds
– Potential odors, methane, spills
• Locations of nearby sensitive receptors – schools, residences, day care
• Background monitoring data for setting, location of existing pollution
“hot spots”
• Identify local regulations and emission reduction requirements
• Recently completed EIRs/Air Studies, agency and public comments
• Identify nearby projects for cumulative impacts with other projects
12. CEQA Significance Thresholds
• Criteria Pollutants – NOx, VOC, PM10, PM2.5, CO, SOx
– Emission significance thresholds daily (peak lb/day), annual
(tons/year)
– Published by Planning Agencies and Air Districts, or stated
within a General Plan
– California Ambient Air Quality Standards (CAAQS) and
National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) -
concentrations
• GHG
– Not cumulatively considerable for Climate Change
• Health Risk Impacts for Air Toxic Issues (SCAQMD)
– Cases cancer per million at maximum exposed receptors
– Population-wide cancer burden
– Hazard index (HI) for noncancer chemicals
• Nuisance issues – generally can’t happen, must be
mitigated
13. South Coast AQMD Significance Thresholds
Pollutant Construc-on Opera-on
NOx 100 lbs/day 55 lbs/day
VOC 75 lbs/day 55 lbs/day
PM10 150 lbs/day 150 lbs/day
PM2.5 55 lbs/day 55 lbs/day
SOx 150 lbs/day 150 lbs/day
CO 550 lbs/day 550 lbs/day
Lead 3 lbs/day 3 lbs/day
Toxic Air Contaminants (TACs), Odor, and GHG Thresholds
TACs
MICR ≥ 10 in 1 million
Cancer Burden > 0.5
Chronic & Acute HI ≥ 1.0
Odor Project Creates an Odor Nuisance Pursuant to SCAQMD Rule 402
GHG 10,000 MT/yr CO2e for Industrial Facili]es
3,000 MT/yr CO2e for Residen]al/Commercial Projects
14. GHG Significance Analysis
• California AB32 Regulation
– Reduce GHG emissions to 1990 levels by 2020
– SB32 signed 9/8/16; reduce 40% below 1990 levels by 2040
– Focus on operational emissions; minimize construction
emissions
• Starting to shape up like:
– Consistency with a qualified
Climate Action Plan, or
– Significance thresholds
Ref: Placer Co CEQA Thresholds of Significance Jus8fica8on Report
15. Step 2: Gather Information
• Site Plans and Activity Locations
• Project Phasing Details, by month and year
– Construction - demo, site prep, paving and painting
– Operation - when the project open for business
• Equipment Type and Activity
– Mobile Source Combustion Emissions - Onroad and Offroad
– Stationary Source Emissions - e.g. boiler, kiln, coating line
– Fugitive Dust - demo, grading, loading/hauling, road dust
SHORTCUTS! District Screening tables; CalEEMod has pre-populated project types
• Required and voluntary emission controls – watering, diesel filters, solar
panels, tinted windows
• Emission-Related Information – HP rating, load factor, usage factor, miles
and hours travelled
• Operation schedule - hours per day, months, years
• “Holes” to fill in?
17. Step 3: Calculate Emissions Compare to
Thresholds
• Assess Level-of-Effort – go with screening tables, CalEEMod or spreadsheets?
– Conserva]ve and technically defensible
– CalEEMod socware facilitates agency review
– Spreadsheet provide more flexibility, control and transparency
• Throw calcula]ons into one project “Day”, or across phases that don’t overlap
• Pre-mi]ga]on and post-mi]ga]on
– Pre-mi]ga]on includes what project must do by rule or ordinance
– Post-mi]ga]on includes voluntary op]ons
– Decide whether to show separately or just as final project emissions
• Compare to Significance Thresholds – Done? Refine Assump]ons?
• Cumula]vely considerable with other nearby projects?
• Never submit an Air Quality Analysis with un-mi]gated significant impacts
– Be sure to address any cumula]ve impacts with other projects
• Expect feasible mi]ga]on to be required reduce impacts, whether significant or
not
18. Step 4: Impact Modeling (if required)
• Criteria pollutant impacts exceed emission thresholds
– Option to complete dispersion modeling with screening tools or AERMOD,
NO2, PM10, PM2.5, CO, SO2
– Show impacts are less than the California or National Ambient Air Quality
Standards
– Not an option for NOx or VOC as a precursor to ozone
• In South Coast AQMD, dispersion modeling for localized
impacts (LST analysis) for parcels greater than 5 acres
• CO Hotspot Modeling, high increases in traffic volume or
roadway level-of-service
• Health Risk Impacts – a quantitative Health Risk Assessment
must be completed to assess significance
– Unless you can state qualitatively negligible diesel PM or other toxics
– Depending on proximity of sensitive receptors
– Calculate health risks using spreadsheets and screening tables or HARP2
software
19. Step 5: Air Quality Technical Report Submittal
Technical Report Sec-on Contents
Introduc]on
Air Quality Technical Report Sec]on
Introduc]on
Environmental Sehng
Project Loca]on and Descrip]on
Health Effects of Criteria Pollutants
Exis]ng Regional and Local Air Quality
Exis]ng Project Site Emissions
Federal, State, and Local Regula]ons
Environmental Impacts
Methodology
Thresholds of Significance
Project Impacts
Cumula]ve Impacts
Cumula]ve Construc]on Impacts
Cumula]ve Opera]on Impacts
Mi]ga]on Measures Mi]ga]on Measures Considered
Conclusions
Level of Significance Acer Mi]ga]on
Summary of Findings
20. Special Cases – Siting Near Existing Pollution
Sources
• Sensitive Land Use Projects located near existing pollution
sources: freeways, rail line, ports, refineries, chromium
operations, odor sources:
– See the CARB Air Quality and Land Use Handbook1
– Buffers, HVAC filters, vegetation barriers, and solid walls
• Schools get special protection under state law
Not generally required by CEQA, but prudent to consider
what existing pollution source impacts will be on persons
that will that will be located at your Project.
• What about subsurface contamination, vapor intrusion?
1Final Handbook, April 2005
Technical Advisory, April 2017
h1ps://www.arb.ca.gov/ch/landuse.htm
21. Summary - Strategies for an Air Quality Study
• Design the right air quality study appropriate for your type of
project and the setting
• Homework - take time to gather all the information, make a
solid strategy before you start the real work
• Work with the right CEQA land use attorney and consultants
• Prepare a conservative, defensible analysis; expect challenges
on GHG and health risk impacts
• Leave room in your project for refinement and more
mitigation
• Do not submit an air quality analysis with significant impacts
if at all possible
• Leverage current guidance and precedent on recent projects
• Show your work, provide transparency in the work to avoid
review delays
• Engage and involve agency staff and public stakeholders in
solving problems and deciding on mitigation
23. Technical Discussion Topics
• Air Emission Calculations: Criteria Pollutants
and GHG
• Localized Significance Thresholds (South
Coast AQMD)
• Criteria Pollutant Air Quality Modeling
• Health Risk Assessment for Diesel
Particulate Emissions
24. Tools to Calculate Project Emissions
• CalEEMod – CA Emissions Estimation Model:
– For criteria pollutants, GHG, air toxic diesel PM
– Supersedes URBEMIS
– Construction and Operational phases
– Good for representative project types, commercial building, mall
– Emission factors from EMFAC, OFFROAD, EPA AP-42 automatically included,
but can by over-written by the user
– Advantage - Reproducible by agencies
• vs Spreadsheet Calculations:
– More time to set up, but also more flexible and refined
– Good for detailed emissions calculations for larger projects
– Better customization of emissions calculations
– Provides transparency for detailed project phases, specific equipment types,
and mitigation
– Mobile AND Point Source emission estimates
– Example: Roadway Construction Emissions Model
(Sacramento Metropolitan AQMD’s spreadsheet model)
Check with your local air district for more guidance on methods used to
estimate emissions
25. What Does CalEEMod Estimate?
• Construction emissions:
– Fugitive dust – PM10 and PM2.5
– Mobile source (Onroad and Offroad equipment) - combustion
– VOCs from painting and paving activities
• Operational emissions:
– Fugitive road dust - PM10 and PM2.5
– Mobile source (Onroad traffic) - combustion
– VOCs from painting, consumer products, and cleaning
supplies
– Emissions from landscaping equipment, wood stoves and
hearths
– GHG Emissions from electricity, natural gas, water usage
• Mitigated and Unmitigated emissions
Download CalEEMod here: h1p://www.caleemod.com/
26. Corporate Development Project
• Mid-Wilshire Los Angeles area
• Demolish old office buildings
• Build a five building corporate complex
= 200,000 sq. ft.
• Underground parking = 100,000 sq. ft.
• Project Site = 4.5 acres
• Number of Employees = 500
• Construction Timeframe = January 2018 – March 2019 (1.25
years)
• Enforcing Public Agency: L.A. City Planning Dept.
• Air District: SCAQMD
38. CalEEMod Reports
• Summer and Winter Reports:
– Unmitigated and Mitigated lbs/day for each Construction
Phase and for Operational Phases for selected pollutants
– Results to be compared to Significance Thresholds
• Annual Report:
– Unmitigated and Mitigated tons/yr for each Construction
Phase and for Operational Phases for selected pollutants
– GHG results to be compared to Significance Thresholds
• Summary Report:
– Summarizes lb/day for Criteria Pollutants and tons/yr for
GHG
– Numbers followed by a “W” are Winter numbers; “S” are
Summer numbers
45. SCAQMD: Localized Significance Thresholds
• Mass Rate Lookup Tables developed by
SCAQMD
• Localized impacts of NO2 (from NOx), CO,
PM10, and PM2.5
• Construction and Operation thresholds
developed for:
– 1-acre, 2-acre, and 5-acre sized projects
– Source-Receptor Areas located in SCAQMD’s
jurisdiction
– Sensitive receptors located 25 m, 50 m, 100 m,
200 m, or 500 m away from project site
• Tier 1 approach to determine localized
impacts
47. Compare CalEEMod Results to Localized
Significance Thresholds
NOx
(lb/day)
CO
(lb/day)
PM10
(lb/day)
PM2.5
(lb/day)
Construc]on Phases
CalEEMod
Emissions
65.4 25.8 9.8 6.3
Threshold 143 1580 13.3 7
Exceed
Significance?
No No No No
Opera]on Phase (Area + Energy)
CalEEMod
Emissions
0.56 0.50 0.04 0.04
Threshold 143 1580 3.3 2
Exceed
Significance?
No No No No
SRA No. 1 Central LA, 25 m distance to receptor,
extrapolated from 2 acre and 5 acre project site
thresholds
48. Criteria Pollutant Modeling
• South Coast AQMD – projects larger than 5 acres
• Other Districts; NO2, PM, CO, or SO2 emissions
significant
• CO hotspots modeling for traffic
• AERMOD dispersion model or AERSCREEN
• Refined modeling - use pre-processed
meteorological data
• Model emission sources as point, volume, or area
sources
• Concentration thresholds – CA and National
ambient standards
– Includes background concentrations for attainment areas
– Significant impact threshold for non-attainment areas
49. Health Risk Assessment for Diesel PM
• Calculate Mitigated Diesel (PM) DPM Emissions (CalEEMod
and/or Calculation Spreadsheets):
– Construction total DPM emissions; average operational DPM
emissions over project life
– Calculate annual average DPM emissions in g/s
• Long-term Cancer and Chronic Noncancer risks per OEHHA
Guidance
– Also may be required to consider acute (short-term) risk impacts
• Impacts on nearest sensitive receptors
– Residents
– Schools and Day Care Centers
– Hospitals and Adult Care Facilities
– Workers
– Recreation Areas
• Modeling tools: District risk screening tools, AERMOD, HARP2
OEHHA Air Toxics Hot Spots Risk Assessment Guidelines:
h1ps://oehha.ca.gov/media/downloads/crnr/2015guidancemanual.pdf
50. Resident Cancer Risk Formula for DPM
Cancer Risk = Cair * AF * DBR * EF * 10-6 * CPF * ASF * ED/AT * FAH
where: Cair = Air concentra]on (µg/m3)
AF = Annual concentra]on adjustment factor (1.0 for residents)
DBR = Daily breathing rate over age bins and dura]on (wtd, L/kg-day)
EF = Exposure frequency (unitless, days/365 days; 0.96 for SCAQMD)
10-6 = Conversion; µg to mg and L to m3
CPF = 70-year inhala]on cancer potency factor (1.1 mg/kg-day)-1
ASF = Age Sensi]vity Factor over age bins (wtd, unitless)
ED = Exposure dura]on (30 years for SCAQMD)
AT = Averaging ]me for life]me (70 years)
FAH = Frac]on ]me at home over age bins (unitless)
Note 1: Cancer risk is summed across diesel PM sources for each receptor loca]on
Note 2: Cancer risk is expressed as in terms of per million persons
South Coast AQMD Rule 1401 Guidance – (DBR * ED * ASF * FAH) * EF / AT = CEF = 677 for 30 yrs
= 311 for 2 yrs
52. CEQA Air Quality Technical
Guidance
• SCAQMD
http://www.aqmd.gov/home/regulations/ceqa/air-quality-
analysis-handbook
• California ARB Air Quality and Land Use Handbook
https://www.arb.ca.gov/ch/landuse.htm
• CalEEMod User’s Guide
http://www.aqmd.gov/caleemod/user's-guide
• OEHHA
https://oehha.ca.gov/air/crnr/notice-adoption-air-toxics-hot-
spots-program-guidance-manual-preparation-health-risk-0
• EMFAC2014 (Onroad vehicles)
https://www.arb.ca.gov/emfac/2014/
• OFFROAD (Offroad vehicles)
https://www.arb.ca.gov/msei/
categories.htm#offroad_motor_vehicles
53. Ques]ons?
Contact Informa]on
James A. Westbrook, President
BlueScape Environmental
877-486-9257
jwestbrook@bluescapeinc.com
www.bluescapeinc.com
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