April 03, 2025
By:
Walter G. Wright
Category:
Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
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Ben Holden undertook a presentation for my University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law Environmental Law Class on April 1st titled:
Clean Air Act: Stationary Source Permits and Other Technical Topics (“Presentation”).
Ben is a Professional Engineer and serves as a Managing Consultant at Trinity Consultants.
The focus of Ben’s Presentation was to provide an overview of various technical activities/issues associated with implementation of the Clean Air Act at both the Federal and Arkansas levels.
Key topics included:
- Clean Air Act and Permitting Background.
- Brief History of Federal Clean Air Act.
- CAA: A Regulatory Success Story.
- Code of Federal Regulations.
- Who Needs an Air Permit?
- Air Permit Application Types.
- What is an Emissions Source?
- What Is an Air Pollutant?
- Federal Air Pollutants.
- Arkansas Air Contaminants.
- Ambient Air Monitoring.
- Role of Arkansas Dept. of Energy & Environment
- Division of Environmental Quality (DEQ) Office of Air Quality in Air Permitting Process.
- Menu of Arkansas Air Permitting Regulations & Policies.
- PART 70/TITLE V OPERATING PERMIT PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.
- Major vs. Minor Sources.
- Prevention of Significant Deterioration.
- What Are Air Pollutant Emissions Controls?
- What Is Dispersion Modeling?
- How Do Permittees Comply with Permits?
- What Are Continuous Monitors?
- How Do You Do Emissions Calculations?
A copy of the slides from the Presentation can be downloaded here.
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