WESTAR’s Training Center will host this in-person training course for state, local and tribal air quality professional staff working, or planning to work, in major source permitting.
BACT is determined on a case-by-case basis, consisting of the following five steps:
• Step 1 – Identify each emission unit and all available control options
• Step 2 – Evaluate the technical feasibility of each control option. Eliminate control options that are not technically feasible based on physical, chemical, and engineering principles.
• Step 3 – Rank remaining control options on the basis of control efficiency, the top ranked control alternative is the first selection of BACT.
• Step 4 – Eliminate control options based on evaluation of economic, environmental and energy impacts.
• Step 5 – Select the most effective option as BACT.
This training will examine the framework for a consistent approach to determining BACT. The emphasis is on the types of data which should be required in a pre-construction permit application and how the data should be used in order to determine BACT, and the technological question of whether the emission control system proposed in the permit application represents BACT or whether a more stringent level of emission control is appropriate considering available technology and economic, energy, and environmental impacts.
COURSE MATERIALS: Training course materials will only be available electronically. Attendees will receive an online document sharing link for access to materials. It is the attendee’s responsibility for downloading files and for providing the device or media on which to view materials. WESTAR will provide hard copies only for those needing accommodation.
SPACE LIMITATION: Registration is limited to 35 attendees. Air quality staff from the fifteen western states receive registration preference.
REGISTRATION FEES: There are no registration fees for state, local or tribal air quality agency staff. For federal agency staff a $1,200 registration fee will be charged.
To Register: EPA’s AirKnowledge
