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SUMMARY:Introduction to Controls for Moderate Ozone Nonattainment Areas
DESCRIPTION:12:30 pm (Pacific) \n\nModerate Area Requirements – Comparison to Marginal & Serious Area Requirements\, Overview of Relevant Rules/Guidance\nTimelines\nAnalysis Process & Examples\nProposals to Keep an Eye On\nDiscussion & Session Wrap-Up\n\n1:30 pm \n\nAdjourn
URL:https://westar.org/event/introduction-to-controls-for-moderate-ozone-nonattainment-areas/
CATEGORIES:Training
ORGANIZER;CN="Jeff Gabler":MAILTO:jgabler@westar.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261020T090000
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SUMMARY:Virtual: Industrial Boilers (TOXC 226)
DESCRIPTION:COURSE MATERIALS \nTUESDAY\, OCTOBER 20\, 2026\nPACIFIC TIMES\n9:00 am Introduction/Overview\n9:15 am Terminology & Boiler Types\n9:30 am Theory & Operation of Boilers\n10:00 am Break\n10:15 am Boiler Components & Designs\n11:00 am Break\n11:15 am Emissions and Control Techniques\n12:00 noon Lunch\n1:00 pm Boiler Regulations & Permits\n2:00 pm Monitoring\, Source Testing\, Inspections\, and Safety\n3:30 pm Adjourn \nABOUT THE TRAINING COURSE \nTARGET AUDIENCE: This course is intended for new\, inexperienced state\, local and tribal air quality professionals. \nCOURSE DESCRIPTION: Boilers are one of the most common emission sources and range in use from small fire tube boilers to large utility boilers associated with power plant facilities. The course discusses uses of boilers\, heat transfer methods and fundamentals of operation of modern industrial and utility boilers including those fired by natural gas\, biomass municipal waste and coal (circulating fluidized bed units). The course also discusses steam turbines and power generation. This is followed by a detailed discussion on emissions and control techniques such as Low-NOx burners\, FGR\, staged combustion\, SCR and SNCR. New technologies such as Ultra Low-NOx 9 ppm burners\, applicable federal and local BACT regulations\, permitting requirements and agency inspection procedures and safety concerns are thoroughly discussed. \nLEARNING OBJECTIVES: Those completing this course will gain a basic understanding of the general information associated with industrial boiler operations. Attendees will be able to perform regulatory reviews involving the following elements of industrial boilers:\n• Air Pollution – Why\n• Boiler Uses\n• Boiler Theory and Operation\n• Air Pollution Formation\n• Air Pollution Control Devices\n• Boiler Regulations\n• Typical Permit Conditions\n• Inspection Procedures \nClick: Course Brochure
URL:https://westar.org/event/virtual-industrial-boilers-toxc-226/
CATEGORIES:Training
ORGANIZER;CN="Jeff Gabler":MAILTO:jgabler@westar.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261021T090000
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SUMMARY:Virtual: Landfill Gas Control Facilities
DESCRIPTION:WEDNESDAY\, OCTOBER 21\, 2026 \nPACIFIC TIMES \n9:00 am        Introductions \n9:15 am        Landfill Facts and Figures \n9:30 am        Primary Air Pollutants from Landfills \n10:00 am      Collection and Monitoring of Landfill Gases \n10:30 am      Break \n10:45 am      Landfill Gas Control Devices \n11:15 am      Secondary Air Pollutants \n11:45 am      Lunch \n12:45 pm      Monitoring Equipment \n1:30 pm        Rules\, Regulations and Laws \n2:00 pm        Inspection of Landfill Gas Operations \n3:00 pm        Adjourn \n  \nABOUT THE TRAINING COURSE \nAUDIENCE: This course is intended for new\, entry-level permit engineers\, inspectors\, regulatory agency staff\, and environmental specialists in business and government. The course is designed to provide an overview of Landfill Gas Control Facilities. \n LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Those completing this course will gain a basic understanding of the Landfill Gas control systems. The following topics will be covered in this course: \n\nFacts and figures regarding Landfills\nPrimary and Secondary air pollutants at Landfills\nMethane monitoring equipment\nInspections and safety tips\nScientific principles behind landfill gas generation\nLandfill gas collection technologies and principles\nLandfill gas controls and energy uses\nDescription of landfill gas monitoring equipment and proper use\nRegulatory Overview and Update on Green House Gas Regulations\, CCR Title 17\, Section 95460\nInspection and Safety Tips\n\n COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course provides an introduction to the operation of landfill gas collection\, controls and gas-to-energy systems. Special emphasis is placed on inspection techniques.  Students will be able to discuss and observe landfill operations/activities and landfill gas extraction control components. \nClick: Course Brochure
URL:https://westar.org/event/virtual-landfill-gas-control-facilities/
CATEGORIES:Training
ORGANIZER;CN="Jeff Gabler":MAILTO:jgabler@westar.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261026T090000
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SUMMARY:Virtual: Monitoring Compliance Testing & Source Test Observation
DESCRIPTION:MONDAY\, OCTOBER 26\, 2026 \nPACIFIC TIMES \n9:00 am – 2:00 pm \n\nIntroduction to/Sources of Methods\n\nTopics Dealing with Source Testing Guidance \n\nEPA’s National Stack Test Gu EPA’s National Stack Test Guidance and Compliance Monitoring Strategy\nIntroduction to Stack Testing and Gas Physics\n\nGas Physics\nBoyle/Charles Laws\nCorrection to Standard Temperature and Pressure\n\n\n\nTopics Dealing with FRM’s 1 Through 5 \n\nOverview of Federal Reference Methods 1-5 (Video)\nStack Testing Basics: Overview of Federal Reference Methods Federal Reference Methods 1-2\nSampling Point Locations (IsoCalc Spreadsheet)\nStack Gas Velocity (IsoCalc Spreadsheet)\nCyclonic and Non-Parallel Flows & Port Locations\nAdjourn/Homework Problems Assignment\n\nTUESDAY\, OCTOBER 27\, 2026 \nPACIFIC TIMES \n9:00 am – 2:00 pm \n\nHomework Review\n\nTopics Dealing with FRM’s 1 Through 5 \n\nAgency Observer Checklists\nStack Testing Basics: Federal Reference Methods 3-4\n\n\n\n\nStack Gas Molecular Weight (IsoCalc Spreadsheet)\nStack Gas Moisture (IsoCalc Spreadsheet)\nSampling Train Configuration\n\n\n\n\nFederal Reference Method 5 Operation/Associated Equations/Setting % Isokinetic Sampling Rate\nAgency Observer Checklist\nThe Source Test\nRole of the Agency Inspector\nHomework\n\nWEDNESDAY\, OCTOBER 28\, 2026 \nPACIFIC TIMES \n9:00 am – 2:00 pm \n\nHomework Review\nF-Factors\nFRM 201/201A for PM-10\, PM-2.5\nFRM 202 Condensable PM\nFRM 29/SW-846\, Method 0060\, Multi-Metals Sampling\, FRM 12 for Inorganic Lead and FRM 306 for Chromium\nFederal Reference Method 26/26A/SW-846 Methods 0050/0051 (HCl/Cl2)\nHomework\n\nTHURSDAY\, OCTOBER 29\, 2026 \nPACIFIC TIMES \n9:00 am – 2:00 pm \nTopics Dealing with VOC Stack Testing \n\nHomework Review\nIntroduction to VOCs/Selecting VOC Sampling and Analytical Methods (State of Pennsylvania Selection Process)\nReporting VOC Emissions (in ppms? In #/Hr.? etc.) and Calculations (i.e.\, “As Carbon?”; “As VOCs?”; “As Organics?”; “As Propane?”)\nOverview of Stack Testing for VOCs Utilizing FRMs 18\, 25\, 25A\,\nCTS 035 and SW-846 Methods\nMunicipal Solid Waste Landfill Emissions and Sampling of VOC and\nHAP’s\nFederal Reference Method 18\, 25\, & 25A\nWeaknesses/Strengths of FRMs 18\, 25\, 25A\nHomework\n\nFRIDAY\, OCTOBER 30\, 2026 \nPACIFIC TIMES \n9:00 am -2:00 pm \n\nFRM Method 204 PTE/TTE Enclosures\, Capture Efficiency/Calculations\nStack Testing Special Topics\n\nHigh Moisture Stacks\nHigh Pressure Stacks\nHigh VOC Concentration Stacks/Molecular Weight Determination\n\n\n\nTopics Dealing with Stack Testing Gas Turbines\, Acid Gas Monitoring and Other Topics \n\nReciprocating Internal Combustion Engine (RICE) Sampling and Overview of CEMS for Engines and Gas Turbine Testing\n\nFederal Reference Method 6C/7E/3A and 20\nFourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) Spectroscopy Technology\nASTM D6522-00 (Portable Analyzer Technology)\n\n\nRATA and CGAs\nFRM 205 (Gas Dilution System)\nFRM 320/ASTM D6348-03\nSafety on the Stack Test\nFRM 30 Mercury (Hg) Sampling\n\nABOUT THE TRAINING COURSE \nWESTAR’s Training Center will host this training course for state\, local and tribal air quality professional staff working\, or planning to work\, in source testing. \nThis lecture-based course is designed for state\, local and tribal air quality professionals whose role is to observe source testing\, evaluate source test methods\, approve test protocols and review source test results as required under various federal and state regulations or as required by issued permits. This class is intended for compliance and field engineers\, scientists and technicians who have responsibility for the above source testing tasks. \nThose completing this course will gain a basic understanding of the general information associated with source testing and source test methods. This course develops the ability to plan\, guide\, evaluate\, and (after experience on the job) perform source sampling measurements to determine rates of emissions from stationary sources. It clarifies EPA Reference Methods 1 to 4\, and Method 5. The course develops knowledge of the equipment employed\, understanding of why the prescribed methods are established\, and ability to perform the calibrations and calculations which are a part of the reference methods. \nTo ensure that the source test methods utilized to demonstrate compliance are performed according to EPA guidelines\, both agency and industrial personnel will be required to observe stack tests to document that compliance with the methodology is being achieved. This will mean that an observer must be intimately familiar with numerous stack test methods\, each one with its own particular operation. \nClick: Course Brochure
URL:https://westar.org/event/virtual-monitoring-compliance-testing-source-test-observation-2/
CATEGORIES:Training
ORGANIZER;CN="Jeff Gabler":MAILTO:jgabler@westar.org
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