Training

COURSE DESCRIPTION: WESTAR’s Training Program will host this 4-day Advanced NSR/PSD training course for EXPERIENCED agency personnel who have permitting responsibilities for major sources.  The goals of the course are to provide an in-depth, high-level understanding of permitting elements, regulatory requirements, and policies pertaining to the major New Source Review program.  The training will provide […]

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This online course presents information on the major national programs in air pollution stationary source permitting. This course was designed to provide methods and procedures used to effectively draft and review permit conditions used with a variety of permit programs. This course is designed for personnel of state, local and tribal permitting agencies […]

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Those completing this course will have an understanding of the compliance assessment practices that are employed for evaluating air emission sources. The individual will gain an understanding of the following inspector tasks: Role of the field inspector Permit conditions compliance documentation and evidence gathering Complaints handling and other inspection investigations Inspection of air […]

DESCRIPTION: This two-day course provides an overview of air toxics emission sources that may be regulated under the Clean Air Act. The following topics will be covered: • History and Types of Air Toxics • Federal Air Toxic Laws and Programs • State Air Toxics Programs • Exposure and Toxicity Assessments • Risk Characterization • […]

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This 3-day Intermediate NSR/PSD Permitting training course is for SLT agency personnel who have, or will have, permitting responsibilities for major sources.  The objectives of the course are to provide with a high-level understanding of permitting elements, regulatory requirements, and policies pertaining to the major permitting programs, and provide attendees with the knowledge, […]

COURSE DESCRIPTION: The Continuous Monitoring Systems (CMS) training course is 3 days and in-person.  It provides participants with a basic understanding of CMS including an overview of how to perform regulatory reviews and includes key concepts, terminology, techniques, and information on CMS, including types, regulations, analytical techniques, systems design and components, performance specifications (PS), quality […]

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This 2-day training course is not intended to produce modelers but rather to focus on atmospheric science principles, model options, and configurations, as well as pre- and post-processing steps that ultimately determine the outcome of the modeling study.  The course will develop a solid understanding of regulatory air dispersion modeling fundamentals combined with […]

This is a virtual, instructor-led training TARGET AUDIENCE: This course is intended for new, inexperienced state, local and tribal air quality professionals. COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course will focus on the process, emission control equipment and inspection procedures of small to medium sized solid waste incinerators. The types of incinerators include biomedical, pathological, crematories and commercial […]

This is a virtual, instructor-led training TARGET AUDIENCE: This course is intended for new, inexperienced state, local and tribal air quality professionals. COURSE DESCRIPTION: Stationary gas turbines are popular as combined-cycles, peaking power plants and cogeneration facilities. The course discusses the uses of gas turbines, fundamentals of operation of modern turbines with emphasis on state-of-the-art controls […]

This is a virtual, instructor-led training TARGET AUDIENCE: This course is intended for new, inexperienced state, local and tribal air quality professionals. COURSE 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 […]

This is a virtual, instructor-led training TARGET AUDIENCE: This course is intended for new, inexperienced state, local and tribal air quality professionals. COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course will help the inspector understand the fundamentals of electrostatic precipitator operation for fine particulate or aerosols and the likely defects or operator oversight. Topics include: theory and design, cleaning […]

WESTAR’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. This lecture-based course is designed for state, local and tribal air quality professional whose role is to observe source testing, evaluate source test methods, approve test protocols and review source […]