Westar

WESTAR Planning Committee
2024-02-01 14:00 - 15:00, 2024-01-04 14:00 - 15:00, 2023-12-07 14:00 - 15:00, 2023-11-02 14:00 - 15:00, 2023-10-05 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Denver)
The WESTAR Planning Committee includes air quality planners from the 15 member states. Planners from Tribal and local air agencies as well as EPA and Federal Land Management agencies are welcome to attend. These calls occur every month on the First Thursday at 2:00 Mountain Time. The purpose of the call is to identify policy issues of concern, make recommendations and comment on EPA policies and proposals, and exchange information and expertise on relevant topics.
If you are interested in attending these calls, please contact Jay Baker at jbaker@westar.org.

TSC/WG Co-Chairs Monthly Coordination Call
2024-01-31 12:30 - 14:00, 2023-11-29 12:30 - 14:00, 2023-10-25 12:30 - 14:00 (America/Denver)
Monthly Coordination Call with WRAP Technical Steering Committee and WRAP Work Group Co-Chairs
Agenda
Work Group Updates

WESTAR Technical Committee
2024-01-24 14:00 - 15:00, 2023-11-22 14:00 - 15:00, 2023-10-25 14:00 - 15:00, 2023-09-27 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Denver)
The WESTAR Technical Committee includes technical professionals from the 15 member states. Participants come from a variety of backgrounds including monitoring, emissions inventory, and modeling analysis. Technical professionals from Tribal and local air agencies as well as EPA and Federal Land Management agencies are welcome to attend. These calls occur every month on the First Thursday at 2:00 Mountain Time. The purpose of the call is to identify policy issues of concern, make recommendations and comment on EPA policies and proposals, and exchange information and expertise on relevant topics.
If you are interested in attending these calls, please contact Jay Baker at jbaker@westar.org.

ONLINE - Effective Permit Writing
2024-01-16 09:00 - 2024-01-18 14:00, 2023-09-19 10:00 - 2023-09-21 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
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 and local permitting agencies who are new to permit programs, managers of programs which are impacted by permits, and inspectors who must read and interpret permit conditions. Examples of the various types of permit conditions are presented along with practical exercises.
MAJOR TOPICS:

Identification of the components required in a complete permit application evaluation,
Explanation of the functions and purposes of each component of a complete permit application,
Description of the characteristics of an effective permit,
Explanation of the process, approaches that can be used to assure an effective permit is produced.

WESTAR’s funding and mission limit attendance at WESTAR’s educational opportunities to staff from government air pollution control agencies.
Course Brochure
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WRAP Board Meeting
2023-12-06 10:00 - 11:00, 2023-11-01 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Denver)
Agenda

State Implementation Plan (SIP) Development
2023-11-14 08:00 - 2023-11-15 17:00 (America/Denver) | The Duniway Portland, 545 SW Taylor Street, Portland, OR, 97204, United States
WESTAR’s Training Program will host this training course for state, local and tribal air quality professional staff working, or planning to work, in the State Implementation Planning (SIP) Program. This 2-day course will provide an overview of State Implementation Plans (SIPs), types of SIPs, components of SIPs, roles and responsibilities, technical data needed, preparation and submittal of SIPs, and what happens after a plan is submitted to EPA. This training course is designed for new Air Quality Planning staff.
WESTAR’s funding and mission limit attendance at WESTAR’s educational opportunities to staff from government air pollution control agencies.
Course Brochure
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Course Materials

EPA 13th Modeling Conference
2023-11-14 - 2023-11-15

Advanced Inspector Training (NACT355)
2023-10-23 08:30 - 2023-10-25 11:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Maricopa County Air Quality Dept, 301 W. Jefferson Street, Phoenix, AZ, 85003, United States
COURSE DESCRIPTION: The Advanced Inspector Training Course focuses on issues and techniques for the more senior inspector to help enhance and improve their inspection techniques and results. This course does not focus on any specific media but covers subject applicable to inspections in all media. The course is intended to provide additional tools to obtain information before, during, and after an inspection. The course will present “best practices” for conducting inspections and give the students an opportunity to discuss how these “best practices” apply or not to their own inspections. Each class will have the opportunity to discuss and evaluate specific issues or areas of interest to them.
WESTAR’s funding and mission limit attendance at WESTAR’s educational opportunities to staff from government air pollution control agencies.
Course Brochure
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HAQAST Utah
2023-10-19 - 2023-10-20 | Salt Lake City, UT

NACAA Fall Membership Meeting
2023-10-18 - 2023-10-19 | Alexandria, VA

IMPROVE Steering Committee Meeting
2023-10-17 - 2023-10-18 | Glacier National Park, MT

CMAS Conference
2023-10-16 - 2023-10-18

Landfill Gas Control Facilities (TOXC229)
2023-10-06 08:30 - 17:00 (America/Denver) | Bachechi Open Space Educational Buidling, 9521 Rio Grande Blvd NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87114, United States
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:
• Facts and figures regarding Landfills
• Primary and Secondary air pollutants at Landfills
• Methane monitoring equipment
• Inspections and safety tips
• Scientific principles behind landfill gas generation
• Landfill gas collection technologies and principles
• Landfill gas controls and energy uses
• Description of landfill gas monitoring equipment and proper use
• Regulatory Overview and Update on Green House Gas Regulations, CCR Title 17, Section 95460
• Inspection and Safety Tips
WESTAR’s funding and mission limit attendance at WESTAR’s educational opportunities to staff from government air pollution control agencies.
Course Brochure
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VOC Control Devices (TOXC106)
2023-10-05 08:30 - 17:00 (America/Denver) | Bachechi Open Space Educational Buidling, 9521 Rio Grande Blvd NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87114, United States
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Those completing this course will gain a basic understanding of the general information associated with volatile organic compound control devices. Attendees will be able to perform regulatory reviews involving the following elements of gaseous emissions control: The following topics will be covered in this course:
• Absorbers
• Adsorbers
• Condensers
• Oxidizers
• Process descriptions
• Rule discussion
• Inspection procedures
WESTAR’s funding and mission limit attendance at WESTAR’s educational opportunities to staff from government air pollution control agencies.
Course Brochure
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Aggregate, Hot Mix Asphalt, & Concrete Batch Facilities (TOXC219)
2023-10-03 08:30 - 2023-10-04 17:00 (America/Denver) | Bachechi Open Space Educational Buidling, 9521 Rio Grande Blvd NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87114, United States
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Those completing this course will gain a basic understanding of the general information associated with aggregate, asphalt, & concrete batching operations plants. Attendees will be able to perform regulatory reviews involving the following elements of Aggregate, Asphalt, and Concrete Batching operations:
The following topics will be covered in this course:
• Emissions and Health Impacts
• Aggregate Industry
• Aggregate Process
• Engineering Evaluation
• Inspection Procedures for Aggregate, Asphalt and Concrete operation
• Concrete Emissions and Effects
• Hot Mix Process and Control
• Permit Requirements
• Health Impacts
WESTAR’s funding and mission limit attendance at WESTAR’s educational opportunities to staff from government air pollution control agencies.
Course Brochure
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WESTAR/WRAP Fall Business Meeting
2023-10-03 - 2023-10-04 | Anchorage, AK

Monitoring Compliance Testing & Source Test Observation
2023-09-26 08:30 - 2023-09-28 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Cal Center Boardroom, 8800 Cal Center Drive, Sacrament, CA, 95826, United States
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 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.
Those 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.
To 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.

International Inventory Conference
2023-09-26 - 2023-09-29

AAPCA Fall Business Meeting
2023-09-26 - 2023-09-28 | Raleigh Marriott City Center
