Westar

WESTAR Planning Committee
2025-11-06 14:00 - 15:00, 2025-12-04 14:00 - 15:00, 2026-01-01 14:00 - 15:00, 2026-02-05 14:00 - 15:00, 2026-03-05 14:00 - 15:00, 2026-04-02 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Denver) | NV
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.

WESTAR Technical Committee
2025-11-26 14:00 - 15:00, 2025-12-24 14:00 - 15:00, 2026-01-28 14:00 - 15:00, 2026-02-25 14:00 - 15:00, 2026-03-25 14:00 - 15:00, 2026-04-22 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Denver) | NV
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.

Advanced Inspector Training (NACT 355)
2025-12-02 08:30 - 2025-12-04 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Maricopa County – Security Building – 1A, 234 N. Central Ave, Phoenix, AZ, 85004, 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.

Course Materials

WRAP Technical Steering Committee/Workgroup Co-chairs Coordination Call
2025-12-03 12:30 - 14:00, 2026-03-25 10:00 - 11:30 (America/Denver) | NV
Agenda

Online: Permitting Practice & Principles (PERM 202)
2025-12-09 08:30 - 2025-12-11 16:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | NV
This course provides hands-on training in the methods and procedures used to review permit applications and to prepare air quality permits. This course is designed for personnel of State and local agencies that have some experience in permit programs. The course is designed primarily for permit writers, but inspectors who must read and interpret permit conditions and make site inspections will benefit as well. Course material will address state and local permits, as well as Title V federal operating permits. Other topics covered will include compliance assurance monitoring; monitoring, reporting, and record-keeping requirements; and toxic air contaminant issues associated with permitting. Those completing this course will gain an understanding of the information associated with permit writing including:

Review of permitting (Definition, Types, Authority, Process, Contents)
State permits
SIP authorized state and local preconstruction review
Delegated federal programs
Title V
Public involvement
New Source Performance Standards
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
Toxics Issues

Course Materials

WRAP Board Meeting
2025-12-10 10:00 - 11:00, 2026-02-11 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Denver) | NV

Virtual Training: Inspection Safety
2026-01-27 09:00 - 2026-01-28 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | NV
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
This is an introductory course designed for agency inspectors and permit writers who conduct onsite visits to regulated facilities.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
This course is designed to give attendees a basic understanding of the safety hazards that staff may be exposed to at industrial sites and how to prepare for a site inspection.
COURSE DELIVERY: This is a virtual, instructor-led training course.
SPACE LIMITATION: Registration is limited to 45 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.

TO REGISTER: EPA’s AirKnowledge Website

COURSE MATERIALS

WRAP Technical Steering Committee/Workgroup Co-chairs Coordination Call
2026-01-28 12:30 - 14:00 (America/Denver) | NV
Meeting Materials to be posted soon

Virtual Training: Compliance Assurance Monitoring (CAM) - PERM 204
2026-02-10 08:30 - 16:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | NV
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WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
This course is intended for intermediate stationary source permit engineers and inspectors.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
Completing this course will gain a basic understanding of the general information associated with compliance assurance monitoring. Attendees will be able to perform regulatory reviews involving the following elements of CAM:

Effect of Title V
Background of CAM
Part 64 applicability
Exception
CAM monitoring design criteria
Source, district, and EPA Roles
Quality Improvement plan

COURSE DESCRIPTION:
On October 22, 1997, EPA promulgated the CAM rule, 40 CFR part 64, which addresses monitoring for certain emission units at major sources. The CAM rule, which applies only to emission units with active control devices whose potential pre-control device emissions are at or above the major source thresholds, requires the title V permit for these sources to contain monitoring sufficient to give a reasonable assurance of compliance with requirements applicable to the source and with all permit terms and conditions over the anticipated range of operation. Thus, emission units with an approved CAM plan will require sufficient monitoring to satisfy the periodic monitoring requirement under title V and part 70.
The CAM rule generally will not require implementation of its requirements for most units subject to CAM until the first round of title V permit renewals, which will generally be 5 years after initial permit issuance. Therefore, until emission units become subject to the requirements of part 64, the initial title V permit for major sources with units subject to Federal or SIP regulations will need to include periodic monitoring for these CAM units.
CAM concepts like background, 40 CFR part 64 (CAM) applicability, who will be affected by CAM, who is exempt from CAM, CAM timing, monitoring design criteria, frequency of monitoring, source, District & EPA roles in evaluating CAM plans, quality improvement plans will be discussed in this course.
COURSE DELIVERY: This is a virtual, instructor-led training course.
SPACE LIMITATION: Registration is limited to 40 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.
TO REGISTER: EPA’s AirKnowledge Website

Virtual Training: Aggregate, Asphalt, and Concrete Batch Plants (TOXC 219)
2026-02-11 08:30 - 2026-02-12 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | NV
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NEW AGGREGATE MATERIALS
NEW CONCRETE MATERIALS
NEW ASPHALT MATERIALS
WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
This course is intended for new, entry-level as well as semi-experienced stationary source permit engineers, inspectors, regulatory agency staff, and environmental specialists in business and government. The course is designed to provide an overview of Aggregate, Asphalt, & Concrete Batching Operations.
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
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

COURSE DELIVERY: This is a virtual, instructor-led training course.
SPACE LIMITATION: Registration is limited to 40 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.
TO REGISTER: EPA’s AirKnowledge Website

Virtual Training: Function of Common Air Pollution Control Devices
2026-02-18 09:00 - 2026-02-20 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | NV
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WHO SHOULD ATTEND
This is an introductory course designed for agency inspectors, permit writers, and regulation developers who have the responsibility to review air pollution control devices.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
This course is designed to give attendees a basic understanding of the different types and operating characteristics of air pollution control devices that are available for particulate matter, volatile organic compounds, carbon monoxide, acid gases, and hazardous air pollutants. Course topics include:

Background on ideal gas law and capture and control of air pollutants;
Particulate controls, including separators, fabric filters, scrubbers, and electrostatic precipitators;
Volatile organic compound controls, including minimization, oxidation, condensation, adsorption, and absorption;
Carbon monoxide controls, including minimization, catalysts, and oxidation;
Acid gas controls, including prevention, absorption, and adsorption; and
Parametric monitoring of air pollution control equipment.

COURSE DELIVERY: This is a virtual, instructor-led training course.
SPACE LIMITATION: Registration is limited to 45 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.

TO REGISTER: EPA’s AirKnowledge Website

Virtual Training: AERMOD Air Quality Dispersion Modeling
2026-02-24 08:30 - 2026-02-25 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | NV
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 the application of this knowledge toward solving real-world air quality challenges. Practical and real-world AERMOD examples will be utilized throughout the course to effectively demonstrate how these topics work together to influence model outcomes. In addition, hands-on training is incorporated throughout the training to reinforce concepts.
The intent of the course is to empower permit engineers and managers with the knowledge and real-world experience needed to quickly assess the validity of model selection, configuration, and results interpretation as related to specific regulatory programs. Emphasis is on explaining and demonstrating important modeling concepts that permit writers and managers must understand to make informed and defensible decisions during the permitting process to ensure the permit conditions meet regulatory requirements.
COURSE DELIVERY: This is a virtual, instructor-led training course.
SPACE LIMITATION: Registration is limited to 15 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.

TO REGISTER: EPA’s AirKnowledge Website

Virtual Training: Effective Permit Writing
2026-03-10 09:00 - 2026-03-12 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | NV
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This 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.

COURSE DELIVERY: This is a virtual, instructor-led training course.
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.
TO REGISTER: EPA’s AirKnowledge Website

Intermediate NSR/PSD -- In-Person Training
2026-03-17 08:30 - 2026-03-20 16:30 (America/Denver) | Utah DEQ, 195 N 1950 W, Salt Lake City, UT, 84116, United States
COURSE DESCRIPTION: WESTAR’s Training Program will host this 4-day Intermediate Permitting training course for 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, skills, and abilities to identify pertinent regulatory and policy materials, and the ability to apply these to day-to-day responsibilities and activities.
MAJOR TOPICS:

New Source Review and Prevention of Significant Deterioration Programs – Background and History
Definitions
Applicability
Requirements
BACT
NAAQS Analysis
Netting Analysis
Increment and Other Analyses
NSR Reform
Relationship between NSR and other programs
Effective Use of Exclusions and Permit Procedures
Pre-Application Monitoring Waivers
Nonattainment Area Applicability and Requirements
Operating Permits

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 for those needing accommodation.
SPACE LIMITATION: Registration is limited to 40 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.
TO REGISTER: EPA’s AirKnowledge Website

Virtual Training: Particulate Matter Control Devices
2026-03-24 09:00 - 2026-03-26 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | NV
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
This is an introductory course designed for agency inspectors and permit writers who have the responsibility to review and inspect sources of particulate emissions.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
This course is designed to give attendees a basic understanding of particulate formation and control systems. Course topics include:

Particle formation and behavior
Mechanical Separators
Fabric Filters
Wet Scrubbers
Electrostatic Precipitators
Compliance Monitoring (Parametric Monitoring, Testing, & Inspections)

COURSE DELIVERY: This is a virtual, instructor-led training course.
SPACE LIMITATION: Registration is limited to 45 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.
Course Materials – PDF Version
TO REGISTER: EPA’s AirKnowledge Website

Continuous Monitoring Systems (SRCE 104) -- In-Person Training
2026-04-07 08:30 - 2026-04-09 16:30 (Pacific/Honolulu) | Hawaii Clean Air Branch, 2827 Waimano Home Rd #130, Pearl City, 96782, United States
COURSE BROCHURE
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 assurance (QA) requirements, commonly used technologies, audits/inspections, and enforcement procedures. In addition to the instructor presentation and lecture, participants have opportunities to apply their knowledge through practical exercises, facilitated discussions, and knowledge check games.
There are four modules in this course and an introductory module:

Course Introduction
Module 1: Introduction to CMS
Module 2: Overview of CMS and CMS Design and Components
Module 3: Performance Specifications, Quality Assurance, and Commonly Used Technologies

TARGET AUDIENCE
This course is intended for a broad audience and could include participants with non-technical backgrounds (e.g., a basic degree in science) as well as technical backgrounds (e.g., a chemical engineering degree). No prior knowledge of CMS is presumed. This course is intended primarily for new hires or any participants who need an understanding of CMS in their job responsibilities.
Staff who could benefit from the course include, but are not limited to the following:

Staff who are inspection and/or enforcement personnel
Staff who observe stack test and CMS certifications
Staff who are reviewing audit reports
Staff who work on permits

To Register click: EPA’s AirKnowledge
Course Materials

Virtual Training: Air Toxics & Regulating Hazardous Air Pollutants
2026-04-14 09:00 - 2026-04-16 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | NV
COURSE BROCHURE
DESCRIPTION: This three-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
Compliance Assessment – Federal and State Programs

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.
Course Materials
To Register Click: EPA’s AirKnowledge

Virtual Training: NOx Control & Regulation
2026-04-21 09:00 - 2026-04-23 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | NV
COURSE BROCHURE
WHO SHOULD ATTEND: This course was designed to address the needs of tribal, state, and local air agency personnel involved in the permitting and compliance assessment of existing regulatory requirements as well as those personnel involved in the development of nitrogen oxide (NOx) control programs. This class is intended for new permit and compliance engineers and scientists who are responsible for permitting, compliance, and SIP planning activities.
ABOUT THE COURSE: This course presents fundamental information on NOx emissions from combustion sources such as industrial and utility boilers. The goal of this course is to present information that will help environmental professionals address present and future NOx control issues. The course introduces a broad range of control technology topics and identifies some of the sources for obtaining further information on these topics.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Those completing this course will gain an understanding of the mechanisms by which NOx is formed in the combustion process as well as sources of NOx emissions and the history related to regulating NOx emissions from these sources. Attendees will be able to perform regulatory reviews involving the types, applicability, capability, and limitations of available control techniques to suppress the formation of NOx emissions or to minimize NOx emissions.
To Register Click: EPA’s AirKnowledge
