Air Quality, Environmental, and Health & Safety Services
Air Resources Group, LLC offers seasoned professionals that bring comprehensive and extensive environmental experience to our customers. We provide innovative, cost-effective, and common sense solutions to complex industrial and regulatory issues. Our team has broad-based environmental management backgrounds in industry, government, and consulting. We continuously strive to maintain the highest level of customer satisfaction by offering our unique blend of professional expertise at economical prices.OSHA Compliance
ARG's team can prepare a program which outlines all necessary procedures to ensure compliance with the standards outlined by OSHA. The program ARG develops will include guidelines identifying the procedural steps necessary for controlling and communicating the presence of hazardous energy ("Lock Out/Tag Out" Program), respiratory protection, risk management and emergency action among others.Air Quality Permitting
Building a new industrial facility, expanding an existing facility, or modifying operations, facilities may be subject to air quality permitting. Compliance with regulations is critical from the design phase, through construction, and during operation. These regulations exist within a range of permitting programs, including state and local codes, and federal programs such as New Source Review (NSR) and the Title V operating permit program. Each program has technical, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements that must be addressed, including: emissions inventory, evaluation of control technologies, air quality analyses (including dispersion modeling), monitoring, and compliance assurance.Emissions Inventory Development
Precise knowledge of a facility's air emissions is important for regulatory purposes, determining potential emission offsets and for developing permitting strategies. ARG has prepared numerous inventories (air and wastewater permitting, SARA Toxic Release Inventories, regional air sheds) for clients ranging from large cement plants to small manufacturing facilities. Included in the inventories is a determination of fugitive emissions, speciation of chemical compounds, size distribution of particulates, and calculation of source emissions.Process and Control Technology
An analysis of air emission control devices is required for most air permit applications. ARG scientists and engineers maintain up-to-date knowledge of operations, costs and efficiency of available control technologies through continuous review of current literature, utilizing our equipment supplier contacts and by using the EPA "RBLC Clearinghouse", and by investigating precedent setting permit decisions.RACT/BACT/LAER
Under EPA's New Source Review (NSR) program, if a company is planning to build a new plant or modify an existing plant that results in air pollution emission increases by a significant amount, then the company must obtain an NSR permit. The NSR permit requires the company to minimize air pollution emissions by changing the process and/or installing air pollution control equipment. The degree to which a company must mitigate air pollution emissions is defined by one of three sets of emission standards:RACT - Reasonably Available Control Technology
BACT - Best Available Control Technology
LAER - Lowest Achievable Emission Rate
Emission Statements
To determine permit fees, facilities are required to submit an annual emission statement to the regulatory agency quantifying actual emissions from the facility during the reporting year. ARG prepares and submits these statements for compliance reporting.Air Management Training
ARG provides client-oriented training programs to plant managers and staff responsible for air quality programs on an array of topics. Program design often utilizes learn-by-example case studies with trainees participating in the exercises to promote comprehensive understanding of air quality management practice.SPDES & NPDES Permitting
Authorized by the Clean Water Act, the National (or State) Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES/SPDES) program requires industrial facilities that discharge into the waters of the United States to be permitted. ARG's expertise in water discharge permitting includes preparation of permit applications, water sampling, and preparation of Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plans (SWPPP) and Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) Plans.Environmental Site Assessments
In today’s business environment, potential landowners and lenders including developers, banks, insurance companies, and corporations are making property decisions influenced by the identification of potential environmental impacts.Our litigious society requires a proactive perspective in regard to identifying potential liabilities and liability protection. An ESA provides the client a clear approach on how to meet industry, federal, state, and local standards for liability protection, and will meet the buyer or seller's needs in terms of due diligence . ARG's team provides the savvy and expertise to meet these objectives.
Environmental Forensic Chemistry
Trends in environmental remediation increasingly employ advanced analytical chemistry techniques to evaluate the sources and fates of contaminants and, in some cases, to determine their age or apportion them to sources. ARG employs highly trained professionals with experience in many facets of environmental forensics.Environmental Impact Studies
An integral part of the permitting process for many new facilities is the preparation of environmental impact statements. ARG provides both technical and managerial assistance in the scoping, negotiation, preparation and defense of environmental impact statements and the numerous technical disciplines within them. ARG has the expertise and resources to handle all environmental issues associated with these impact studies.Hydrogeologic & Subsurface Investigations
Groundwater supply is protected by state and local regulatory authorities through required hydrogeologic investigations to determine quality and flow characteristics. Primarily, these investigations are performed when development poses concerns to groundwater quality or is near an aquifer protection zone.Subsurface investigations evaluate site conditions for specific projects. ARG provides expert, defensible subsurface investigations that identify and characterize potential environmental risks and develop reliable and cost-effective remedial solutions.
Remedial Investigations & Feasibility Studies
After preliminary investigations have confirmed the presence of contaminants that pose a threat to public health or the environment, a Remedial Investigation (RI) may be performed. Through sampling and laboratory analyses, the RI identifies the degree and route of contaminant migration and measures contamination levels in surface water, groundwater, soils, and air. The Feasibility Study (FS) uses information gathered during the RI to develop alternative remedies that will eliminate or mitigate the site's threat to public health or the environment.Mold Inspection and Air Sampling
Repercussions from mold intrusion can affect both the building structure and human health. However, the enormous variety of molds and wide range of human susceptibility hinders the ability for mold to be subject to state and federal regulations.Consent Order Negotiations & Expert Witness/Litigation Support
Government agencies use consent orders to achieve rapid regulatory compliance. These legally-binding agreements, settled out of court, set forth requirements the offending party must abide by in order to return to a compliant standing. ARG's open, constructive relationship with NYSDEC when negotiating such agreements provides a foundation for achieving optimal outcomes for our clients.ARG staff have provided expert witness services and litigation support on environmental issues since before we were founded. Our scientists and engineers posses the expertise to translate highly technical, scientific information into a real and practical context. We interpret technical information to support the development of sound legal advice and direction in pursuing or settling environmental litigation issues.
Air Quality Modeling
New or expanding industries generally require an air quality analysis to construct or modify their operations and permits and regulatory structure dictates that industrial decision-makers track their business' impact on the local and regional environments.RCRA & CERCLA Compliance
ARG provides comprehensive environmental management services in compliance with EPA's Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) to control non-hazardous solid waste and hazardous waste from "cradle-to-grave." This includes generation, transportation, treatment, storage, and disposal of hazardous waste at operational facilities.Latest News
New NYSDEC Regulation for Combustion InstallationsOn July 8, 2010 the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation placed new restrictions on NOx (oxides of nitrogen) emissions from boilers in accordance with their program of Reasonably Achievable Control Technology (RACT).
NEW! NYS SIP Modifications for NOx RACT Determinations
In developing the 2008 NYS State Implementation Plan, NYSDEC revised their methodology for determining NOx RACT emission limits. This affects both combustion turbines and boilers currently in operation.
