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Air Toxics Rule Development and Implementation Curriculum
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Description
Description
Several Modules by Learning Objective
Who Should Attend
Who Should Attend
The Air Toxics Rule Development and Implementation curriculum is intended for learners who conduct air toxic risk assessments, communicate air toxics risks, and/or develop rules in compliance with the Clean Air Act. There is some overlap between this curriculum and ambient air monitoring as it pertains to air toxics monitoring networks.
Objectives
Leaning Objectives
1. DEFINE AIR TOXICS (FOUNDATIONAL)
What Are Air Toxics?
What Are the Sources of Air Toxics?
2. EXPLAIN THE HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ASSOCIATED WITH AIR TOXICS (FOUNDATIONAL)
Health and Enviromental Effects of Air Toxics
3. DESCRIBE HOW THE NATIONAL EMISSIONS STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS (NESHAPS) ARE USED TO REGULATE SOURCES (FOUNDATIONAL)
Regulatory Framework for Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs) from Stationary Sources
4. EXPLAIN THE NON-NESHAP RULES FOR AIR TOXICS (FOUNDATIONAL)
5. EXPLAIN THE KEY ELEMENTS OF AIR TOXICS RISK ASSESSMENTS (FOUNDATIONAL)
Key Concepts for Air Toxics Risk Assessments
Air Toxics Risk Assessment Process
6. DESCRIBE THE AIR TOXICS AMBIENT AIR MONITORING NETWORKS (FOUNDATIONAL)
The EPA's Ambient Air Toxics Monitoring Program
7. DESCRIBE AVAILABLE EMISSIONS DATA SOURCES (FOUNDATIONAL)
Planning for an Emissions Inventory
Emissions Inventory Reporting
8. IDENTIFY POTENTIAL AIR TOXICS RISK IN AN AREA (INTERMEDIATE)
Risk Management
9. LOCATE FACILITY-SPECIFIC DATA (INTERMEDIATE)
10. REVIEW EPA'S PROCESS FOR ESTABLISHING MACT AND GACT STANDARDS (INTERMEDIATE)
11. EXPLAIN RESIDUAL RISK STANDARDS (INTERMEDIATE)
12. EXPLAIN HOW REGULATED SOURCES DEMONSTRATE COMPLIANCE (INTERMEDIATE)
13. EXPLAIN THE PROCESS FOR CONDUCTING RTRS (INTERMEDIATE)
14. DEFINE THE KEY ELEMENTS IN PREFORMING A RISK ANALYSIS (INTERMEDIATE)
15. DESCRIBE THE WAYS OF UTILIZING AVAILABLE AMBIENT AIR DATA (INTERMEDIATE)
16. IDENTIFY AIR TOXICS PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION AUTHORITY (INTERMEDIATE)
17. SUMMARIZE THE TECHNOLOGIES USED TO CONTROL AIR TOXICS (INTERMEDIATE)
Principles of Electrostatic Precipitators
Cyclones
Fabric Filters
Fabric Filtration
Wet Collectors
Adsorbers
Combustion Equipment
Principles of Condensation
18. APPLY SOURCE-SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE CONSIDERATIONS RELATED TO CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES (INTERMEDIATE)
Fossil Fuel-Fired Steam Generators
Steel Mills
Petroleum Refineries
Portland Cement Plants
Acid Plants
Municipal Incinerators
Kraft Pulp Mills
Nonferrous Smelters
Asphalt Concrete Plants
Control of Fugitive VOC Leaks from Process Equipment
Introduction to Controlling VOC Emissions from Leaking Process Equipment
Potential Sources of Fugitive VOC Emissions
Portable VOC Detection
19. EVALUATE THE APPLICABILITY OF NEW SOURCE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS (NSPS) TO PARTICULAR SOURCE CATEGORIES (INTERMEDIATE)
20. DESCRIBE HOW EMISSION FACTORS ARE DEVELOPED AND WHERE THEY CAN BE FOUND (INTERMEDIATE)
Emissions Inventory Development
21. ESTABLISH THE CASE-BY-CASE STANDARDS FOR SOURCES UNDER CLEAN AIR ACT SECTION 112 (G) AND 112 (J) (ADVANCED)
22. DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN SETTING AN EMISSIONS LIMIT OR SETTING A WORK PRACTICE (ADVANCED)
23. DESIGN AND CONDUCT A RISK ASSESSMENT (ADVANCED)
24. DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN ADVANCED METHODS FOR UTILIZING AMBIENT DATA TO DETERMINE SOURCES (ADVANCED)
25. APPLY AMBIENT MONITORING METHODS - OPERATION AND QUALITY CONTROL FOCUS (ADVANCED)
26.EXECUTE EFFECTIVE RISK COMMUNICATION (ADVANCED)
Pre-Requisites
Classroom Requirements
Classroom Requirements
Self Instruction
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History of Changes
Updated from EPA LMS June14, 2023
Course ID
EPA 23
Course Number
Air Toxics Rule Development and Implementation Curriculum
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EPA Supported
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