During the past ten years, state and federal regulations affecting hazardous air pollutants have produced an escalating dilemma for industrial faciltieis. While struggling to reamin competitive and in compliance with environmental regulations, industry faces increasing requirements and potential liabilities due to emissions of hazardous air pollutants. Many states began establishing regulations governing the emissions of hazardous air pollutants after the 1984 accidental release of methyl isocyanate in Bhopal, India. After thirteen years of extended debate, the U.S. Congress passed significant amendments to the Clean Air Act in 1990. These various regulations require industrial facilities to evaluate, control, monitor, permit and assess risk for a variety of listed chemicals considered hazardous air pollutants.

To effectively respond to this myriad of hazardous air pollutants regulations and maintain a viable business, owners and operators of industrial facilities need to understand: the pollutants that are regulated as hazardous, applicable state and federal requirements, sources of hazardous air pollutants, the quantification of hazardous air pollutant emissions, potential risks and liabilities, and the best means to establish a compliance program.

This book provides a review of the regulatory requirements affecting source of hazardous air pollutants, the available methods for inventorying and measuring emissions, a review of methods for evaluating potential risks and liabilities due to hazardous air pollutants emissions, and establish a hazardous air pollutant compliance program.

About the Author
Dr. Jeffrey Bradstreet has over 23 years of experience in the evaluation and reduction of environmental risk associated with industrial facilities, and is recognized nationally for his expertise in environmental engineering.

He has directed the environmental assessment and development of compliance programs for a variety of industrial facility emissions. His areas of specialized expertise include air pollution control technology, environmental permitting, hazardous waste management, hazardous air pollutant management, health risk assessment, environmental compliance programs, and expert testimony. He is a member of the Chi Epsilon National Civil Engineering Honor Society; the American Society of Civil Engineers; and the Air and Waste Management Association (and serves on the AWMA Solvents, Odors, and Gases Committee).