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Contents Description: What every gas industry employee should know about environmental compliance a must have for employees who deal with environmental issues on a daily basis.
The SGA Layman's Guide to Environmental Issues in the Natural Gas Industry was developed and written by industry environmental professionals and consultants to provide a basic regulatory summary of the environmental regulations that directly affect the natural gas industry.
Portable Emission Analyzers Applications, Capabilities, and Expected Performance
The ability to measure NO, NO2, CO and O2 with relative ease compared to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Reference Methods make portable electrochemical cell based analyzers a valuable compliance and operational tool. However, unlike Reference Methods, procedures for using portable analyzers are not consistent across the country. For over a decade, Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) has used portable analyzers for many purposes including tuning customer and Operations equipment, tests to document the success of efficiency improvement programs, research, and mandated periodic monitoring (PM) compliance checks. Although not defined in air quality laws or regulations, the authors of this paper make a distinction between PM compliance checks and compliance tests. Compliance tests are required by air quality regulations annually, biennially, or triennially in accordance with stringent, prescribed Reference Method protocols. Compliance tests are typically done by third party contractors, and the inability to meet pollutant limits is considered a failure and may result in a Notice of Violation. PM checks, on the other hand, follow a less stringent protocol to reduce complexity and cost. This allows air quality regulators to specify PM checks more frequently than tests, and encourages equipment operators to do the PM themselves. Many regulations also tie PM to tuning activities by allowing adjustments and re-check if the equipment is found to be non-compliant. Results of PM are kept on site for review by the air quality inspector, but in some cases, are reported to air quality agency. The authors believe that there is a need to develop specific procedures for PM checks to encourage continued simple and cost effective use of portable analyzers, while assuring adequate accuracy. Although more work and research is needed to develop emission PM check protocols, SoCalGas recent use of portable analyzers for compliance checks under South Coast Air Quality
This is a single license purchase and comes with a 3 year digital subscription that will be updated periodically.
Contents Description: What every gas industry employee should know about environmental compliance a must have for employees who deal with environmental issues on a daily basis.
The SGA Layman's Guide to Environmental Issues in the Natural Gas Industry was developed and written by industry environmental professionals and consultants to provide a basic regulatory summary of the environmental regulations that directly affect the natural gas industry.