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ACCI provides the following services:

health and safety   |    permitting and modeling    |    air emissions control    |    CEM consulting services      

ambient air monitoring    |    source testing   |    indoor air quality service    |    regulatory compliance   |   auditing

SOURCE TESTING

ACCI's staff has completed thousands of tests in 15 years of service to industrial clients in 30 states. We have demonstrated expertise in the performance and management of a variety of complex projects including:

  • Complete USEPA Reference Method Capabilities
  • Compliance Testing
  • Boiler and Industrial Furnace (BIF)
  • Trial Burns
  • ASME Power Test Code (PTC) Testing
  • Relative Accuracy Test Audits (RCRA, Parts 60 and 75)
  • Parametric Emissions Monitoring (PEM)
  • Leak Detection and Repair (LDAR)
  • Odor Analysis

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AMBIENT AIR MONITORING

ACCI has demonstrated expertise in the performance and management of complex ambient air evaluation projects at over 70 sites. These programs have incorporated a broad range of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) and novel testing methods. Our staff are skilled in project management techniques, the use of sophisticated equipment, regulatory compliance matters, and data quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) principles. ACCI has significant experience in the following areas:

Design and implementation of sampling systems for measurement of criteria pollutants under National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS).

Design and implementation of studies for assessment of air toxics and other constituents at perimeters of waste sites and active facilities including fugitive equipment leaks (valves, flanges, compressors, etc.) surveys.

Development and maintenance of fence line monitoring networks for real-time assessment of health risk via the air pathway during site remediation or construction activity.

Meteorological Monitoring.

INDOOR AIR QUALITY SERVICES

ACCI has assisted many clients with indoor air quality investigations at sites ranging from offices and shopping malls to chemical production plants. Our experience includes:

  • Investigation of Sick Building and Building Related Illness Complaints in Commercial and Residential Settings.
  • Indoor Air Quality Sampling and Continuous Monitoring (temperature, relative humidity, hydrocarbons, CO, CO2).
  • Bioaerosols, Mold, and Fungus Evaluation and Sampling.

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CEM CONSULTING SERVICES

We prepare specifications for continuous emissions monitoring (CEM) and air sampling systems for a variety of industries including power plants, refineries, steel plants, coke plants, chemical plants and incinerators. We have also designed specialized sampling systems to meet industrial hygiene applications, monitor room and stack radioactivity levels and determine time/temperature compliance for incinerators.

We also can manage your CEM installation or prepare your Part 75 Monitoring Plan, CEM Quality Assurance Plan, Operating and Maintenance Procedures or State required CEM Design Plans. Several on our staff have over 15 years of experience in the design, evaluation, trouble-shooting and testing of CEMS that we can apply to solve your CEM challenges.

 

HEALTH and SAFETY SERVICES

ACCI can provide complete health and safety services needed to achieve and maintain a safe, productive workplace. Our multi-disciplinary capability enables us to address health and safety issues in conjunction with environmental concerns to provide an integrated approach to health, safety and environmental management. Our services include:

Industrial Hygiene Evaluation for Chemical, Physical and Biological Agents

Health and Safety Program Compliance Audits and Regulatory Support

Asbestos Evaluation and Management

Noise Evaluation, Control and Hearing Conservation, including Industrial Noise, Construction Noise and Ambient Noise Impacts

Toxicological Evaluations and MSDS Preparation

Health and Safety Plans for Hazardous Waste Sites and Construction - Health-based Risk Assessment

Expert Testimony

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REGULATORY COMPLIANCE

ACCI has broad-based experience with regulatory compliance under the CAA, Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA), water and waste programs. Our experience includes responding to enforcement actions, permit negotiations, applicability determinations, regulatory option analysis, compliance manuals, monitoring plans and the preparation of notices and reports for a number of facilities. ACCI experience encompasses a complete range of state, NSR, PSD, RCRA, NSPS and NESHAP regulations. Our staff has participated in over 60 compliance audits in 23 states. 

Regulatory Compliance Management

Emergency Response and Contingency Plans

Expert Testimony Pollution Prevention and Waste Minimization

RCRA Hazardous and Solid Waste Management, Assistance and Reporting

Risk Management Plan Development (RMP)

SARA Form R and Form A

Tier I/Tier II Reporting Storm Water Management Plans NPDES and Stormwater Permitting

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PERMITTING and MODELING

ACCI personnel have proven experience in preparing and submitting air permit applications for hundreds of clients nationwide. This experience includes the permitting of major and minor sources in attainment and non-attainment areas under NSR, PSD, and Title V programs:

Emissions Inventories

Air Quality Impact Assessments

Regulatory Analysis

Major PSD/NSR Permits

Title V Permits

Minor Source Permits

Permitting and Dispersion Modeling

Accidental Release Modeling

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We have assisted a broad range of industrial clients including, but not limited to, pulp and paper, iron and steel, lime, textiles, furniture, glass, chemical, resource recovery, petroleum refining, printing, fibers, pipeline, hazardous waste facilities. ACCI has conducted point area, and mobile source modeling to support:

  • PSD Permitting
  • Superfund Assessment
  • Environmental Impact Assessment (ETA)
  • Design of Emissions Control Systems
  • World Bank Standards

AUDITING

Non-compliance is becoming increasingly risky as individual and corporate criminal and civil penalties become more severe. Maintaining compliance is more important than ever as new regulations take more time and resources to address. ACCI believes that environmental compliance audits, carefully conceived and meticulously implemented, can play a critical role in meeting the goals of long-term compliance.

  • Multimedia Compliance Auditing
  • Environmental Management Systems Planning, ISO-14000
  • Phase I Environmental Site Assessments
  • Health and Safety Program Compliance Auditing

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AIR EMISSIONS CONTROL

 

ACCI has extensive experience with the design and trouble-shooting of air pollution control (APC) systems for clients in the power, mineral, metals and chemical industries. Our experience includes conducting assessments of existing systems and recommending upgrades, as well as preparing cost analysis, technology assessments and equipment specifications for new installations.

ACCI has prepared numerous control technology analyses to support RACT, BACT, MACT and LAER for permitting.

In addition to researching vendor and literature resources to determine APC options, ACCI has extensive practical knowledge gained through testing and performance evaluations we have conducted at thousands of facilities.

Our APC experience includes criteria, metal and hydrocarbon pollutants and APC systems for:  

  • Paint, adhesive and coating lines  
  • Resin production  
  • Coal, oil, gas and waste-fired Boilers  
  • Petroleum refining and marketing facilities  
  • Municipal waste  
  • Chemical and Polymer manufacturing  
  • Groundwater remediation  
  • Wood treating  
  • Metal plating lines  
  • Printing  
  • Steel pickling lines

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