SERVICES
On-Site Environmental Health and Safety Support
AQC’s highly qualified staff can provide on-site Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) support when clients need to address personnel changes, extended absences, or temporary work surges. Our experience with all types of routine reporting obligations, permit and authorization renewals, and other varied EHS tasks lets us smoothly integrate with a client’s needs. With our experience and contacts at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), California Air Resources Board (CARB), California air districts (SCAQMD, BAAQMD, SJVAPCD, SDAPCD, VCAPCD, and others), Certified Unified Program Agencies (CUPAs), Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), local water districts, and many other regulatory bodies, we represent our clients’ interests effectively.
Services
On-site EHS support (on a daily, weekly, monthly, or quarterly basis):
- Reporting and Document Preparation
- Routine Sampling
- Permit and Authorization Renewals
- Regulatory Compliance/Exemption Evaluations
- Non-Compliance Resolution
- Compliance Self-Audits
- EHS Training
- EHS Management System Support (ISO 14001)
- Clean Air Act (CAA)
- Full Compliance Evaluations (FCEs)
- Partial Compliance Evaluations (PCEs)
- Assembly Bill 617
- Site Assessments
- Reporting/Recordkeeping Assistance
- California Air Resources Board (CARB) Compliance
- Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD, BAAQMD, SJVAPCD, SDAPCD, VCAPCD and others) Compliance
- Emissions Inventories
- Air Quality Technical Reports
- Air Modeling
- Air Measurement Systems
- Air Permitting
- Permit Clean-Up (Revisions)
- Toxic Emissions Calculations and Regulatory Support
CEQA and Other Services
- California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
- Emissions Calculations
- Health Risk Assessments (HRAs)
- Air Quality and GHG Impact Analyses
- Health Risk and Odor Analyses
- Mitigation Support
- CERCLA/Superfund (EPCRA/SARA Title III)
- Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
- Toxic Release Inventories (SARA TRI), Form R
- Best Management Practices (BMPs)
Water
- Clean Water Act (CWA)
- Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) Plans
- Facility Response Plan (FRP)
- National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Reporting (Discharge Monitoring Reports, Notices of Intent, and others)
- Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP)
- SMARTS Reporting
- No Exposure Certification (NEC) and No Discharge Determinations
- Sampling/Wastewater Characterizations
- QISP Services
Hazardous Materials and Waste
- Hazardous waste characterization and management
- SB 14 Pollution Prevention Plans and Reports
- Risk Management Plans (RMP)
- Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards CFATS Screening
- Chemical Inventories and Hazardous Materials Business Plans (HMBPs)
- California Environmental Reporting System (CERS) Reporting
Occupational Health & Safety
- Industrial Hygiene Assessments/Plans
- Safety Assessments/Plans
- Good Laboratory Practices (GLP) Compliance
- Job Hazard Assessment (JHA)
- Injury & Illness Prevention Plans (IIPP)
- Material Safety Data Sheet Systems
- Training
- Ergonomic Evaluations/Recommendations
- Records Management
AQC Team Credentials
Our staff brings a wide range of expertise with the following credentials and certifications:
- Professional Engineers (P.E.s) in Chemical and Mechanical Engineering
- Certified Professional Environmental Auditors (CPEA)
- Professionals trained in Visible Emissions Evaluation (VEE)
- Professionals trained (by AQMD) to use Portable Analyzers
- Certified Permitting Professionals (CPPs) for the SCAQMD
- Qualified Industrial Storm Water Practitioners (QISPs)
- Qualified Environmental Professionals (QEPs)
- A Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH)
- A Certified Safety Professional (CSP)
- Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Verifiers
- Engineers in Training (EITs)