Rubbertown NGEM Demonstration Project Planning meetings, April 18-19, 2017
Citation:
Thoma, E. Rubbertown NGEM Demonstration Project Planning meetings, April 18-19, 2017. To be Presented at Louisville Study Planning Meetings, Louisville, KY, April 18 - 19, 2017.
Impact/Purpose:
From April 17-20, 2017, E. Thoma will travel to Louisville KY to work with the Louisville Metro Air Pollution Control District (LMAPCD) and other parties for planning activities related to the "Rubbertown NGEM Demonstration Project", targeted to begin in the Summer of 2017. During the visit, several meetings will be conducted with different participants to discuss the study ( LMAPCD Board, select community members, and local industry). These slides will be presented during the planning meetings to help explain the study.
Description:
From the shared perspective of industrial facilities, workers, regulators, and communities, cost-effective detection and assessment of significant onset fugitive leaks or process issues, is a mutually beneficial concept. If emissions that require mitigation can be detected and fixed quickly, benefits such as safer working environments, cost saving through reduced product loss, lower air shed pollutant impacts, and improved transparency and community relations can be realized. Under its next generation emission measurement program (NGEM), EPA’s Office of Research and Development (ORD), National Risk Management Research Laboratory (NRMRL) is working collaboratively with industry, instrument /information companies, state and local agencies, communities, and academic groups to explore new technical approaches for non-point source detection and migration. Techniques such as mobile and fixed point sensors and passive samplers employed on various spatial scales are being explored. With collaboration of the project team including EPA R4, the Louisville Metro Air Pollution Control District (LMAPCD), industrial facilities, and contractors to the EPA, a select subset of these NGEM approaches will be demonstrated in this project as per the quality assurance project plan.