EMAP can assist your small business identify and understand other types of air quality issues.
Your small business may not need an air quality permit. Have you ever considered the following?
Visible Emissions
Malodors
Harmful vapors released from chemicals & solvents used
National emission standards
Required recordkeeping for miscellaneous air quality emissions
Air quality complaints from neighbors
These are all very important considerations for your small business that EMAP can help you work through.
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP)
The Clean Air Act requires EPA to establish emission standards for certain categories, or subcategories, of major and area sources of hazardous air pollutants (HAPs).
Pennsylvania DEP received delegation from EPA for certain NESHAPs that affect small businesses which includes:
Often at times, small businesses may be required to do stack testing for particular pieces of operational equipment (such as boilers or diesel engines) or pollution control equipment (catalytic converters, air scrubbers, dust control, etc.) to verify compliance with air quality permit conditions and compliance status.
DEP’s Source Testing section contains relevant information on how testing should be conducted and how results should be reported.
Asbestos
Small businesses and independent contractors often have questions related to regulations for the removal, collection, transportation, and disposal of asbestos and asbestos-containing materials.
According to the Pennsylvania Code Chapter 123.41, a person (or small business operation) may not produce visible emissions in such a manner that the opacity of the emissions is either one of the following:
Equal to, or greater than, 20% for a period(s) lasting more than 3 minutes in any 1 hour.
Equal to, or greater than, 60% at any time.
Visible emissions from small business facilities and operations quite often trigger a neighbor complaint which may result in a DEP inspection.
Odor Emissions
According to the Pennsylvania Code Chapter 123.31, a person (or small business operation) may not produce airborne malodor contaminants from any source in such a way that the odor emissions are detectable outside the property of the small business facility whose land the source is being operated.
Quite often, these malodors will often trigger a neighbor complaint which may result in a DEP inspection at your small business facility and operation.
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Jeremy Hancher is the EMAP Program Manager located at the Widener University SBDC. He holds over 15 years of experience in environmental compliance, environmental policy, and program management. He is proud to be the team lead of the award-winning EMAP program which provides free and confidential environmental assistance to the Pennsylvania small business community in fulfillment of the requirements of the Pennsylvania Air Pollution Control Act and Section 507 of the federal Clean Air Act.
In 2015, Jeremy was part of the team effort when EMAP was recognized by US EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy for Outstanding Accomplishments by a State Small Business Environmental Assistance Provider in Providing Technical Environmental Assistance to the Small Business Community. Jeremy holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Pittsburgh, a Master’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania, and a certificate from the Wharton School.