Whan Associates

Permitting
- Rule analysis
- New permit analysis & processing
- Permit modifications for equipment changes
- Title V operating permit initial assessment
- Portable Equipment Registration Program (PERP)
- Equipment fleet compliance maintenance

 Reporting
- Facility emissions inventories; Plans and Reports
- Emissions reduction strategies
- Greenhouse Gas reports; CARB AB32 and EPA.
- Refrigerant compliance inventory management

 Analysis
- GHG inventory; facility emissions assessment and strategy planning
- Emissions compliance and mitigation planning
- EIR emission quantification and mitigation strategies
- Visual emissions estimating (VEE) 
- AB2588 Air Toxics Hot Spots Health Risk Assessments

Modeling
- ISCST3 – “Industrial Source Complex, short-term” – air dispersion modeling
- HARP: “Hotspots Analysis and Reporting Program” for Health Risk assessments
- CalEEMod: “California Emission Estimator Model”

- Hazardous Materials Business Plans
- Facility Response Plans
- CERS online updates and maintenance
- UST testing compliance management
- Aboveground Storage Tank (AST) compliance management
- Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) Plans

Several activities are required to maintain compliance with your Industrial Storm Water Permit for storm water and authorized non-storm water discharges:

-       Managing and improving run-off quality from the facility
-       Inspections to assess BMP effectiveness, pollution risks or unauthorized discharges
-       Maintaining SWPPP-related documentation in SMARTS
-       Training on facility BMPs and storm water sampling
-       Response action planning if storm water samples exceed numeric action levels

Whan Associates has extensive experience supporting client needs throughout all phases of the CEQA process, from achieving Application Completeness to final EIR. Technical experience, project management expertise, guidance and support are available to your benefit. 

Ongoing inspections are a major permit compliance management effort. Inspections also require forms to be completed and managed for agency reporting compliance.

Our experienced site inspection support can save you substantial time, effort and reduced risk of non-compliance. 

Tracking sources and amounts of greenhouse gases (GHGs) is not only a sustainability foot print indicator, but also reveals opportunities for reducing operating costs.  

Vehicles, building energy efficiency, renewable energy and materials consumption efficiency offer GHG reduction opportunities, and allow your facility to measure its contribution to climate change impact reduction.  

There has never been a better time to consider renewable energy, specifically solar, for offsetting facility energy costs.

With our project management experience, we can manage the entire installation effort, from economic evaluation to coordinating final vendor fulfillment. 

Reducing waste reduces waste hauling costs. Improving source separation and recycling prior to disposal can reduce facility solid waste costs. 

Waste audits can also reveal insights into facility resource consumption habits, and indicate opportunities for improvements in material consumption efficiency.

Energy costs are going up.  But the cost of upgrading to long–term energy savings is going down.  Investing in facility energy efficiency technology can bring substantial ROIs from energy cost savings, along with quality of service improvements.

Whan Associates can help with technology selection, economic assessments and managing subcontractor installation. 

Many programs exist to help with the upgrade investment costs. Find out more about reducing your energy operating costs. 

As drought conditions persist and water restrictions continue, reduced water usage is now an important compliance requirement.

Evaluating water use and dispensing strategies can yield opportunities for reduced water consumption without loss of productivity.  This can also lead to important cost savings.