Air Quality Compliance Program
The Air Compliance Program is responsible for administering those portions of the Clean Air Act (CAA) of Montana (Section 75-2-101 et seq., MCA) and companion regulations pertaining to
compliance of air emissions from various types of facilities including delegated federal regulations.
Typical staff duties within the Air Compliance Program include:
- Regulating emissions of criteria and hazardous pollutants regulated in the CAA and ACA in potentially environmentally sensitive, heavily industrialized, heavily populated and diverse
topographic environments throughout the entire state;
- Conducting regular compliance inspections of all operating facilities and reviewing compliance reports;
- Recommending enforcement actions to the bureau chief;
- Identifying the need for and reviewing draft legislation and administrative rules;
- Actively participating in the development of department policy regarding air quality standards and compliance processes;
- Coordinating and participating in a variety of technical, public and general information meetings with other state and federal agencies, special interest groups, landowners, private
business and the general public regarding compliance with air quality standards;
- Collecting and managing extensive correspondence, map and data files, pertaining to air emissions using, to the extent available, state-of-the-art computer technology;
- Gathering a wide diversity of information on emissions, emission controls, regulation and the related fields - engineering, chemistry, computer programs, etc. We then use and
disseminate the information to industry, government agencies and the general public.
[Source Test Protocol] [Emission Inventories]
