Key Project Experience:

Air Permitting

• Title V Operating Permits – Evaluated and issued Permits to Operate and Permits to Construct for complex petroleum refining and petrochemical operations (Title V and minor sources) in the Los Angeles Basin as SCAQMD Air Permit Engineer, ensuring full compliance with federal, state, and SCAQMD regulations. Applied Clean Air Act requirements, including NSPS, NESHAP, NSR, BACT, MACT, CEQA, and NEPA.

• NESHAP Refinery Compliance Plans – Reviewed and issued compliance plans involving complex operation, maintenance, and monitoring requirements for refinery units (e.g., catalytic cracking, reforming, and sulfur recovery) under 40 CFR 63 Subpart UUU, NESHAP for Petroleum Refineries.

• NOX Command and Control Rule Development and RECLAIM Sunset – Contributed to the development of SCAQMD Rule 1109.1, a landmark regulation to significantly reduces nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions from petroleum refineries and related industries and the sunset of Cap-and-Trade Program, RECLAIM.

Environmental Compliance

• Compliance Strategy – Established compliance strategies for emissions reduction projects at refineries in the Los Angeles Basin subject to SCAQMD rules, including a NOx shave project using SCR systems and ultra-low NOx burners.

• Title V Compliance Support – Supported Title V manufacturing sites in Missouri and Illinois including emission inventory compilation and submission, notifications, ongoing compliance, agency consultation, permit renewals, and reporting

• Project Management – Managed $100M portfolio of infrastructure projects at a military installation, including an environmental remediation project at a contaminated site, coordinating with local regulatory authorities, environmental agencies, and impacted communities to resolve barriers and achieve compliance outcomes.