PROJECTS
Carbon Fiber Manufacturing
Ms. Hacker has assisted the Hexcel Corporation facility in West Valley City, UT with many air quality compliance activities, including Approval Order modifications, involving submittal of Notices of Intent to modify, requiring emission calculations, regulatory review, emission offset requirement determinations, Best Available Control Technology (BACT) evaluation and air quality dispersion modeling; PM2.5 Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) and BACT Analyses for state SIP compliance; responses to state and federal requests; emission inventory development; and air dispersion modeling for feasibility analyses.
Liquefied Natural Gas Production
Ms. Hacker managed and directed the completion of federal New Source Review and Title V Air Permit and state construction and operation permit applications for the construction and operation of natural gas liquefaction and export facilities at proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals in Louisiana and Texas. The projects included emission inventory development, regulatory review, BACT analyses and air dispersion modeling. Ms. Hacker was also responsible for the development of Resource Report 9 - Air and Noise Quality analyses for these projects for submittal to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
Uranium Mining
Ms. Hacker managed and completed air quality construction permit applications for several underground uranium mining facilities for Denison Mines (USA) Corp. in Utah, Arizona and Colorado. Ms. Hacker has completed emission inventories and conducted dispersion modeling using the AERMOD, SCREEN3, ISCST3 and VISCREEN models in support of the permit applications. The permit applications for each of these mining facilities required significant regulatory negotiation, due to the sensitive nature of the mined substance and proximity to sensitive locations. Ms. Hacker assisted her client in the negotiations with state and federal regulatory agencies, as well as through the public comment period to come to an agreeable end in issuing the permits.
Coal Fired Power Generation
Ms. Hacker completed emission inventory development, air dispersion modeling and BACT development for the proposed Sierra Pacific Power Company Ely Energy Center coal fired power plant in northeastern Nevada. Ms. Hacker developed the Class II dispersion modeling protocol and conducted Class II dispersion modeling using the AERMOD model in support of the PSD permit application, incorporating the State of Nevada increment analysis requirements. Ms. Hacker also assisted with development of CALPUFF model input files and analyzing output for Class I analyses.