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Company News
Monday, August 09, 2010
Trinity Consultants, an environmental consulting firm with offices nationwide and in China, announces that Jeremy Jewell, CM has been selected to lead its Oklahoma City office. Previously, Mr. Jewell was a managing consultant in Little Rock, Arkansas, where he began with the firm more than 10 years ago. Since joining Trinity, he has assisted many industrial facilities throughout the South with air quality permitting issues associated with EPA’s Title V and Prevention of Signification Deterioration (PSD) programs. He is also experienced in the development of custom environmental compliance solutions associated with regulatory requirements and performing environmental compliance audits. His work ...
Thursday, July 01, 2010
For over 25 years, BREEZE Software has developed a wide range of applications including air dispersion, accidental release, and explosion safety assessment models. In addition to the BREEZE product line, the development staff evaluates, develops, and adapts dispersion modeling algorithms for specific needs and builds custom software for government and various industries worldwide. The adaptability of BREEZE software is apparent in these demonstrations.NO2 Post-Processing UtilityOn April 12, 2010, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) enacted a new hourly standard for nitrogen dioxide (NO2). The new standard lacked a direct calculation method within EPA’s AERMOD modeling system to generate the desired ...
Wednesday, June 02, 2010
On June 2, 2010, EPA established a new 1-hour primary National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for sulfur dioxide (SO2) of 75 parts per billion (ppb). This new standard will become effective on August 23, 2010. EPA also revoked the two previous primary standards of 140 ppb (24-hour standard) and 30 ppb (annual standard). EPA did not revise the secondary NAAQS for SO2 of 500 ppb (3-hour standard), which will continue to be in effect. It is anticipated that all counties in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington will be classified as attainment/unclassifiable with respect to the 1-hour SO2 NAAQS of 75 ppb. EPA ...
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Trinity Consultants, an environmental consulting firm with offices nationwide, will present two Webinars on June 4 and June 10 from 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm CDT on the recent U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) final PSD and Title V Greenhouse Gas Tailoring Rule. The training will be delivered by John E. (Jay) Hofmann, President/CEO of Trinity Consultants, and Katherine Blue, Principal Consultant for Trinity’s Climate Change practice. Mr. Hofmann is a noted authority on air quality permit requirements for major industrial sources in the U.S. and Ms. Blue is the firm’s senior technical resource on greenhouse gas emissions management and ...
Monday, April 05, 2010
After completing his B.S degree in chemical engineering from North Carolina State University, Joe Sullivan, PE, CM, began his career as a process development engineer in the chemical industry, later working on contract to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Emissions Standards Division assisting in development of federal air quality regulations. For the past 16 years, he has worked as an environmental consultant to industry, developing diverse skills that are proving a valuable resource in Trinity’s Raleigh office. According to Joe, "Environmental consulting is the perfect fit for me...I love the satisfaction of serving clients and collaborating with colleagues, the fast ...
Friday, January 29, 2010
January 29, 2010 (Dallas, TX)--Trinity Consultants, an environmental consulting firm with offices nationwide and in China, announces that Kathlene (Kate) Graf has joined the firm as a Managing Consultant. Ms. Graf is a chemical engineer with more than 15 years of experience including several years as the Permitting Division Manager at the Maricopa County (AZ) Air Quality Department (MCAQD). She has also worked in the cement and mineral processing industry and in consulting. Ms. Graf will be based in Trinity’s Somerset, New Jersey office, where she will manage staff and projects related to federal and state air quality regulations and ...
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
With over a decade of experience addressing West Coast air quality issues, Dr. Charles Lee, Managing Consultant in Trinity’s Irvine, California office, is a valuable resource on air quality, greenhouse gas (GHG), and risk related issues such as permitting requirements, air quality monitoring, source testing, auditing, GHG verifications, and health risk assessments. Dr. Lee is particularly experienced in the issues faced by the petroleum refining and chemical industries including compliance with the South Coast AQMD’s Regional Clean Air Incentive Market (RECLAIM) program. He is also active in tracking recent regulatory developments on condensable particulate matter (CPM), particulate matter less than ...
Tuesday, December 01, 2009
Dallas (December 1, 2009)—On February 9-10, 2010, Trinity Consultants/T3 will host the EH&S Information Management Workshop & Expo in Dallas, TX. The program is tailored to provide an information exchange and learning environment on implementing EH&S compliance management solutions. The technical workshop features new regulatory developments and a forum to explore available software solutions.Attendees will learn important concepts on EH&S data management and process data integration, explore multiple compliance management solutions in one location, hear the latest on GHG rule developments and reporting requirements, and attend software demonstrations by leading solution providers.The EH&S Information Management Workshop & Expo will address timely ...
Thursday, October 22, 2009
October 22, 2009--Trinity Consultants announces that Anthony (Tony) Schroeder, senior consultant in Trinity’s Covington, Kentucky office, has earned the nationally recognized Certified Consulting Meteorologist (CCM) designation by the American Meteorological Society (AMS). The CCM designation is issued by AMS to highly qualified meteorologists who provide research and services to a wide variety of users of weather and meteorological information, including business, industry, agriculture, and various sectors of the government. To earn the CCM credential, a meteorologist must meet stringent requirements including peer recommendations, written and oral examinations demonstrating a broad background in meteorology together with detailed knowledge in a particular ...
Thursday, October 01, 2009
BREEZE Software releases its first update to AERMOD/ISC Version 7, first introduced in early 2009. The 7.1 Version includes enhancements requested by current users. We will explore four of these new features. The new roadway tool allows users to create roadways made up of volume sources. Available in BREEZE AERMOD/ISC version 7.1. ISCST3 IntegrationBREEZE has integrated both the AERMOD and ISCST3 model into the same graphical user interface (GUI). Users can run the standard U.S. EPA models of ISCST3 and ISCPrime. To switch between AERMOD and ISC, simply choose the desired model in the application options form. This ...
Thursday, October 01, 2009
Our newly launched Web site design includes several new features designed to improve the user’s experience, including:An integrated News section that make it easy to view federal and state news itemsNew office profile pages that introduce our local offices and their areas of specializationImproved display of training course informationRedesigned “State” pages that address local regulatory developmentsVisit our new Web site at trinityconsultants.com and Subscribe to receive our state eNews and Environmental Quarterly.
Wednesday, September 09, 2009
Trinity Consultants announces that it has been approved as an accredited verification body by the California Air Resources Board (ARB) to perform verification of greenhouse gas (GHG) reporting under the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32). Under the regulation, affected organizations must measure, calculate, report, and verify their GHG emissions if they are in affected industry sectors (cement, electricity, petroleum refineries, cogeneration, and hydrogen plants) or if they are a general stationary combustion source that generates at least 25,000 metric tons of CO2 in a calendar year.AB 32 requires that affected organizations have their GHG reports verified ...
Monday, June 08, 2009
Trinity Consultants announces that its
President/CEO, John E. (Jay) Hofmann, is a finalist for the Ernst & Young
Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2009 Award in the Southwest Area North region.
According to Ernst & Young LLP, the awards program recognizes entrepreneurs
who demonstrate extraordinary success in the areas of innovation, financial
performance and personal commitment to their businesses and communities.
Hofmann was selected as a finalist from nearly 72 nominations by a panel of
independent judges. “At Trinity, we work hard to stay focused on always
improving our organization to better help our industrial clients address their
challenging environmental issues. ...
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Trinity Consultants, an
environmental consulting firm with offices nationwide and in China, has been
joined by George Schewe, a respected Certified Consulting Meteorologist (CCM)
and Qualified Environmental Professional (QEP) with 33 years of air quality
consulting experience. Mr. Schewe is an expert in performing a wide variety of
environmental assessments associated with air pollution emissions from
industrial and mobile sources. He will be based in Trinity’s Covington, Kentucky
office, but will be a valuable resource to clients nationwide.Over the past three
decades, Mr. Schewe has participated in the development and application of air
dispersion modeling related to New Source Review ...
Friday, June 20, 2008
Trinity Consultants’ BREEZE® Software and Data
Services group was recently certified as a Qualified Supplier for the Idaho
Cleanup Project, initiated by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DoE) Office of
Environmental Management. The DoE evaluation was based on the American Society
of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) NQA-1-2000, Subpart 2.7, “Quality Assurance
Requirements for Computer Software for Nuclear Facility Applications,” which
found BREEZE
software development practices were based on sound principles resulting in
quality software. As a result of the certification, Trinity Consultants will
supply the Idaho National Laboratory with BREEZE VEXDAM and DEGADIS software
applications. The Idaho Cleanup
Project is a 7-year, ...
Friday, February 08, 2008
Trinity Consultants, a
nationwide environmental consulting firm, has appointed 15-year environmental
consulting veteran Mike Remsberg, Jr., P.E., to Eastern Regional Director.
Remsberg will lead operations in the eastern U.S., served by Trinity’s offices
in New Jersey, Maryland, North Carolina, Kentucky, and Georgia.In addition to five
years of experience as the founder and office manager of Trinity’s Frederick,
Maryland office, Remsberg brings more than 10 years of prior air quality and
multimedia consulting experience to his new position. He has considerable
experience in strategic compliance management, compliance auditing and
assessment, and has led projects to support the implementation of ISO14001-based
environmental ...
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Trinity Consultants, a
nationwide firm that assists organizations with environmental regulatory
compliance and strategic environmental management, announces the opening of its
25th office, in Orlando, Florida. Under the direction of 13-year Trinity
Consultants veteran, Russell Bailey, the Florida staff assists clients with
environmental compliance issues such as federal and state operating permits,
permitting reports and renewals, construction permits, Prevention of Significant
Deterioration (PSD) applicability, and greenhouse gas emissions management. The
Florida office serves a variety of industries, including cement products and
aggregates, lime manufacturing, polystyrene products manufacturing, fiberglass
roofing and asphalt, gypsum wallboard, and public utilities.An outgrowth of
Trinity’s project ...
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Nationwide
environmental consulting firm Trinity Consultants was selected by the City of
Flagstaff, Arizona to assist in fulfilling its commitment to reducing locally
generated greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. As part of its participation in the
U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement, the City committed to exceeding Kyoto
Protocol targets and reducing locally generated GHG emissions seven percent from
1990 levels by 2012. Trinity Consultants is assisting with preparing a
comprehensive GHG emissions inventory, identifying appropriate climate change
mitigation strategies, and developing a climate change management plan that will
enable the City to meet its GHG emissions reduction goals.During the first,
foundational ...
Saturday, November 10, 2007
Trinity Consultants, a
nationwide environmental consulting firm focused on air quality issues, recently
completed a recapitalization of the firm. The transaction provided full
liquidity to the company’s founder and expanded ownership opportunities for
management and employees. The recapitalization was facilitated with an equity
investment by management and employee investors along with Sentinel Capital
Partners, a private equity firm. This transaction provides added financial and
strategic resources to drive future growth and stability.Going forward, John E.
(Jay) Hofmann will continue to lead Trinity as President and take on the
responsibilities of CEO. Hofmann joined Trinity as a consultant in 1986 and ...
Monday, October 08, 2007
Dr. John Wilcox, a
tenured air quality specialist, has joined Trinity Consultants as a Managing
Consultant in Atlanta. With 20 years of environmental experience, John has
completed a wide range of industrial work including multimedia regulatory
permitting (air, water, solid and hazardous waste), compliance assessments, due
diligence audits, and environmental management information system development
and implementation. He has also performed phase 1 due diligence audits, provided
expert testimony on regulatory and air pollution control issues, and completed
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) certification projects. John has
been extensively involved in Resource Report 9 preparation (air quality and
noise impact assessments) ...
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Trinity Consultants, a
nationwide firm that assists organizations with environmental regulatory
compliance and strategic environmental management, announces the opening of its
24th office, in Burlington, Iowa. Under the direction of environmental veteran,
Eugene (Gene) Taylor, the Burlington staff serves clients in Iowa and
Illinois.With over 20 years of
environmental engineering experience, including plant and corporate
environmental management experience in the agricultural processing and synthetic
organic chemical manufacturing industry, Mr. Taylor is well suited to assisting
with the environmental challenges of facilities in America’s heartland. Since
opening its doors in Iowa, Trinity has assisted several area facilities with
renewal of Title ...
Friday, December 29, 2006
Trinity Consultants, a
nationwide firm that provides environmental compliance services for industry,
announces the opening of its first Asian office in Hangzhou, China, 150 miles
west of Shanghai. The Hangzhou office provides Trinity’s full service line,
including technical environmental consulting, the development and support of
environmental management information systems, air dispersion modeling, and
professional training to both multinational and Chinese organizations.Leading Trinity’s
Hangzhou office is Dr. Hung-Ming (Sue) Sung, 17-year Trinity veteran. Dr. Sung,
China Regional Director and Senior Technical Manager, specializes in
environmental management, impact assessment, accidental release analysis, air
quality research, air pollution control technology evaluation, and noise ...
Thursday, August 03, 2006
Trinity Consultants, a
nationwide firm that assists organizations with environmental regulatory
compliance and strategic environmental management, announces that Steve Simonsen
has joined Trinity’s Atlanta operations as a senior consultant serving clients
in Memphis and throughout the southeast.“With his strong
background in multi-media environmental consulting and significant air quality
expertise, Steve is able to provide a broad spectrum of knowledge to clients
throughout the region. He is a very valuable resource for clients in many
different industries and with an array of environmental challenges,” said
Russell Bailey, manager of Trinity’s Atlanta office.Simonsen has over seven
years of multi-media environmental consulting experience ...
Tuesday, August 10, 2004
Trinity
Consultants, a nationwide firm with three decades of experience assisting
organizations with environmental compliance issues, has opened its newest office
in Corpus Christi, TX. Trinity’s Corpus Christi location will serve clients in
South Texas and along the Gulf Coast. Jessica
Lackey, previously a Senior Consultant in Trinity’s Houston office, will oversee
the company’s Corpus Christi operations. With her experience serving oil and gas
processing, petroleum refining, and chemicals manufacturing organizations, Ms.
Lackey will be an asset to Corpus Christi clients. She is well versed in Texas
and federal air quality regulations, including construction and operating
permits programs, New Source ...
Monday, February 11, 2002
Trinity Consultants, a nationwide
firm that assists industrial facilities with regulatory compliance and
environmental management issues, has received ISO 9001-2000 certification,
effective February 5, 2002. The ISO 9000 standard requires that organizations
utilize practicable management systems for assuring the quality of their
products and services.
Trinity
developed and implemented a comprehensive quality management system to ensure
that the firm provides the highest caliber products and services possible.
Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance audited Trinity’s quality management system
and deemed it a well-organized system for continuously improving the company’s
offerings to clients.Trinity’s
quality policy embodies the company’s chief customer service aims and consists ...
Wednesday, January 02, 2002
Trinity Consultants, a nationwide firm
that assists industrial facilities with regulatory compliance and environmental
management issues, announces the promotion of Vern Choquette to Manager of its
Oklahoma City office. In the last 10 years, Trinity has completed more than 200
projects for clients in Oklahoma, from industries such as petroleum refining,
energy generation, and chemical manufacturing. Mr. Choquette has 12 years of
experience in environmental consulting, and his multimedia background will
benefit clients served by the Oklahoma City location.Mr. Choquette’s multimedia
environmental consulting expertise includes air, water, and waste permitting;
environmental auditing; due diligence analysis; noise analysis; and development
of ...
Friday, November 16, 2001
Trinity
Consultants, a nationwide firm that assists industrial clients with regulatory
compliance and environmental management issues, announces the opening of its
newest office in Frederick, Maryland. The Frederick location will serve clients
in Maryland, Western Pennsylvania, the District of Columbia, and portions of
Virginia and West Virginia. The office will work closely with industries such as
cement, coatings, aluminum, and petroleum refining to address issues such as
NOx budgeting and trading, state and
federal permitting, and compliance management.
Heading up Trinity’s Maryland office
will be Mike Remsberg, P.E., a 12-year environmental consulting veteran. Mr.
Remsberg has significant experience working with facilities ...
Thursday, August 09, 2001
John E. Hofmann, a 15-year
veteran of the company, has been named President and Chief Operating Officer of
Trinity Consultants, a nationwide firm specializing in regulatory compliance and
environmental management. In the last few years, Mr. Hofmann has served Trinity
as Vice President of Consulting Operations and as Vice President of Sales and
Marketing. He has also been a member of Trinity’s Board of Directors since its
1997 inception. Mr. Hofmann has substantial consulting experience and is an
authority on Clean Air Act regulations, source impact assessments, air pollution
control technologies, and environmental management systems. In addition, he has
completed ...
Monday, March 19, 2001
Courtney Garland, P.E., a 12-year
veteran of Arkansas air quality permitting, has joined Trinity Consultants’
Little Rock staff as Project Manager. Mr. Garland’s previous experience includes
positions with Pollution Management, Inc, the Arkansas Department of
Environmental Quality, and Garver & Garver Consulting Engineers. His areas
of expertise include Title V permitting assistance and regulatory
negotiations.Mr. Garland received a B.S. in
Mechanical Engineering from the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville and is a
licensed professional engineer in Arkansas. He began his career with Garver
& Garver Consulting Engineers, where he worked as a technical design
engineer. In 1989, Mr. Garland began a five-year ...
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