Welcome to all new members of the rejuvenated Air Quality Committee of the Environmental Multi-Media Council. We still need additional members, so won't you join us? The Committee is working toward publishing new literature and conducting seminars/conferences on several hot topics of air quality. As air quality experts know, the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 brought significant changes in how we deal with air pollution and meet the national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS).

To give you a good idea of the potential areas of participation, the following are some possible topics of interest: evaluation of air regulations, such as new source performance standards (NSPS), maximum achievable control technology (MACT) rules, Title V and other air permitting, new source review (NSR), and prevention of significant deterioration (PSD); air contaminant source evaluation; emission testing technologies; fate of air contaminants; control technologies; emission inventories; and air modeling. In addition, evaluations of the permits, compliance, and enforcement action are important in successful operation of industrial and municipal facilities. Your participation is also welcome on indoor air quality issues.

We look forward to having an active working committee and a strong group of members beginning this year. The anticipated outcome of this group is to prepare a book/publication containing individual chapters about critical air quality issues, and to work toward conducting a one or three-day seminar in the future, depending on input of the members.

If interested, please contact S. Rao Chitikela at rchitikela@contactpsc.com with your interest to become a member and your ideas/views for the committee. Thank you.