Clearinghouse for Inventories and Emissions Factors - This Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) site provides details, clarifications and options about emissions factors having been applied in determining site-specific applicability and emissions limitations in operating permits by federal, state, local and tribal agencies, consultants and industry.

Example of Semiannual Reporting Letter - Holders of permits from the Division for Air Quality certify in this letter that they are following the prescribed monitoring requirements outlined in their permit.

Green Book Nonattainment Areas for Criteria Pollutants - This EPA site lists areas of the country where air pollution levels persistently exceed the national ambient air quality standards and may be designated "nonattainment."

North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) - Developed by the United States, Canada and Mexico, this system provides comparability in statistics about business activity across North America. 

Software for Painters - The Iowa Waste Reduction Center offers software to track paint and solvent usage in a facility.

Source Classification Codes (SCC) - These codes are used as a primary identifying data element in the EPA's National Emission Inventory, National Emission Trends database, Factor Information and Retrieval database and many state agency emission data systems.

Standard Industrial Classification Codes (SIC) - Provided by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety & Health Administration, the site allows the user to search the 1987 version of the SIC manual by keyword to access descriptive information for a specified 2-, 3- or 4-digit SIC and to examine the manual structure.

Topographic Maps - TopoZone has topographic maps, trail guides and aerial photos of the United States.

Air Emission Testing Facilities - Check this list for companies that currently perform air pollution tests.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Air Pollution Training Institute - The EPA provides technical air pollution training to state, tribal and local air pollution professionals.

Metro 4 Inc.-SESARM - The Southeastern Local Air Pollution Control Agencies and the Southeastern States Air Resource Managers Inc., nonprofit corporations formed respectively by the local and state air pollution control agencies located in the southeastern states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee, exist to support and supplement the work of the agencies. They commit significant resources to address air quality problems within their jurisdictions and throughout their region. 

Smoke School Certification Firms - This site provides a current list of companies offering smoke school courses in Kentucky.

Environmental Compliance Issues for Auto Refinishing.ppt - This PowerPoint presentation is an overview of compliance issues with the industry.

EPA Design for the Environment Training: Best Practices for Auto Refinishing.ppt - An overview of the goals, outreach efforts and new EPA regulations can be found in this PowerPoint presentation.

Spray Booth Filters Factsheet - This is part of the EPA Design for the Environment: Auto Refinishing Project and explains how to use paint filters for a quality product and safe environment.  

Summary of Regulations Controlling Air Emissions for Paint Stripping and Miscellaneous Surface Coating Operations - This informational brochure provides details about the 2007 EPA regulations for this industry.

Climate Change - Part of the EPA's Web site, this page provides a wealth of information explaining climate change and what can be done to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The Climate Registry - This nonprofit organization supports a voluntary greenhouse gas emissions registry, creating a common standard for measuring and tracking greenhouse gas emissions and promoting full and public disclosure of those emissions.

Halogenated Leak Detectors List for Dry Cleaners - The EPA amended the federal standard for dry cleaners and established several new requirements. This list offers a variety of leak detector options.

Air Permits - On this Division for Air Quality Web site, various types of permits are explained. The Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet provisions and procedures for issuance of permits are listed here.

Application Status Check - Go to this Department for Environmental Protection site to check the status of a permit application.

Emission Calculators - Air emissions spreadsheets are there to help small businesses determine if they need an air emissions permit or track compliance with their air emissions permit.

Emission Factors - The EPA defines emission factors and provides a formula for computing the emissions estimation.

Fugitive Dust Fact Sheet and Brochure - See why fugitive dust is undesirable and what can be done to prevent it.

Glycol Ether Searchable Database - View the EPA definition of glycol ether and the amended list of hazardous air pollutants contained in section 112(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act.

Hazardous Air Pollutant (HAPs) (EXCEL Spreadsheet) - This is a list of 188 hazardous air pollutants arranged by their Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) number.

Potential to Emit - This EPA guide for small businesses provides information to determine the highest amounts of certain pollutants that a business could release into the air.

Types of Permits - Typical environmental permitting requirements for waste, water, and air are given for the construction and operation of a manufacturing facility.

Area Source Rules - The EPA offers current information about those categories and sources that emit less than 10 tons annually of a single hazardous air pollutant or less than 25 tons or more annually of a combination of hazardous air pollutants.

Federal Environmental Laws - This link to Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations deals with protection of the environment and the EPA's mission of protecting human health and the environment.

Kentucky Air Regulations - The definitions for each regulation and classification of counties can be found on this site. 

National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAPs) - The EPA displays the NESHAPs for area source categories in a table format.

New Source Performance Standards (NSPA) Applicability Tools - The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality explains Code of Federal Regulation 40, Part 60, the Standard of Performance for New Stationary Sources.