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Maryland's Air Quality Compliance Program
The Air Quality Compliance Program works to ensure compliance at stationary sources of air pollution. The Compliance staff conducts inspections, responds to complaints, provides compliance assistance and pursues enforcement actions when necessary.
Do you have an air pollution complaint ?
If so, call toll free (866) 633-4686 to report it.
Compliance Certification Report due annually by April 1
Those facilities which have been issued a Part 70 Operating Permit (Title5) are required to certify compliance each year. The compliance certification reports are due by April 1 for the previous year.
The Compliance Certification is to be completed on forms provided by the Department and the EPA. Use the web links below to access the forms.
To get a copy of the Annual Compliance Certification Form, (A-COMP), or the Semi-annual Monitoring Report Form (SIXMON), from EPA's Operating Permits Program site, click here.
To view Maryland's Part 70 Compliance Certification Letter, click here.
The Certification form for Section III - Plant-wide Conditions is located here.
Emissions Certification Reports are due annually by April 1!
You will receive a letter in the mail if you are required to submit an Emissions Certification Report. This letter provides information about the Emissions Certification Report. To review the Emissions Certification letter, click here (pdf).
The Emissions Certification Report is to be completed on forms provided by the Department. Use the web links below to access the forms.
Form 1 - General Facility Information
Form 2 - Criteria Air Pollutants
Form 3 - Criteria Air Pollutant: PM
Form 4 - Toxic Air Pollutants
Form 5 - Billable Toxic Air Pollutants
Form 6 - Greenhouse Gas Air Pollutants
To review a list of the 192 Toxic Air Pollutants, click here.
This list includes the deminimus reporting values in lbs per hour and tons per year.
- Remember to include supporting calculations and a toxics certification statement.
- Call us at (800) 633-6101 ext. 3220 for more information.
Do you need the latest AP-42 Emission Factors or emissions estimation software?
If so, check out EPA's Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards Clearinghouse for Inventories and Emission Factors (CHIEF) at www.epa.gov/ttn/chief/. This site provides access to the latest information and tools for estimating emissions of air pollutants.
Smoke School
Visible Emissions Evaluation Training and Testing
Next Course: April 20-22, 2010
Location: CCBC - Essex Campus
The classroom session will be held Tuesday morning, and the field sessions begin Tuesday afternoon. The classroom session will be held regardless of weather conditions. To register, contact CCBC at (410) 455-4700.
Classroom session: Tuesday, April 20th at 10 a.m.
Classroom location: To be announced.
Field sessions:*
Tuesday, April 20 begins at 1:00 p.m.
Wednesday, April 21 begins at 8:30 a.m.
Thursday, April 22 begins at 8:30 a.m.
*Field demonstrations and testing may be canceled due to inclement weather. If the weather is questionable, call (443)840-4712 on the day of testing for any announcements. Classroom session will be held regardless of weather conditions.
General Information
Visible Emissions Evaluation Training and Testing Courses are held at CCBC Essex approximately every six months (April and October). Registration is handled by the Community Colleges of Baltimore County. For more information or to receive a registration form, call (443) 840-4712.
Maryland's Open Burning Ban
In effect annually between June 1 and September 1.
As in past years, a seasonal open burning ban will be imposed in: Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Cecil, Charles, Frederick, Harford, Howard, Montgomery, and Prince George's counties and Baltimore City.
The ban includes the open burning that is primarily used as a form of disposal of certain waste materials by individuals, farmers, and developers.
The ban does not affect backyard barbecue grilling or open fires for recreational purposes, such as campfires. Public officers may authorize certain other types of fires.
See COMAR 26.11.07 for more information.
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