The eLearning Center for Gatlin Education Services

EPA has developed a plain-English guide as a “road map” to help interested parties navigate through the complex Part 75 Continuous Emission Monitoring (CEM) rule. This course will use this guide to study the CEM monitoring requirements for monitoring stack gas emissions. This will be useful to people responsible for complying with the rule, regulatory agencies assessing compliance with the rule, and others who want a general understanding of the emissions monitoring approach used in EPA’s emissions trading programs.

EPA has established stack monitoring requirements under various programs, including: the Acid Rain Program (ARP), the NOx Budget Trading Program (NBP), the Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) and the Clean Air Mercury Rule (CAMR). This course summarizes the monitoring requirements under each of these rules and outlines certification testing and QA/QC standards. This material provides a general overview of the EPA Part 75 regulations and clarifies the technical provisions.

The course will be beneficial to a student with basic knowledge of air pollution control who is interested in learning about the continuous emission monitoring requirements. It is also an excellent overview for professionals working in the field of air pollution control.

The student is expected to read and review the material contained in the Plain English Guide to the Part 75 Rule, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Clean Air Markets Division, September 2005.

The student must take a multiple-choice quiz consisting of forty (40) questions at the end of this course to obtain 8 PDH credits.

State Board Acceptance

This course can be used by professional engineers to fulfill PDH requirements mandated by state and provincial licensing boards. Decatur Professional Development is an approved provider of continuing education in all states that pre-approve course providers. In all other states that mandate continuing education for engineers, it is the individual engineer's responsibility to determine the suitability of activities for PDH credit. The state boards typically accept online* courses that cover technical, managerial** or ethical content and which are relevant to the practice of engineering. The course must have a clear purpose or objective with a content that will maintain, improve or expand the skills and knowledge of the licensee's field of practice. For questions about your mandatory PDH requirements, visit the website of your state licensing board.

*Online courses are accepted by all state licensing boards that mandate continuing education. Other than New York (which limits online courses to 18 PDH) and Iowa (which limits online courses to 6 PDH), there are no limits placed by other states on the number of hours that can be earned through online continuing education. Consult with your state licensing board if you have any questions about the acceptability of online courses.

**The New York State Board of Engineers does not accept general office management courses, but will accept project management courses that are offered by an approved provider and that are technical in nature and contribute to the engineer's professional practice.

Please Note: Continuing Education credits for this course are awarded as PDH (Professional Development Hour Credits).