Environmental Program Consultant/Modeling Consultant

This environmental program consultant will provide advanced scientific expertise to assist the

Attainment Planning Branch with the following:

Applying photochemical air quality and meteorological grid models to estimate ambient air

concentrations of air pollutants and impacts on visibility.

Applying emissions modeling procedures and tools to process emissions inventory data for

input into air quality models.

Developing base year and future year emission inventories for the stationary, mobile and

biogenic source sectors, following U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) guidance.

Developing air quality plans and control strategies necessary to attain and maintain the

national ambient air quality standards.

Developing project plans and/or managing projects including quality assurance project

plans and improving processes and systems to increase the accuracy and efficiency of

preparing and processing emissions inventory data.

Preparing documentation of the data sources, methods, results and quality assurance

procedures applied to develop emissions inventories. Developing reports to meet

legislative or upper management needs and requests.

Participating in regional planning efforts involving coordination with other state and local

agencies outside of North Carolina.

Applying working knowledge of the Clean Air Act and state and federal air quality

management planning requirements to meet branch, section, and division goals.