The Montrose team offers a wide range of services for ethanol compliance, permitting and consulting to biogas digester projects, wastewater consulting, and emission testing services. With locations conveniently located in the Midwest and throughout the U.S., we provide an integrated service offering for the unique requirements of ethanol producers.

Testing services include source testing, laboratory analysis, LDAR, ambient air monitoring and fan efficiency studies. Our source testing teams specialize in performing compliance and engineering testing on fermentation scrubbers, thermal and regenerative oxidizers, boilers, loading flares and grain handling baghouses. We’ve developed ethanol-specific methods for on-site analysis of common target analytes using FTIR spectroscopy and gas chromatography. These techniques have been optimized to achieve both ppm and ppb detection limits for VOC and HAP emissions from fermentation scrubber and oxidizer stacks and other sources commonly found in the production of ethanol.  Other sampling parameters include PM, PM10, PM2.5, SO2, NOx, and CO. We have successfully completed hundreds of test programs at over 70 ethanol plants in the US since 2005.

The Montrose Regulatory Compliance team helps our ethanol production clients achieve and maintain regulatory compliance with federal, state and local regulations. Our team consists of specialists with decades of experience—so we can tackle the most challenging projects and deliver successful outcomes.

Montrose biogas solution experts also assist with co-located anaerobic digesters used to recover biogas from soluble residues inherent in the ethanol production compliance process, including dried distilled grain syrup.

In addition to the skilled teams listed above, our soil and groundwater remediation, planning and ecosystem consulting, and water treatment teams routinely solve the most complex problems related to designing, building, and operating ethanol manufacturing facilities.

For more specific services related to our offerings, please see below.

Ethanol Industry Services

  • Testing
    • Source Testing for Criteria Pollutants and Hazardous Air Pollutants
    • Speciated, Real-time Organics Testing by EPA Methods 18 (Gas Chromatography) and 320 (FTIR)
    • Initial Start-up, Engineering and Compliance Testing for Production Facilities
    • Optimization Studies on Fermentation Scrubbers for Water Balance and Bisulfite Addition
    • Ethanol Product Loss Studies
    • Fan Efficiency Optimization for Grain Handling and Dryer Systems
    • Control Equipment Performance Guarantee Testing
    • Continuous Emissions Monitoring (CEMS) Testing, including Relative Accuracy Test Audits (RATA), Calibration Gas Audits (CGA), and Quarterly Relative Accuracy Audits (RAA)
    • Installation and Operation of Temporary Continuous Emissions Monitoring Systems (CEMS), including FTIR
    • Ambient Air Sampling Studies of Production Sites for VOC, PM, and Odors
  • Laboratory Services
    • Laboratory Analysis for Speciated Organics using EPA and NCASI Methods
  • Leak Detection and Measurement using EPA Method 21
  • Consulting and Support Services including Inspection and Maintenance Plans, Custom Regulatory Training, Third Party Audits, Emissions Inventory, and Fugitive Emission Management Program (FEMP) Development
  • Data Management & Reporting Software including, Centralized Online Database, Custom Field Data Entry Software, and Customized Reporting
  • Water and Wastewater Treatment Alternative Analysis and Feasibility Studies
  • Preliminary Design Reports and Associated Cost Estimates
  • Detailed Design Services for Water and Wastewater Treatment
  • Water and Wastewater Turnkey Projects, including Equipment Procurement
  • Water and Wastewater Treatment System Installation and Engineering Services during Construction
  • Water and Wastewater System Startup and Commissioning
  • Spill Investigation
  • Soil Stabilization, Excavation & Removal, and Ex-Situ Remediation
  • AST/UST Management & Closure
  • Contaminated/Clean Soil Management Plans
  • In-Situ Groundwater Restoration
  • Facility Expansion Civil Engineering
  • Secondary Containment System Design
  • Stormwater Infrastructure Design/Upgrades
  • Impoundment Design, Upgrades and Closure
  • Sediment Remediation
  • Erosion & Sediment Control Plans
  • Decontamination/Demolition Plans
  • Air Permitting – New Construction, Modifications, and Renewals, PSD, Title V, Synthetic Minor
  • Agency Negotiations, Addressing Public Comments and Petitions
  • Permitting Evaluations – Assessing Requirements for Potential Projects, including Complex Air Dispersion Modeling, to Identify the Optimal Permitting Approach
  • SOCMI NSPS and NESHAP Compliance Support
  • Air Recordkeeping and Reporting – Preparing Quarterly, Semiannual, and Annual Compliance Reports
  • Risk Management Plan (RMP) Development
  • GHG Mandatory Reporting – Preparing and Submitting Annual GHG Reports
  • EPCRA 313 Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) Reporting
  • EPCRA 312 Tier II Hazardous Material Storage Reporting
  • NPDES Storm Water Industrial Permitting and Reporting
  • NPDES Wastewater Discharge Permitting and Reporting
  • SPCC and FRP Plans
  • RCRA Hazardous Waste Generator Compliance Programs
  • Environmental Management Systems (EMS)
  • Auditing
  • Biogas Technology Screening and Selection
  • Detailed End-to-end and Integrated Biogas System Design
  • Full Biogas Project Engineering and Equipment Procurement
  • Biogas Installation and Construction Management
  • System Start-Up and Commissioning
  • Long-term Operations and Maintenance
  • Archeological Studies and Monitoring
  • Consultation with Tribal Governments (Native Americans/Indian Tribes)
  • NEPA Environmental Assessments and Environmental Impact Statements
  • Biological Studies and Monitoring
  • Environmental Constraints Analysis
  • Net Environmental Benefit Analysis (NEBA) for Site Remediation, NEPA, and Mitigation/Restoration Planning
  • Ecological and Human Health Risk Assessment
  • Spill Response and Planning
  • Natural Resource Damage Assessments (NRDA)
  • Land Eco Asset Valuation
  • Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans

Montrose and its affiliated subsidiaries do not offer engineering or geology services in North Carolina or New York, with the exception of federal projects that pre-empt State Law. All other engineering and geology services will be provided by Advanced GeoServices Engineering and Geology P.C.

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