Air Quality Consultants, Inc

Air Quality Consultants was founded in 1984 by southern California business owner and operator, Ed Laird. Mr. Laird’s view was to assist manufacturing businesses in permitting and compliance reporting to various local, state and federal environmental regulatory agencies. In 1966 the first regulation, Rule 66, was enforced in the South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD). AQC’s senior staff members have served in several advisory positions to government regulatory agencies and helped in assessing environmental impacts from various solvent, paint, and coating formulations, and developing emissions rules. AQC has been associated with the Small Business Coalition in Southern California and represented their interests in the South Coast AQMD’s regulatory system since the early 1990s. In 1989 the EPA approved the 1st VOC Emission Trade and Banking Program in South Coast Air Quality Management District. AQC senior staff members served on the South Coast AQMD VOC RECLAIM advisory Task Force in the early 1990s. In 1994 AQC made the first RECLAIM NOx Emissions Credits trade in South Coast AQMD jurisdiction. In addition, AQC has assisted several manufacturing facilities in compliance reporting to South Coast AQMD (Annual Emissions, AB2588 toxics, RECLAIM NOx, and Title V Compliance reports), Air Resources Board (SB-14), and EPA reporting. As the states regulations continued to develop to include emissions markets for regional criteria pollutants and greenhouse gases, AQC has continued to provide brokerage and consulting services to our clients. AQC assists its clients in understanding the regulations, developing emissions models, and market strategies to ensure compliance in these new and changing markets. Air Quality Consultants has received an Environmental Award for Outstanding Achievement in Air Pollution Control awarded by Southern California Finishers and Fabricators Association. In 2014 AQC celebrated its 30th year anniversary.