Overview
Join the 7th Advanced Air Workshop. This two-day intensive workshop is designed for foundry environmental professionals ready to move beyond the basics. Through a structured, hands-on approach, you’ll tackle real-world scenarios that build on each other—covering emission estimation, permitting strategies, regulatory requirements, and compliance demonstration.
New this year: Expanded individual and small group exercises plus a dedicated session on air pollution control device operation and troubleshooting.
Bring your laptop and leave with practical tools and proven strategies to navigate air compliance challenges with confidence.
Location
- AFS Headquarters
- Schaumburg, IL
- March 31 – April 1, 2026
Hotel Information
700 National Parkway
Schaumburg, IL 60173
Conference Agenda
Jeet Radia
Air Quality Committee Chair
McWane, Inc.
Birmingham, AL
Jeet Radia
Air Quality Committee Chair
McWane, Inc.
Birmingham, AL
Curtis Veit
Waupaca Foundry, Inc.
Waupaca, WI
- Emission Inventories and Factors
- Sources of Emission Factors
- Sources of Emissions and Pollutants
- Emission Estimation Techniques and Tools
- Filterable versus Condensable PM
- HAP and GHG Emission Estimating
- Exercises: Identification of foundry processes, pollutants and origins; estimate emissions from melting, pouring, cooling, shakeout, finishing and cdoremaking
Jenny Pappalardo
Charlotte Pipe & Foundry Co.
Waupaca, WI
JoAnna Peterson
TRC
West Allis, WI
Craig Schmeisser
Mad River Strategies, LLC
New Bremen, OH
- State Permitting
- NAAQS and Relationship to Air Permitting
- NANSR versus PSD
- Delegated versus SIP-Approved Programs
- NSR / PSD Permitting
- Applicability by Pollutant
- 28-Source Categories
- Consideration of Fugitive Emissions
- Facility Definition
- Defining a Project and Aggregation
- Routine Maintenance Repair and Replacement
- Replacement Units
- Limiting Potential to Emit
- How to Become a Minor Source Not Subject to PSD
- NSR Reform Applicability Tests vs. the Old Rule
- Project Emissions versus Netting
- Project Emissions Accounting Rule
- Latest on Facility Reactivation
- Permitting Strategies and Avoidance (NSR/PSD, MACT)
- Exercises – Determine if Facility is in Attainment or Nonattainment Area, Facility Definition, Project Definition, Determining Project Emissions (old), Project Emissions (new), Project PSD Avoidance, Routine Maintenance Repair and Replacement
Jenny Pappalardo
Charlotte Pipe & Foundry Co.
Waupaca, WI
JoAnna Peterson
TRC
West Allis, WI
Craig Schmeisser
Mad River Strategies, LLC
New Bremen, OH
- Construction Permitting
- State Permitting
- NSR / PSD Permitting
- How to Become a Minor Source Not Subject to PSD
- NSR Reform Applicability Tests vs. the Old Rule
- Replacement Units
- Baseline Actual Emissions Projected Actual Emissions and Excluded Emissions
- Project Emissions versus Netting
- Project Emissions Accounting Rule
- Latest on Facility Reactivation
- Permitting Strategies and Avoidance (NSR/PSD, MACT)
Kayla Gibbons
KERAMIDA, Inc.
Indianapolis, IN
Kathy Moore
KERAMIDA, Inc.
Indianapolis, IN
- Federal Regulations Impacting the Foundry Industry
- State Regulations Impacting the Foundry Industry
- NESHAPs (MACT & GACT) Affecting the Foundry Industry
- Climate Change Legislation and Regulations
- Compliance Monitoring
- Title V Compliance Certification
- MACT Compliance
- Compliance Tools
- Scope 1 and 2 Emission Estimating
Trey Poppell
Tyler Pipe
Tyler, TX
- Common Foundry Test methods
- Planning for a Successful Test
- PM10 and PM2.5 Testing
- Emission Testing Do’s and Dont's
Lee Wald
Donaldson Torit.
Greg Kramer
Badger Mining
Berlin, WI
- Practical Aspects of Control System Design/Selection
- Common Foundry Emission Control Systems
- Control System Integration with Process
- Control Device Troubleshooting
Registration
AFS Member:
$945.00 Standard Registration
Non-AFS Member:
$1,345.00 Standard Registration
AFS presents a variety of technical and management conferences (in both in-person and virtual formats). The refund policy for AFS conferences is as follows: 1) Substitutions are accepted at no charge at any time up until the start of the conference; 2) Full refunds are offered if AFS is notified in writing of cancellation at least 30 days in advance of the conference. No refunds or credits are available for less than 30 days written notice.