Bureau of Air Management Sections
This page outlines the roles of each of the seven sections in the DNR Bureau of Air Management, headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin.
- Compliance and Enforcement Section
This section coordinates the Air Management Program's efforts to ensure that industries and others comply with clean air laws. This includes:
- Working with U.S. EPA Region 5 and WDNR Air Program compliance staff to assure that rules, policies, and guidance are applied consistently statewide
- Evaluating how well the program accomplishes its statewide compliance and enforcement goals; and
- Keeping the data in the Wisconsin Air Compliance Database (WACD) up to date.
- Emission Inventory and Small Sources Section
This section:
- Manages the annual Air Emissions Inventory, which is DNR's process for getting annual reports of air pollutant emissions from industries across the state.
- Coordinates DNR's activities related to asbestos, refrigerant recovery, Stage 2 vapor recovery, and small emission sources (such as dry cleaners, asphalt plants, and crushers and quarries).
- Works with the Small Business Clean Air Assistance Program (exit DNR) on issues of mutual concern.
- Environmental Analysis and Outreach Section
This section is responsible for analysing air quality issues, including air toxics, health impacts and air quality trends. It is also responsible for public information and outreach activities, including the Voluntary Emission Reductions Registry. Back to top
- Management Section
This section prepares budgets and workplans, administers grants, and handles finance, rules oversight, data and personnel management.
Back to top- Monitoring Section
This section continues to plan and execute a first-class statewide air monitoring program.
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- Permits and Stationary Source Modeling Section
This section:
- Meets with industry representatives to discuss permitting issues and negotiate permit conditions
- Does computer modeling to determine how air pollutant emissions will affect air quality
- Writes construction permits and operation permits for air pollution sources
- Regional Pollutant and Mobile Source Section
This section is responsible for developing State Implementation Plans (SIPs) for regional air pollutants such as ground-level ozone, particle pollution and haze. The section also develops plans and programs related to motor vehicles and motor vehicle fuels.
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