Jon Pollack

Senior Meteorologist

E-mail: jpollack@trcsolutions.com
Phone: (978) 656-3670

B.S., Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, 1976
M.S., Meteorology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1979

In his 23 years experience Mr. Pollack has been involved in a broad range of air modeling and permitting activities. These activities include designing and negotiating modeling protocols with regulatory agencies, directing modeling and other special studies, and developing technical and permitting approaches to best serve the needs and goals of the client.

Typical projects include permitting of new or modified facilities and technical studies to assess impacts and associated risks of criteria pollutant and toxic air pollutant emissions. These projects have encompassed a wide range of sources and industries including pulp and paper, power, chemical, steel, mineral processing, waste disposal, and wastewater treatment facilities. Other project experience includes: modeling of fugitive emissions from ash piles and waste pits, modeling of emissions from Open Burning and Open Detonation activities, modeling of mobile source emissions for transportation projects, modeling of indoor air quality, modeling of impacts for accidental release scenarios, and the analysis of meteorological, climatological, air quality, and emissions data.

He has formulated and directed the development and subsequent use of hybrid air dispersion models and combining elements of simple terrain model (ISC) and various complex terrain models (COMPLEX1 and RTDM). Models were developed to satisfy USEPA intermediate terrain guidance at a time when no suitable existing techniques were available. Conducted site-specific model equivalency demonstrations to justify and obtain regulatory approval for use of model at several pulp and paper mills.