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January 16th, 2009: The United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) has decided to disband its Education and Outreach Group (EOG) and the Air Pollution Training Institute (APTI), and to reallocate most of EOG’s resources to other EPA programs. Consequently, EPA’s decision to reduce its support has impacted availability of air pollution training courses to employees of state and local environmental U.S. government agencies free of charge. The Rutgers Air Pollution Training Program (RAPTP) still desires to offer high quality air pollution training courses to state and local air quality professionals, despite these cutbacks. EPA Based (formerly APTI) Courses at Rutgers are NO LONGER FREE OF CHARGE for employees of State and Local Environmental U.S. Government agencies.

RAPTP is offering two courses this year, namely EPA 450 – Source Sampling for Particulate Pollutants and EPA 464 – Analytical Methods for Air Quality Standards. Please refer to the course listing and "How to Register" below for further details. In addition to these, RAPTP has offered other air pollution training courses in the past –details of these are also listed. Should your organization have an interest in any of these TBA courses, please contact us so that we may offer additional courses based on demand and staff and facility availability during 2009.

With the availability of a stack lab and a variety of air pollution instrumentation, laboratory based training is the preferred method of training at the Rutgers Area Training Center. In addition to traditional classroom and laboratory instruction, Rutgers also serves as a satellite downlink site for EPA's Air Pollution Distant Learning Network. If interested in attending a satellite class at Rutgers, please contact Bob Porcja (see contact information below).

Course Number & Title	Description	Agenda	Dates & Location	Cost	Registration Forms
450: Source Sampling for Particulate Pollutants	450 Description	450 Agenda (2009)	October 19-23, 2009 New Brunswick, NJ	$895.00	450 Application
464: Analytical Methods for Air Quality Standards	464 Description	464 Agenda (2009)	Postponed to May 2010 New Brunswick, NJ	$895.00	464 Application
413: Control of Particulate Emissions	413 Description	413 Agenda (2007)	TBA New Brunswick, NJ	$TBD	413 Application
435: Atmospheric Sampling	435 Description	435 Agenda (2007)	TBA New Brunswick, NJ	$TBD	435 Application
452: Principles and Practices of Air Pollution Control	452 Description	452 Agenda (2008)	TBA; New Brunswick, NJ	$TBD	452 Application
415: Control of Gaseous Emissions	415 Description	415 Agenda (2006)	TBA; New Brunswick, NJ	$TBD	415 Application

A new online EPA course called Introduction to Environmental Statistics is now available, and can be viewed here.

Please fill out a registration form for each class you are interested in (by clicking the appropriate link in the "Registration Forms" column from the above table) and send them along with a check, credit card number or purchase order number as appropriate to Bob Porcja by fax, email, or postal mail (see below for contact information). For courses #450 and #464, the cost per person is $895.00. A confirmation letter will be sent to you via email (preferred if available), fax, or postal mail following receipt of the registration form.

Please be sure to fill out the questionnaires included in each form and submit them with the registration forms to help the instructors prepare the class by tailoring it to the students' needs.

Classroom Location: EPA based (formerly APTI) courses at Rutgers are held at the Operator Training Center (OTC) on the Cook Campus in New Brunswick, NJ. A map and directions to the OTC can be found here.

Hotels: Information about a number of hotels nearby the Rutgers OTC can be found here. Many students choose to stay at a hotel on the Cook Campus called The University Inn. The University Inn has a website here.

Transportation: Students flying in for courses at Rutgers typically come in to either Newark Airport in Newark, NJ, or JFK Airport in New York City. It is highly recommended that students rent cars both for getting to Rutgers from the airport and for getting around the Rutgers campus and surrounding area during the week of class. If renting a car for the week is not an option, a shuttle service from either of the two airports to the East Brunswick Hilton is available at http://www.goairporter.com/. From the Hilton, a ten minute taxi cab ride can bring you to either the OTC or to the University Inn.