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	Austin Kerr</h1>
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	GHG Management and Air Quality Consultant</h3>
<p style="text-align: center"><img alt="" src="~url~/uploads/image/austin_kerr.jpg" style="margin: 40px 0px 20px" /></p><p><strong><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0)">Experience &amp; Education</span></strong></p><p>Austin Kerr has over 8 years of experience in climate change, air quality, and noise management. He has successfully developed approaches, methodologies, and metrics for analyzing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in impact assessments.<br />
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With an academic background in economic development, he has formulated policies and methodologies that promote GHG-efficient development that accommodates future economic growth. In addition, he stays abreast of the development of GHG regulations for stationary sources throughout the United States and attends presentations on climate change research and policies sponsored by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) and&nbsp;California Air Resources Board (CARB). Through his participation in the International Union of Air Pollution Prevention Associations (IUAPPA) and the Clean Air Society of Australia and New Zealand, he has gained extensive knowledge about how emission sources are regulated at the planning level in various parts of the world. He recently gave a presentation on addressing air quality impacts at the planning level at an IUAPPA Congress in Brisbane, Australia. His work primarily involves assessment of project-level climate change and air quality impacts. He holds a Bachelor&rsquo;s degree in Economics and Sociology from Oberlin College. &nbsp;<br />
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<strong>Affiliations</strong></p>
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		Association of Environmental Professionals (AEP)</li>
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		Air and Waste Management Association (AWMA)</li>
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		Clean Air Society of Australia and New Zealand (CASANZ)</li>
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<strong>Certifications &amp; Trainings</strong></p>
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		Lakes Environmental Software Course&mdash;Air Dispersion Modeling Workshop</li>
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		Dillingham Software Engineering, Inc. and BlueScape Environmental&mdash;Air Toxics Health<br />
		Risk Assessment</li>
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		Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District (SMAQMD) Course&mdash;Air Quality Impact Assessment Workshop</li>
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		CARB Course #100&mdash;Fundamentals of Enforcement/Visible Emissions Evaluation</li>
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		CARB Course #243&mdash;Aggregate Plants</li>
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