Acknowledgments
The members of the Interstate Technology & Regulatory Council (ITRC) Evaluation of Innovative Methane Detection Technologies Team wishes to acknowledge the individuals, organizations, and agencies that contributed to this guidance document.
As part of the broader ITRC effort, the Evaluation of Innovative Methane Detection Technologies effort is funded primarily by the U.S. Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) Agreement DE-AR0000727.
The Evaluation of Innovative Methane Detection Technologies Team greatly appreciates the efforts of the team members who provided valuable written input in the development of this technical and regulatory guidance, as well as those who reviewed and commented on this document. A full team list is provided in Team Contacts.
The team recognizes the efforts of the following personnel who contributed to content development of this guidance:
Team Leaders
Lisa Dorman, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)
Ona Papageorgiou, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Tim Taylor, Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment
State Regulatory Representatives
Douglas Bacon, Utah Department of Environmental Quality
Naishadh Bhatt, Pennsylvania DEP
Arun Ghimire, Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ)
Jorn Herner, California Air Resources Board
Kaylie Holland, Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation
James Jacobs, Tamalpais Community Services District
James Jarrett, West Virginia DEP
Kelly Kaletsky, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Angela Marconi, State of Delaware
Sara Michael, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC)
Michael Murphy, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ)
Amit Pathak, California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA)/DTSC
Elizabeth Scheehle, California Air Resources Board
Antwaun Shelby, Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality
Kevin Speicher, New York State Department of Public Service
Academic Participants
Clay Bell, Colorado State University
Mohammad (Amir) Khan, Delaware State University
Sidney Marlborough, Louisiana State University
Jay Parrish, Harrisburg University of Science and Technology
Ritobrata Sur, Stanford University
Daniel Zimmerle, Colorado State University Energy Institute
Stakeholder Participants
David Lyon, Environmental Defense Fund
Aileen Nowlan, Environmental Defense Fund
Jeffrey Short, ITRC Public Stakeholder
Peter Strauss, PM Strauss & Associates
Agency Participants (including federal, city/local government, and international government)
Andrea Barbery, U.S. EPA, Office of Intergovernmental Relations
Cindy Beeler, U.S. EPA, Region 8
Lance Christensen, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Jason DeWees, U.S. EPA, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (OAQPS)
Roopa Ganapathy, Environment and Climate Change Canada
Nate Gorence, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E)
Christopher Konek, DOE
Vivien Lecoustre, DOE ARPA-E
Anne Marie Lewis, DOE
John McGreevy, Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc.
Robert Smith, U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA)
Industry Participants
Yotam Ariel, Bluefield Technologies
John Atkinson, Bluefield Technologies
Mark Boccella, FLIR Systems
Douglas Burge, Ramboll
Steven Deiker, Kairos Aerospace
Matthew Harrison, AECOM
Gib Jersey, Consultant to XTO Energy
Olga Koper, Battelle Memorial Institute
Pamela Lacey, American Gas Association
John Miranda, KONICA MINOLTA
Craig O’Neill, FLIR Systems
Sigrida Reinis, Langan Engineering & Environmental Services
Stephen Richardson, GSI Environmental Inc.
Jim Rutherford, Heath Consultants Incorporated
Natasha Sihota, Chevron Energy Technology Company
Susan Stuver, GSI Environmental Inc.
Erin Tullos, ExxonMobil
Laura Yao, Kairos Aerospace
Fangmei Zhang, Langan Engineering & Environmental Services
Changyong Zhang, ExxonMobil
Program Advisor
Susan Schow, Schow Consulting
Publication Date: September 28, 2018
