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Started in 1992,
Airmetrics is located in Eugene, OR, and is an enterprise fund of the Lane
Regional Air Pollution Authority (LRAPA). Airmetrics, in conjunction
with the US EPA, developed the patented low-flow technology found in the
MiniVol Portable Air Sampler to address the need for portable, ambient air
sampling.
Airmetrics' purpose,
as identified in its 1999 Business Plan, is to "protect public health and
the environment by providing practical and innovative solutions to air
monitoring problems." To achieve this goal, Airmetrics has continually
improved the MiniVol's design while expanding the company's product
line.
Airmetrics employs
five people and generates nearly $1 million in revenue each year. Proceeds
from the enterprise fund are used to supplement LRAPA's budget by covering
some fixed costs and providing for numerous capital
improvements.
Customer
Base
Current users of the MiniVol™ include domestic and
international air quality authorities, government agencies, consultants,
and mining companies. Domestic users include the US EPA, US Army, USDA,
South Coast AQMD, Utah DEQ, and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe.
Consultants and mining companies using the sampler include Desert Research
Institute, Secor, CH2M Hill, Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff, TRC Corporation, Newmont Gold Company, Homestake Mining
Company. Airmetrics' product line can be found world-wide, with customers
ranging from the Cairo Air Improvement Study in Egypt to universities in
Norway, Japan, and Mexico. Both rugged and reliable, the MiniVol™ has
proven its effectiveness in ambient air sampling at remediation sites,
prescribed burns, fugitive dust studies, manufacturing locations, mining
operations, and power plants.
Additionally, the US
EPA Saturation Monitor Repository is composed largely of MiniVol™
samplers. The patented low-flow technology used in the
MiniVol™ was jointly developed by Airmetrics and
the US Environmental Protection Agency.
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US
EPA
East and West
Coast repositories, Northwest Tribal repository |
USDA
ARS
Fugitive dust
studies |
USDA Forest
Service
Prescribed
burnings |
US Army
CHPPM
Deployment
environmental sampling |
US Air
Authorities
CARB (currently
used in the CRPAQS 2-year air study in the San Joaquin Valley),
South Coast Air Quality, Pinal County, Alachua County, Utah DEQ,
Idaho DEQ, South Dakota DENR |
Consultants
Secor, Desert
Research Institute, CH2M Hill, Dames & Moore, Harding Lawson,
Bechtel Parsons-Brinckerhoff, McVehil-Monnet |
Mining
Companies
Homestake
Mining, Coeur Mining, Cypress Miami Mining, Independence Mining,
Cripple Creek and Victor Mining |
International
Organizations
World Health
Organization, Pan American Health Organization, US AID |
International
Use
Global use of
the MiniVol ranges form Japanese auto manufacturers to South Korean
research institutes, Malaysian power stations, African gold mines,
and Mexican universities. |
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