Cooper Environmental Services

Evaluation of State Implementation Plans, control strategies and aerosol chemistry.
Management of multi-disciplinary source apportionment projects.
Research into the development of ambient and source aerosol sampling methods specifically for receptor modeling and air toxic applications.
Direction of large environmental analysis programs involving the analysis of environmental samples by x-ray fluorescence, neutron activation, ion chromatography, organic and elemental carbon, b_abs, etc.
Development of environmental analysis instruments and methods using atomic and nuclear procedures.

Career Chronology

President, Cooper Environmental Services, Beaverton, Oregon (96 to Present)
Vice Pres./Principal Consulting Scientist, TRC Environmental -Tigard, OR (94 to 98)
Director of Air Quality Technology, Chester Environmental - Tigard, OR (92 to 94)
President, Keystone/NEA - Tigard, Oregon (91 to 92)
President, NEA, Inc. - Tigard, Oregon (77 to 91)
Professor of Env. Sciences, Oregon Graduate Institute - Beaverton, OR (76 to 84)
Director of Applications Laboratories, ORTEC, Inc. - Oak Ridge, TN (74 to 76)
Senior Research Scientist, Battelle Northwest - Richland, WA (66 to 74)

Selected Recent Publications

"Development of the Northern Ada County PM₁₀ Maintenance Plan" Receptor Modeling for the PM₁₀ Maintenance SIP" November 2001. Prepared for Environ and Idaho DEQ.
"A Continuous Sampling System for Hazardous Element Compliance Assurance", April 23, 1998, J. A. Cooper, B. E. Johnsen, B. J. Richards, CES 1998 IT3 Conference paper prepared for Eli Lilly and Company.
"PM Issues in Missoula Montana: Recommendations Relevant to Kraft Recovery Boiler Opacity Rules", March 10, 1998, ,CES final report to Stone Container Corporation.
"PM Issues in Pocatello Idaho", January 26, 1998, J. A. Cooper, B. E. Johnsen, B. J. Richards, CES final report to J. R. Simplot and FMC Corporation.
"TSCA Incinerator HEST Test Results, Summary, and Quality Evaluation", December 29, 1997, J. A. Cooper, B. E. Johnsen, B. J. Richards, CES final report to Lockheed Martin Energy Systems.
"Evaluation of PM_2.5 Equivalent Concentrations and Impact of Regional PM_2.5 Background", March 10, 1997, J. A. Cooper, B. E. Johnsen, C. W. Tawney, CES final report to American Iron and Steel Institute.
"Comments on EPA’s Proposed Federal Reference Method for Measuring PM_2.5 Concentrations", March 5, 1997, J. A. Cooper, CES report to Kennecott Corporation.
"Estimating A PM_2.5 Concentration Equivalent to the Current 24-Hour PM₁₀ Standard", February 11, 1997, C. W. Tawney, J. C. Cooper, CES final report to American Iron and Steel Institute and Kennecott Corporation.
"A Non-Rural, Dichotomous Ambient Particulate Data Base: Compilation and Statistical Summary", February 10, 1997, C. W. Tawney, J. A. Cooper, B. E. Johnsen,CES, CES report to Kennecott Corporation.
"Fine, Coarse and PM₁₀ Concentrations: Relationships and Regulatory Implications", January 17, 1996, J. A. Cooper, B. C. Patterson, C. W. Tawney, TRC report to AISI PM₁₀ Coalition
"USDA Forest Service Region 6 Chemical Mass Balance Modeling", January 22, 1997, J. A. Cooper, C. W. Tawney, and B. E. Johnsen, CES final report to CH2Mhill.
"Soot Deposition Study: Logan Airport and Surrounding Communities", January 1997, G. F. Hoffnagle, J. A. Cooper, S. Morris, TRC final report to MASSPORT, Logan International Airport.
"Determination of PM₁₀ Emissions from Slag-Handling Operations at the FMC Plant in Pocatello, Idaho", November 8, 1996, J. A. Cooper, B. Guyton, R. Peltier, and K. R. Parker, TRC final report to FMC Corporation.
"Determination of Chemical and Radiological Emissions from Slag-Handling Operations at the FMC Plant in Pocatello, Idaho", March 29, 1997, J. A. Cooper, B. Guyton, B. Johnsen, R. Peltier, K. R. Parker, TRC report to FMC Corporation.
"Comments on Results from the State of Utah’s 1994-1995 Winter Study of the Effects of Oxygenated Gasoline on PM₁₀", October 19, 1995, J. A. Cooper, B. C. Patterson, D. A. Drerup, TRC final report to Kimball Parr Waddoups Brown and Gee.
"Impact of Oxygenated Gasoline on Utah County PM₁₀ Concentrations and PM₁₀ Contingency Plans", January 7, 1993, J. Cooper, B. Patterson, B. Reynolds and C. Tawney, TRC report submitted to Kimball, Parr, Waddoups, Brown and Gee, Salt Lake City.
"Pilot Scale Evaluation of Activated Carbon For The Removal of Mercury At Coal-fired Utility Power Plants", June, 1993, R. Chang, C.J. Bustard, G. Schott, T. Hunt, H. Noble and J. Cooper.
"PM₁₀ Credit for Secondary Sulfate Precursors", June, 1993, J. Cooper.
"Recent Advances in Sampling and Analysis of Coal-Fired Power Plant Emissions for Air Toxic Compounds", June 1993, J. Cooper.
"Measurement of Air Toxics Generated by a Laboratory-Scale Coal Combustion Facility, June, 1993, G.M. Sverdrup, J.C. Chuang, R.E. Barrett, J.A. Cooper and R.G. Peltier, Proceedings of AWMA Conference, Denver, CO, June 1993.
"Chemical Composition of Fly Ash Emissions from the Navajo Generating Station", October 30, 1990, J.A. Cooper, D.C. Redline, J. Wade, R.M. Hanna, G.A. Onusseit, R.H. Sarver and J. White.
"Comparison of Chemical Composition of Fly Ash Particles Collected in the Plume and Stack of a Coal-Fired Power Plant", G. Sverdrup, J. Chuang, L. Slivon, A. McFarland, J. Cooper, R. Garber and B. Smith.
"Reconciliation and Verification if ISCST Dispersion Model Lead Apportionments for East Helena, Montana", September 14, 1991, J.A. Cooper, E.A. Miller, B.C. Patterson, and B.W. Reynolds.
"Meteorological Factors Affecting PM₁₀ Concentration", April 30, 1991, J.E. Wade, B.W. Reynolds and J.A. Cooper.
"Enhancement of the South Coast Air Basin Source Profile Library for Chemical Mass Balance Receptor Model Applications", July 30, 1990, South Coast Air Quality Management District, J.A. Cooper, R.G. Peltier, D.C. Redline and A.V. Aquilizan.
"Evaluation of the Need to Measure Gas Phase Radionuclides in Coal-Fired Power Plant Emissions", November 1991, J.A. Cooper.
"A New, Innovative Hazardous Element Sampling Train", April 15, 1992, J. Cooper, M. Grunebach, R. Sarver, R. Peltier, C. Simons, B. Ritter and T. Barkowski.
"Chemical Characterization of Sample Extracts of Fly Ash Particles From a Coal-Fired Power Plant", May 1992, J.C. Chuang, G.M. Sverdrup and J.A. Cooper.