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Mohsen Nazemi is the Deputy Executive Officer for the
Office of Engineering and Compliance and he is responsible for planning,
organizing and directing all engineering and compliance programs for over
26,000 stationary sources. His responsibility includes permitting and
enforcement for all RECLAIM, Title V and other large, medium and small
facilities operating equipment which emit or control air pollution within
AQMD’s four-county jurisdiction.
He also serves as the Permit Streamlining Ombudsman for
AQMD, overseeing AQMD’s Permit Streamlining Office, which is working to make
the permit process more efficient and customer service oriented. In
addition, Mohsen is responsible for the AQMD’s Economic Development and
Business Retention Program, which helps businesses while ensuring that they
achieve regional clean air standards.
For over 30 years, Mohsen has held several different
positions within AQMD. Among them, he served as Assistant Deputy Executive
Officer in the Office of Engineering and Compliance with primary
responsibility for engineering and permitting of all stationary sources.
Prior to that, he served as Senior Manager in charge of the Refinery/Energy
& Outer Continental Shelf section in the Office of Stationary Source
Compliance. In this position Mohsen was responsible for rule development,
permitting and compliance of all refineries, oil and gas production and
transfer facilities and all public and private power producing facilities.
Before this, he headed AQMD’s Air Toxics and Global Climate Changes
Strategies group. He also was responsible for policy development and
coordination of state and federal programs, as well as permitting of all
cogeneration, resource recovery and liquid and solid waste management
facilities.
Before joining AQMD, Mohsen worked for the private
sector developing various catalytic processes used for NOx reduction and for
Hydro Desulfurization (HDS) and Fluidized Catalytic Cracking (FCC)
operations.
Mohsen Nazemi holds an M.S. degree in chemical
engineering from University of California at Los Angeles and a B.S. degree
in chemical engineering from California State University at Long Beach. He
also earned his Professional Engineer certification in chemical engineering
from the State of California as well as his Certified Hazardous Materials
Manager credentials from the National Academy of Hazardous Materials
Management in Rockville, Maryland, and from the University of California at
Irvine. Mohsen has also taught several environmental courses at University
of California at Irvine.
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