VIM Environmental Compliance Expert

DRU SANDERS

LEAD INSTRUCTOR

Dru Sanders, Senior Air Compliance Specialist, will serve as the lead instructor for this course. He has over 31 years of air quality experience serving a wide variety of industrial sources. Prior to joining VIM Technologies in April 2020, Dru worked as a Project Manager/Environmental Consultant at RMB Consulting & Research, Inc. for over 21 years. He has developed and presented numerous site-specific training courses.

List of Relevant Training Experience

  • CEMS and Regulatory Training Course for Oglethorpe Power Corporation in Macon, Georgia. Instructor, VIM Technologies.
    August 4 & 5, 2026.
  • Like-Kind Analyzer Provisions. EPRI CEM User Group Meeting, Broomfield, CO. May 2026.
  • Part 60 CEMS and COMS Online Training Course. Co-instructor, VIM Technologies. March 17 – 19, 2026.
  • Part 75 Online Training Course. Lead Instructor, VIM Technologies. June 17 – 19, 2025.
  • MATS Electronic Reporting, A Look Under the WebFIRE Hood. EPRI CEM User Group Meeting, Atlanta, GA. May 2025.
  • Session Chair – Session 6: MATS Rule. Source Evaluation Society, 46th SSSAAP Conference, Myrtle Beach, SC. April 2025.
  • Part 60 CEMS and COMS Online Training Course. Co-instructor, VIM Technologies. March 25 – 27, 2025.
  • Part 75 Online Training Course. Lead Instructor, VIM Technologies. June 11 – 13, 2024.
  • Part 75 Diagnostic/Recertification Test Requirements & Lessons Learned. EPRI CEM User Group Meeting, Scottsdale, AZ. May 2024.
  • MATS Rule – Electronic Reporting Requirements for MATS Compliance Testing. Source Evaluation Society, 45th SSSAAP Conference. Kingsport, TN. March 2024.
  • Part 60 CEMS and COMS Online Training Course. Co-instructor, VIM Technologies. March 5 – 7, 2024.
  • Sanders, D., Principal Investigator (1 of 3), “Continuous Emission Monitoring Guidelines: 2023 Update.” EPRI, Palo Alto, CA: 2023. 3002026723. (Chapter 13, Data Reporting and Recordkeeping).
  • Part 75 Online Training Course. Lead Instructor, VIM Technologies. May 2 – 4, 2023.
  • Procedure 5 (Appendix F, 40CFR60) QA/QC Requirements for Hg CEMS & Hg STMS.  Instructor, VIM Technologies webinar.  January 11, 2023.
  • Part 75 Online Training Course.  Lead Instructor, VIM Technologies. September 20 – 22, 2022.
  • CEMS and Regulatory Training Course for Oglethorpe Power Corporation in Rincon, Georgia. Instructor, VIM Technologies.
    June 28, 2022.

  • Part 60 CEMS and COMS Online Training Course. Co-instructor, VIM Technologies.  June 21 – 23, 2022.

  • Part 75 Online Training Course. Lead Instructor, VIM Technologies. February 15 – 17, 2022.

  • Part 75 and MATS Rule Online Training Course for Lower
    Colorado River Authority.  Instructor, VIM Technologies. January 11 – 13, 2022.  

  • Part 75 Online Training Course. Lead Instructor, VIM Technologies. August 17 – 19, 2021.

  • Alberta CEMS Code – What You Need to Know.  Instructor, VIM Technologies webinar.  July 21, 2021.

  • Overview of Part 60 Procedure 3 COMS Requirements.  Instructor, VIM Technologies webinar. July 10,
    2020.

  • CEMS QA-QC Plan Fundamentals. Co-instructor, VIM Technologies webinar. June 3, 2020.

  • CEMS and Regulatory Training Course. Co-instructor, Energy Generation Conference, 2019.
  • Sanders, D., Principal Investigator, “Continuous Emission Monitoring Guidelines: 2017 Update.” EPRI, Palo Alto, CA: 2017. 3002010260.
  • MATS Rule Implementation. EPRI CEM User Group Meeting, Richmond, Virginia.
  • Quality Assurance/Quality Control Requirements for Opacity Monitors. EPRI CEM User Group Meeting, Raleigh, North Carolina.

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