About Eric
Eric Farstad is a Senior Air Quality Scientist with over 30 years of professional experience in air pollution and meteorology. He specializes in air dispersion modeling, emissions inventory development, air quality permitting, regulatory analysis, air quality monitoring and meteorology, with a focus on understanding the potential impacts of air emissions to the atmosphere.
At Onterris, Mr. Farstad applies this expertise to air quality dispersion models to evaluate atmospheric transport and potential impacts from routine air emissions and accidental releases. He provides technical oversight to government agencies on air dispersion modeling and air quality permitting and has serves as an expert witness, providing testimony regarding the atmospheric transport of air pollutants. His experience also includes emissions inventories, regulatory analysis, air quality monitoring and meteorological evaluations.
Mr. Farstad earned a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Meteorology from Metropolitan State University in Denver, Colorado. His academic and technical training focused on atmospheric physics and mathematics, providing a foundation for his work in atmospheric transport and air quality modeling.
Mr. Farstad is an active member of the Air & Waste Management Association (AWMA) and American Meteorological Society (AMS) and participates in the AWMA Rocky Mountain States Section. He also served on the Colorado Stationary Source Control Fund (SSCF) Dispersion Modeling Workgroup.
