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About Whitlow Smoke
School
Whitlow Enterprises LLC EPA Smoke School Visible Emissions- Who we are:
Whitlow is by far the most experienced smoke school provider in the world. The Whitlow team boasts over 40 years combined experience as smoke school providers either as Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality LDEQ state employees or as a commercial company. Our employees have a combined 100 or more years experience as Louisiana DEQ environmental managers and inspectors. We have 4 prominent retired Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality LDEQ employees on staff. We have issued more than 20,000 EPA Method 9 and EPA Method 22 certificates in over 100 biannual locations in over 23 states. We are the opacity experts. When you come to Whitlow Smoke School you learn what Inspectors know. You learn what you need to know.
Whitlow Enterprises has been conducting smoke school since September 2001. We are a family owned and operated small business based in West Monroe, Louisiana. We conduct national EPA Method 9 and 22 opacity certification in accordance with 40 CFR 60 Appendix A Visible Emissions Evaluation. Although we are national in scope, we are down home friendly in nature. We are audited by the EPA and several state environmental departments. We train and certify many state and federal environmental employees as well as thousands of employees from hundreds of industrial plants across the nation. We teach you what you need to know about compliance with state and federal regulations concerning opacity evaluation. We teach you how to maintain compliance with your state and federal permits, including Title V. You can attend one of our open enrollment smoke schools on our schedule or we can come to your plant, state, or your local area.
We strive for customer service. We are members of Better Business Bureau, U. S. Chamber of Commerce, Monroe Louisiana West Ouachita Parish Chamber of Commerce and an American Disabled Veterans small business.
I
am Uncle George Whitlow the president and founder of Whitlow Enterprises. I was
born and raised just across the beautiful
Ouachita River in Monroe, where I grew up telling stories at campfires
either deer
hunting or fishing. I have been involved in training programs most of my
life. I coached Little League Baseball for more than 20 years. I was heavily
involved in training during my United States Air Force career from 1969 till
1983. I am retired from the
Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality where I served as an air
quality inspector and conducted smoke school from 1984 to my retirement in 2001.
I grew up listening to great American storytellers like
Dizzy Dean Baseball Game of the Week and
Jerry Clower from Route 4, Liberty Mississippi in Amite County. I owe a lot
of what I am to my
momma, my daddy ,
Dizzy Dean and Jerry Clower who have made me one of America’s
best and least know storytellers. I am a published Louisiana Author. I wrote
Blue Bayou Days- the Summer of 61 a novel about my childhood.
I have always loved conducting smoke school and I strive to use these storytelling experiences to help take the stress out of smoke school.
This
is my lovely bride Angie. She is our office manager and problem solver. She was
born and bred on an Illinois corn field. She is a Registered Respiratory
Therapist with over 30 years of healthcare supervisory and management
experience; she has worked in hospitals in Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky.
Allow me to introduce the rest of the Whitlow very impressive team:
Angela Marie Whitlow- over 30-years experience in respiratory care in hospitals in Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky- , lovely wife, best friend, business manager- smoke school operator -Louisiana Division.
Paul Laird, retired after 30 years Louisiana DEQ Monroe Manager and Inspector - Classroom Instructor, marketing, and smoke school operator-Louisiana Division
Lloyd Blount- Retired Louisiana DEQ Baton Rouge Manager and Inspector-- Classroom Instructor, marketing, quality control, and smoke school operator-Louisiana Division
David Hughes-- Retired Louisiana DEQ Baton Rouge Smoke School provider, Manager and Inspector-- Classroom Instructor, marketing, and smoke school operator-Louisiana Division
Dave Wallace--Former Firefighter, Safety Inspector- smoke school operator, Louisiana Division
Larry The Cable Guy Thomason-- Former Alabama Cotton Picker- great friend, yard man, house cleaner, baby sitter, chief cook and bottle washer, Louisiana Division
Tracy Duke-- Accountant and office staff- the voice of Whitlow Enterprises, Louisiana Division
Wendy Jarrell--Office staff- the voice of Whitlow Enterprises, Louisiana Division
Dave Hudson- Former Sherriff Deputy, contractor, and Industrial Plant Maintenance worker-- Classroom Instructor, smoke school operator, quality control- in charge of the Indiana Division
Rhemy Leslie--Classroom Instructor and smoke school operator, Indiana Division
John Leslie--Classroom Instructor and smoke school operator. Indiana Division
This is
the Whitlow Family- Angie, Uncle George, Aaron, Nathan, and Heather.
This is Margeaux, cool as a cucumber, helping with smoke school
This is
our happy customers
Introducing Margeaux Boudreaux- the voice of Whitlow Enterprises- the lovely lady who answers the telephone.
The rest of our smoke school staff is well trained and dedicated to teaching you what you need to know about opacity certification and take the stress out of training.
