The Compliance Assurance Team

Joe Spivey studied Biology and Chemistry at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and holds a B.A. in Chemistry and a B.S. in Biology.

He has worked in the environmental field most of his adult life. Since 1989, Joe has provided Method 9 training for thousands of students. He is skilled at navigating facilities with compliance issues into compliance and assisting the facility personnel in resolving issues with the regulatory agency in a non-adversarial way.

Joe provides support for Notice of Violations; he is the most knowledgeable technical expert in Method 9 currently practicing in the U.S. and is qualified to do all aspects of Method 9 training, including defense of readings and challenging reading observations in court.

Joe has spearheaded the development of the www.VEO-APP.com and has made significant contributions in its development. The VEO-APP improves the administrative processes of visible emissions requirements and of keeping multiple facilities in compliance.

Derek joined CAA in 2019 with a background in technical and managerial experience. Derek has a wide breadth of knowledge about Method 9 and air quality processes. He has worked at hundreds of smoke schools and leads the shop team's effort to maintain and improve CAA's fleet of smoke generators.

Larry joined Complianced Assurance in August 2023 as a full-time employee.

Larry has worked in the environmental field since 1988. He has been part of or managed over 1,000 air emissions testing projects. The projects were performed nationally and internationally for Fortune 500 companies and small companies. International locations include Germany and Mexico.

Air emissions testing also included performing visible emission observations on over 1,000 sources. Part of Larry's career includes owning and operating an air emissions testing company for over ten years. For the last 14 years Larry has worked as a contractor for various air emission testing companies and for Compliance Assurance.