2019 SWANApalooza

Frank Caponi
Division Engineer, Air Quality Engineering
Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County


Frank Caponi is a professional environmental engineer with more than 25 years of experience in the solid waste management field. He is the supervising engineer of the Solid Waste Management Air Quality Engineering Section for Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts (LACSD). He is responsible for all LACSD solid waste management air quality programs. Facilities under his responsibility include three active landfills (one of which is the largest landfill in the United States), three inactive landfills and a municipal waste combustor. The landfills contain state-of-the-art landfill gas management equipment (a combustion turbine, flaring facilities, boilers and a clean fuel facility). Mr. Caponi heads a staff of civil, mechanical and chemical engineers responsible for permitting of all solid waste management projects, design review, emission source testing, dispersion modeling, health risk assessment preparation and determining compliance of solid waste facilities with federal, state and local air quality regulations. He serves as a primary liaison with federal, state and local air quality agencies, and sits on several agency committees. He also acts as an expert witness in all variance and appeal cases with the South Coast Air Quality Management District, as well as providing expert testimony at air quality hearings. Mr. Caponi is active in professional societies and is filling the Treasurer position on the SWANA International Board. He has published several papers and has prepared and presented talks on a wide range of air quality and solid waste management topics.

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