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Carbon Dioxide Uncontrolled Emission Factors

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Table A3.Carbon Dioxide Uncontrolled Emission Factors (Pounds of CO₂ per Million Btu)

Fuel And EIA Fuel Code	Source and Tables (As appropriate)	Factor
Fuel And EIA Fuel Code	Source and Tables (As appropriate)	(Pounds of CO₂ Per Million Btu)***
Bituminous Coal (BIT)	Source: 1	205.3
Distillate Fuel Oil (DFO)	Source: 1	161.386
Geothermal (GEO)	Estimate from EIA, Office of Integrated Analysis and Forecasting	16.59983
Jet Fuel (JF)	Source: 1	156.258
Kerosene (KER)	Source: 1	159.535
Lignite Coal (LIG)	Source: 1	215.4
Municipal Solid Waste (MSW)	Source: 1 (including footnote 2 within source)	91.9
Natural Gas (NG)	Source: 1	117.08
Petroleum Coke (PC)	Source: 1	225.13
Propane Gas (PG)	Source: 1	139.178
Residual Fuel Oil (RFO)	Source: 1	173.906
Synthetic Coal (SC)	Assumed to have emissions similar to Bituminous Coal.	205.3
Subbituminous Coal (SUB)	Source: 1	212.7
Tire-Derived Fuel (TDF)	Source: 1	189.538
Waste Coal (WC)	Assumed to have emissions similar to Bituminous Coal.	205.3
Waste Oil (WO)	Source: 2, Table 1.11-3 (assumes typical heat content of 4.4 MMBtus per barrel)	210
Note: *** CO₂ factors do not vary by combustion system type or boiler firing configuration. Sources: Energy Information Administration, Office of Integrated Analysis and Forecasting, Voluntary Reporting of Greenhouse Gases Program, Table of Fuel and Energy Source: Codes and Emission Coefficients; available at: http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/1605/coefficients.html; and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, AP 42, Fifth Edition (Compilation of Air Pollutant Emission Factors, Volume 1: Stationary Point and Area Sources); available at: http://www.epa.gov/ttn/chief/ap42/.