Emissions Monitoring

ATTENTION: Beginning with the first quarter of 2009, all industry sources MUST use the Emissions Collection and Monitoring Plan System (ECMPS) to submit monitoring plan, QA/cert test and emissions data to the EPA for the Acid Rain and CAIR programs.

Sources will no longer be able to use MDC or ETS-FTP/SecuRemote to submit data after fourth quarter 2008.

ECMPS requires use of a new data format which is XML-based (eXtensible Markup Language). This new format will replace the text-based EDR format (EDR versions 2.1/2.2). As a result, sources will no longer be able to use MDC or ETS-FTP/SecuRemote to review/submit data after fourth quarter 2008. Instead, ECMPS will replace these software tools and provide the necessary data evaluation and submittal functions.

If you are not aware of this 2009 requirement, you are strongly encouraged to contact your DAHS vendor immediately, if applicable. If you have questions or wish to be added to the ECMPS Stakeholder email group, contact Laurel DeSantis.

If you do not submit quarterly data to the EPA, please inform the appropriate personnel as soon as possible.

EPA’s emissions monitoring requirements ensure that the emissions data collected is of a known, consistent, and high quality, and that the mass emissions data from source to source are collected in an equitable manner. This is essential to support the Clean Air Markets Division's mission of promoting market-based trading programs as a means for solving air quality problems. This section discusses the following:

Rules, Policy, and Instructions, including Part 72 for permit programs and Part 75 for Continuous Emissions Monitoring (CEMS)
Information on Audits, to improve the quality and integrity of emissions data
FLOW CALC Software Tool developed by EPA's Clean Air Markets Division for stack testers who perform flow RATAs for units under the Acid Rain Program, the OTC NOx Budget Program, and the SIP Call NOx Budget Trading Program.
Other Monitoring Information, such as fact sheets and checklists
Hourly Emissions Data for all Clean Air Markets programs

Emissions Monitoring

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