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19th Annual International Emission Inventory Conference
"Emissions Inventories - Informing Emerging Issues"

Papers and Presentations
San Antonio, Texas - September 27- 30, 2010.

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PLENARY SESSION

Keynote Topic: How inventories can be used to assess the impact, rapid growth of oil and gas production and assoicated air quality and environmental issues.

  • Al Armendariz, EPA Region 6 Administrator
  • Discussion Panel: How their state's permit and control technology requirements relating to various kinds of emission inventories the need for present and future NAAQS planning needs.

    EPA Status Reports

    Session 1. Air Toxics

    "A Comprehensive Model for Multi-Pathway Risks from Air Pollution: Emission Inventory Preparation," C. Yi Wu, G. Pratt and M. Dymond, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
    presentation

    "Results of the 2005 NATA Model-to-Monitor Comparison" R. Oommen, Eastern Research Group
    presentation

    The Influence of Air Toxics Emission Inventory Selection on Air Quality Model Predictions in Corpus Christi, Texas," E. McDonald-Buller, Y. Kimura, G. McCaughey, D. Sullivan and D. Allen, Center for Energy and Environmental Recourses, University of Texas at Austin; G. Yarwood, E. Ti and U. Nopmongcol, ENVIRON, CA; C. Colville, ENVIRON, TX
    presentation

    The School Air Toxics Project - Lessons Learned fron Decisiobs Based on Using Air Toxics Emissions Inventories," B. Driscoll, US EPA
    presentation

    "Chicora Elementary Air Toxics Monitoring Project", L. Barnes, South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control
    presentation

    Session 2. EI Preparation for Modeling

    "Development of a Local Scale Emissions Inventory for the Cleveland Multiple Air Pollutant Study,"B. Reid, E. K. Pollard, Y. Du and L. R. Chinkin, Sonoma Technology, Inc; D. Hammond and G. Norris, US EPA
    presentation

    "Development of an Emission Inventory for Natural Gas Exploration and Production in the Haynesville Shale and Evaluaiton of Ozone Impacts," S. Kemball-Cook, A. Bar-Ilan, J. Grant, L. Parker, J. Jung, W. Santamaria and G. Yarwood, ENVIRON International Corporation
    presentation

    "Analysis of a New Stationary Non-GU Projection Methodology," R. Mason and L. Chappell, US EPA; A. Bollman and V. Glenn, E.H. Pechan
    presentation

    "New 2006 Canadian Emissions Files for Air Quality Modeling," M. Sassi, J. Chen, S. Cousineau, D. Davignon, M. Moran, J. Zhang, Q. Zheng and B. Taylor, Environment Canada
    presentation

    "Use of MOVES2010 in Link Level On-Road Vehicle Emissions Modeling Using CONCEPT-MV," C. E. Lindhjem, A. DenBleyker, M. Jimenez, J. Haasbeek, A. K. Pollack, ENVIRON International Corporation, CA; Z. Li, Clark County, Las Vegas, NV
    presentation

    "Development of Drivers and Post-Processing Scripts to Incorporate MOVES2010 Emission Factors with the Smoke Emissions Model,"C. E. Lindhjem, A. DenBleyker, M. Jimenez and A. K. Pollack, ENVIRON International Corporation
    presentation

    "The Integration Approach of Moves and Smoke Models: Part-2; Developments of Meteorological preprocessor and SMOKE enhancements to incorporate MOVE2010 Emission Factors," B. H. Baek and C. Seppanen, Institute for the Environment; M. Houyoux, US EPA
    presentation

    Session 3. Greenhouse Gases

    "Understanding Uncertainty in Greenhouse Gas Emission Estimates: Technical Considerations and Statistical Calculation Methods," K. Ritter, American Petroleum Institute; M. Lev-On, The LEVON Group
    presentation

    "Upstream Oil & Gas Sector Greenhouse Gas Reporting Protocol Development," T. Moore and L. Gribovicz, Western Governors' Association/Western Regional Air Partnership
    presentation

    "Prompt Indicator of Trends in Australian Greenhouse Gas Emissions," G. Anderson and H. Saddler, Pitt&Sherry, Australia
    presentation

    "Preliminary Results from Fugitive Emission Measurements of Selected Components at Compressor Stations," M. Harrison, URS Corporation
    presentation

    "Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Criteria Pollutant and Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventory – Calendar Years 2006-2008," S. Colodner, M. Mullen, M. Salhotra, J. Schreiber, M. Spivey, K. Thesing, J. Wilson Jr., E.H. Pechan & Associates, Inc.; R. Adamson and T. Hansen, Southern Research Institute; L. DeSantis, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
    presentation

    "Development of a Regional Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Forecast Including Direct and Consumption-Based/Energy-Cycle Emissions," S. M. Roe, J. Wilson, M. Mullen, B. Strode, H. Lindquist, and J. Schreiber, E.H. Pechan & Associates; H. Hammer and J. Matic, AKRF, Inc; J. Perlman North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority
    presentation

    "Electricity Consumption Greenhouse Gas Inventory Tool for States," A. Denny, A. Diem, L. Pederson, J. Herr, A. Choate, US EPA
    presentation

    Session 4. Tribal Inventories

    "The Emission Inventory Preparation Plan," K. Ray, Air Resource Program, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation
    presentation

    "Emission Inventory System (EIS) within a Tribal Community," C. M. Horan, Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian Community
    presentation

    "Updates to the Tribal Emission Inventory Software Solution (TEISS)", S. Kelly, Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals, Northern Arizona University,"
    presentation

    Session 5. Global/International

    Panel 1: These presentations describe some of the progress toward sharing global emission inventories and highlight applications and the importance of sharing emissions across world regions.

    Understanding Historical Ozone Trends at Northern Mid-latitudes," D.D. Parrish, NOAA/ESRL; J. F. Lamarque, NCAR
    presentation

    "Evaluation of Global and Regional Gridded Distribution of Emissions," C. Granier, CIRES & NOAA/ESRL; J. F. Lamarque, NCAR; T. Bond, University of Illinois; A. D'Angiola, LATMOS/IPSL; H. D. van der Gon, TNO, The Netherlands; G. J. Frost, CIRES & NOAA/ESRL; A. Guenther, NCAR; A. Heil, FZ Juelich, Germany; C. Liousse, Laboratoire d'Aerologie, France; A. Mieville, LATMOS/IPSL, France; Z. Klimont, IIASA, Austria; S. Smith, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA; J. Van Aardenne, Joint Research Center, Italy; G. Van der Werf, VU University, The Netherlands.
    presentation

    "Climate & Air Quality Inventory Improvement & Database Management for Developing Countries," N. Davis, and J. Lents, International Sustainable Systems Research Center
    presentation

    "The Trend of Sulfur Dioxide Emissions in China after 2000," Z. Lu, D.G. Streets, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL USA; Q. Zhang and S. Wang, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing China; G.R. Carmichael, Y.F. Cheng, and C. Wei, Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; M.Chin, T. Diehl, and Q. Tan, Laboratory for Atmospheres, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD
    presentation

    "Global Emissions Inventory Activity (GEIA)," C. Granier, LATMOS/IPSL, France and CIRES&NOAA/ESRL, USA; A. Guenter, NCAR, USA; P. Middleton, Panorama Pathways, USA; A. Mieville, LATMOS/IPSL, France
    presentation

    "The Community Initiative for Emissions Research and Applications," G. Frost and C. Granier, Univ. Colorado/CIRES and NOAA/ESRL/CSD, Boulder, Colorado, USA;, Univ. Colorado/CIRES; NOAA/ESRL/CSD; LATMOS, CNRS and Univ. Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris, France; S. Falke, Washington Univ. St Louis and Northrop Grumman, St Louis, Missouri, USA; T. Keating, US EPA/OAR, Washington, DC, USA; J. F. Lamarque,: NCAR, Boulder, Colorado, USA; M. Melamed, AAAS Fellow, US EPA/NCER, Washington, DC, USA; P. Middleton, Panorama Pathways, Boulder, CO, USA; A. Mieville, LATMOS, CNRS and Univ. Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris, France; G. Pétron, Univ. Colorado/CIRES and NOAA/ESRL/GMD, Boulder, Colorado, USA; S. Smith, PNNL, Univ. Maryland/JGCRI, College Park, Maryland, USA
    presentation

    Panel 2: These presentations focus on regional and global issues associated with climate and air quality interaction – with a focus on improving emission estimates for short-lived climate forcers (SLCF), particularly black carbon.

    "Black Carbon as a Short-Lived Climate Forcer: A Profile of Emission Sources and Co-Emitted Pollutants," V. Rao, US EPA
    presentation

    "Poorly-Characterized Black Carbon Sources," D. McCabe, Clean Air Task Force
    presentation

    "Global Emission Projection from Transportation Sector and its Uncertainty Analysis," F. Yan, E. Winijkul and T. C. Bond, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois-Urbana and Champaign, Urbana, IL,USA; D. G. Streets, Decision and Information Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL
    presentation

    "Identifying Mitigation Measures to Reduce Near-Term Forcing: The Role of Short-Lived Climate Forcers," Z. Klimont, M. Amann, W. Schopp. C. Heyes, L. Hoglund-Isaksson, K Kupiainen, J. Cofala, P. Rafaj, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria
    presentation

    Session 6. Mobile Sources

    "MOVES Sensitivity Analysis – the Impacts of Input Parameters on Emissions," D. Choi, M. Beardsley, D. Brzezinski, J. Koupal, and J. Warila, US EPA
    presentation

    "Comparing On-Road Mobile Source Emission Factor Results," M. Claggett, Ph.D. and J. Houk, Federal Highway Administration, Resource Center
    presentation

    "Characterization of VOC Emissions from Light-Duty Vehicles in Monterrey, Mexico: Tunnel Study," A. E. Araizaga, Y. Mancilla and A. Mendoza, Department of Chemical Engineering, México
    presentation

    "A Tunnel Study to Characterize PM2.5 Emissions from Light-Duty Vehicles in Monterrey, Mexico," Y. Mancilla, A. E. Araizaga and A. Mendoza, Department of Chemical Engineering, México
    presentation

    "Validation of the COPERT Road Emission Inventory Model with Real-Use Data," M. Kousoulidou, L. Ntziachristos, S. Gkeivanidis, Z. Samaras, Laboratory of Applied Thermodynamics, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece; V. Franco, P. Dilara, Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Transport and Air Quality Unit, EC-Joint Research Centre, Italy
    presentation

    "Emission Inventories Development Using MOVES Model: A Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas Area Case Study," C. Klaus, M. Venugopal, and S. Haque, North Central TX Council of Governments
    presentation

    "Greenhouse Gas Emissions Analysis of Regional Transportation Plans with EPA’s MOVES Model," J. Houk, Federal Highway Administration
    presentation

    "Improvements to Lawn and Garden Equipment Emissions Estimates for Baltimore, Maryland," S. B. Reid, E. K. Pollard, D. C. Sullivan, Sonoma Technology, Inc.; S. L. Shaw, Electric Power Research Institute
    presentation

    "Determine Sampling Methodology for Estimating Emissions Contribution of 'Drayage' Heavy-Duty Vehicles in the Port of Houston using Remote Sensing Devices (RSD)," C. Fulper, C. Hart, D. Hawkins, R. Giannelli, C. Caffrey, J. Warila, R. Caldwell, E. Schauer, B. Ratkos, M. Christianson, US EPA; S. Kishan, T. DeFries, M. Sabisch, Eastern Research Group (ERG); H. Williamson, CACI, Inc
    presentation

    "Texas Implementation of the Motor Vehicle Emission Simulator (MOVES) Model," C. Kite, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
    presentation

    "Implications of the MOVES2010 Model on Mobile Source Air Toxic Emission Estimates," M. Claggett, Ph.D., Federal Highway Administration, Resource Center; V. Martinez, Federal Highway Administration, Office of Natural & Human Environment
    presentation

    "Characteristics of Vehicle Emission in China Based on Portable Emissions Measurement Systems," K. He, Z. Yao and Y. Zhang, Tsinghua University, China
    presentation

    "Uncertainty Analysis of Vehicular Emissions Inventory in China," Y. Zhang, Q. Zhang and K. He, Tsinghua University
    presentation

    Session 7. Innovative EI Development Methods

    "Implementing a Collaborative Process to Improve the Consistency, Transparency, and Accessibility of the Nonpoint Source Emission Estimates in the 2008 National Emissions Inventory," J. G. Dorn and F. Divita, Jr., E.H. Pechan & Associates, Inc.; R. Huntley, U.S. EPA; M. Janssen, Lake Michigan Air Directors Consortium
    presentation

    "Developing an Improved Wildland Fire Emissions Inventory," N. K. Larkin, T. Strand, R. Solomon, B. Potter, M. Rorig, and P. Lahm, U.S. Forest Service; S. Raffuse, D. Pryden, D. Sullivan, and N. Wheeler, Sonoma Technology, Inc.
    presentation

    "Field Study of PM2.5 Emissions from a Road Widening Project," E. K. Pollard, D. S. Eisinger, P. T. Roberts, Y. Du, and S B. Reid, Sonoma Technology, Inc; B. T. Chenausky, Arizona Department of Transportation
    presentation

    "Establishing Graffiti Emissions as a Nonpoint Source Sector," A. M. Leskys, P.E., J.D.
    presentation

    Session 8. EI Data Analysis

    "Innovations in Greenhouse Gas Inventory Methods at the City-Scale," A. Ramaswami, University of Colorado Denver; T. J. Ewing, ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability
    presentation

    "Emissions Inventory Development for Fine-scale Air Quality Modeling," R. L. Tooly, US EPA; S. Reid, Sonoma Technology
    presentation

    "A Comprehensive Emissions Inventory of Upstream Oil and Gas Activities in the Rocky Mountain States," A. Bar-Ilan, J. Grant, R. Parikh, A. Pollack, ENVIRON International Corporation; D. Henderer, Buys & Associates, Inc.; K. Sgamma, Independent Petroleum Association of Mountain States (IPAMS)
    presentation

    "Characterization and Breadth of Rail Yard Specific Inventories," B. Douglass, J. Heiken and G. Rubenstein, Sierra Research
    presentation

    "IKS eeM System," M. Ballesteros, Environmental Quality Directorate, Basque Country, Spain
    presentation

    "Air Emissions Data Management at the Goddard Space Flight Center," K. Moxley, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center; J. E. Martin, Jr., Straughan Environmental Services
    presentation

    "Measurement of Residential Space Heating Fuel Use in Alaska," B. Dulla, Sierra Research
    presentation

    Session 9. Tools - Leveraging Technology

    "A Comparison of the 2005 NATA Inventory with the Draft 2008 National Emissions Inventory," A. Eyth and M. Houyoux, US EPA
    presentation

    "Development and Preliminary Results for a Residential Wood Combustion Emissions Model," Z. Adelman, G. Arora, B. H. Baek, Institute for the Environment – UNC, Chapel Hill NC; M. Houyoux, A. Eyth and M. Strum, US EPA
    presentation

    "Assessing the Anthropogenic Fugitive Dust Emission Inventory and Temporal Allocation using an Updated Speciation of Particulate Matter," G. Pouliot, H. Simon, P. Bhave, D. Mobley, T. Pierce, Atmospheric Modeling, US EPA; D. Tong, Air Resources Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, US EPA; T. Pace, US EPA
    presentation

    "Evaluation of Evaporative Leaks using RSD and Inventory Implications," D. Hawkins, C. Hart, C. Fulper, J. Warila, D. Brzezinski, US EPA; S. Kishan, T. Defries, Eastern Research Group; J. Kemper, J Sidebottom, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
    presentation

    "Fire Management Tools Advance North Carolina's SMP and Emission Inventory," G. M. Curcio, Fire Environment Branch Head, NC Division of Forest Resources Fire Environment Branch, Kinston, NC; J. Reardon , US Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station, Missoula Fire Lab, Missoula, MT, USA.
    presentation

    "The Transparency Imperative in GHG Reporting,", S. S. Salinas and Accenture T. Carnac, Carbon Disclosure Project
    presentation

    Session 10. Emission Factors

    "Emissions Factors Program Improvement Abstract," T. Driscoll, US EPA
    presentation

    "Emissions Uncertainty: Focusing on NOx Emissions from Electric Generating Units," E. Wisner, A. Anderson, C. Geisenhoffer, B. Heffner, M. Shaw and B. Hunt, Dept of Statistics, NCS; D. Mobley, G. Pouliot Atmospheric Modeling and Analysis Division, National Exposure Research Laboratory
    presentation

    "Revising the EPA’s Residential Wood Combustion Access Tool to Develop a 2008 Emission Inventory," R. Huntley, EPA; F. Divita, J. Van Bruggan, EH Pechan & Associates
    presentation

    "New Field Study Improves GHG Emissions Factors for Petroleum Industry," M. Webb, STAR Environmental
    presentation

    "Emission Estimate Methodology for Maritime Navigation," C. Trozzi, Techne Consulting srl, Roma (Italy)
    presentation

    Poster Session

    1. "Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Strategies Database," A. Zubrow, Institute for the Environment, UNC Chapel Hill; N. Hutson, EPA; B. Lange, Eastern Research Group, Inc.; J. Staudt, Andover Technology Partners "e-DMA and the IKS eeM System," M. Ballesteros, Environmental Senior Consultor IKS eeM System Manager

    2. "Prompt Indicator of Trends in Australian Greenhouse Gas Emissions," G. Anderson, Pitt&Sherry – Also in GHG Session

    3. "Emission Inventory System (EIS) within a Tribal Community," C. M. Horan, SRPMIC – Also in Tribal EI Session

    4. "Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) in the Cofan Bermejo Reserve, Ecuador," T. Eckerle, S. Webb, E. Welbourn, H. Abbey, C. Ching
    "Final Report"
    "Project Brief"

    5. "Developing an Improved Wildland Fire Emissions Inventory," N. Larkin, T. Strand, R. Solomon, B. Potter, M. Rorig, P. Lahm, U.S. Forest Service; S. Raffuse, D. Pryden, D. Sullivan, N. Wheeler, Sonoma Technology, Inc – Also in Innovative EI Session

    6. "Fire Management Tools Advance North Carolina's SMP and Emission Inventory," G.M. Curcio and J. Reardon, NC Division of Forest Resources Fire Environment Branch – Also in Tools Session

    7. "The National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) Smoke Committee (SmoC) Support and Development of Regional and National Emission Inventory Efforts," P. Lahm, Fire Air Specialist, USDA Forest Service; G. Curcio, Fire Environment Branch Head, NC Division of Forest Resources Fire Environment Branch; S. O'Neill, Air Quality and Atmospheric Change Team,

    8. "NEI Reengineering: A Status Report on EIS and the 2008 NEI," S. Dombrowski, US EPA - Also in Tools Session

    9. "Evaluation of Evaporative Leaks using RSD and Inventory Implications," D. Hawkins, C. Hart, C. Fulper, J. Warila, D. Brzezinski, US EPA; S. Kishan, T. Defries, ERG (Eastern Research Group); J. Kemper, J. Sidebottom, CDPHE (Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment)

    10. "Determine Sampling Methodology for Estimating Emissions Contribution of "Drayage" Heavy-Duty Vehicles in the Port of Houston using Remote Sensing Devices (RSD)," C. Fulper, C. Hart, D. Hawkins, R. Giannelli, C. Caffrey, J. Warila, R. Caldwell, E. Schauer, B. Ratkos, M. Christianson, US EPA, Office of Transportation and Air Quality; S. Kishan, T. DeFries, M. Sabisch, Eastern Research Group (ERG); H. Williamson, CACI, Inc

    11. "Implications of the MOVES2010 Model on Mobile Source Air Toxic Emission Estimates," M. Claggett and V. Martinez, Federal Highway Administration

    12. "Comparing On-Road Mobile Source Emission Factor Results," M. Claggett and J. Houk, Federal Highway Administration – Also in Mobile Session

    13. "Investigation of Cross-Border Differences in the Spatial Distribution of Onroad Mobile Emissions between the U.S. and Canada," J. Zhang, M. Moran, P. Makar, Q. Zheng, Air Quality Research Division, Science and Technology Branch, Environment Canada; M. Sassi, Air Quality Modeling Applications Section, Meteorological Service of Canada, Environment Canada

    14. "A New Set of Canadian Spatial Surrogates Based on 2006 Canadian Socioeconomic Data and Other Data Sets," M. Sassi, S. Cousineau and D. Davignon, Air Quality Modelling Applications Section, Environmental Canada; M. Moran, J. Zhang and Q. Zheng, Air Quality Research Division, Environmental Canada

    15. "EPA’s SPECIATE Database," H. Simon, P. Bhave , D. Luecken, D. Mobley, G. Pouliot , G. Sarwar, National Exposure Research Laboratory, EPA; L. Beck, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, EPA; F. Divita, Y. Hsu E.H. Pechan and Associates; A. Reff, M. Strum, US EPA

    16. "Using the Environmental Knowledge and Assessment Tool to Assist Decision Makers," R. Green, T. Boguski, L. Jamka, Center for Hazardous Substance Research; J. Fredkin, F. Massachusetts, CABEM Technologies; A. Prill, M2 Technologies

    17. "The Community Modeling and Analysis System (CMAS) in 2010," A. Hanna, Z. Adelman, S. Arunachalam, U. Shankar, B.H. Baek, N. Davis, F. Binkowski, Q. He, K. Talgo, and L. Adams; Institute for the Environment – UNC, Chapel Hill, NC

    18. "e-DMA and the IKS eeM System," M. Ballesteros, Environmental Senior Consultor, IKS eeM System Manager – Also in Data Analysis Session

    19. "Identification of Sensitive Emission Affecting Air Quality in Beijing," Z. Ying, C. Dongsheng, C. Shuiyuan, H. Qing; College of Environmental & Energy Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China

    Training

    Greenhouse Gas Inventory 101, A. Denny, US EPA
    Greenhouse Gas Overview

    Training Course for MOVES 2010, G. Dolce, US EPA

    Introduction to Emission Inventory for Native American Reservations, S. Kelly and A. Luedeker, Institute of Tribal Environmental Professionals

    Preparing Tribal Emission Inventories for Submission to the EIS, S. Kelly and A. Luedeker, Institute of Tribal Environmental Professionals

    The Emissions Inventory System Process, S. Dombrowski, US EPA

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