11th International Emission Inventory Conference -
"Emission Inventories - Partnering for the Future"
Papers and Presentations
Atlanta, GA, April 15-18, 2002
- Session 1 - State Experiences with Point Source Emission Data
- Session 2 - Emission Factors
- Session 3 - Fugitive Dust
- Session 4 - Particulate Matter/Managed Burning
- Session 5 - Data Management
- Session 6 - Greenhouse Gas
- Poster Session
- Session 7 - Stationary Source Methodologies
- Session 8 - Regional Planning Organization
- Session 9a - Tribal Issues
- Session 9b - Mobile Sources
- Session 10 - Emission Inventory Preparation for Modeling
- Session 11 - Inventory Validation/Quality Assurance
- Session 12 - Ammonia & Agricultural Issues
- Session 13 - Air Toxics
Final Program and Agenda
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Session 1 - State Experiences with Point Source Emission Data
West
Virginia Point Source Emission Inventory - Two Steps Forward, One Step
Back. J. E. Morgan, D. J. Porter, West Virginia Division of Air Quality.
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New
York's Point Source Inventory, Merging Criteria and Hazardous Air Pollutant
Inventories. R. Sliwinski, New York Department of Environmental Conservation.
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Virginia's Point Source Inventory System Experience - Transitiion from AFS to CEDS. T. Ballou, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality.
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Evaluation of the Transport and Deposition of Fugitive Dust Using Lidar. D. Fitz, R. Philbrick, D. Pankratz, G. Li, University of California, Riverside.
Methods for Quantifying Variability and Uncertainty in AP-42 Emission Factors: Case Studies for Natural Gas-Fueled Engines. H. C. Frey, S. Li, North Carolina State University.
Average Displaced Emission Rate (ADER). T. Kerr, R. Morgan, U.S. EPA; B Thapa, J. Haydel, ICF Consulting.
Session 3 - Fugitive Dust
The Effect of Vehicle Speed on Unpaved Road Emissions. G. E. Muleski, C. Cowherd, Jr., Midwest Research Institute. Improved Activity Levels for National Emission Inventories of Fugitive Dust from Paved and Unpaved Roads. C. Cowherd, Jr., M. A. Grelinger, C. Kies, Midwest Research Institute; T. G. Pace, U.S. EPAMeasurement of PM10 Emission Factors from Paved Roads Using On-Board Particle Sensors. D. R. Fitz, C. Bufalino, University of California, Riverside.
Session 4 - Particulate Matter/Managed Burning
Emission Estimation Methods for Particulates: the CEPMEIP Emission Factor Database. T. Pulles, A. Visschedijk, TNO-MEP, The Netherlands.
Progress
on Developing a Federal Reference PM Fine Source Test Method. R. Myers,
U.S. EPA.
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Emissions
Estimate from Forest Fires: methodology, software and European case studies.
C. Trozzi, R. Vaccaro, E. Piscitello, Techne srl, Italy.
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A GIS-Based Methodology to Estimate Annual Valley-wide PM-10 Emissions for Clark County, Nevada. S. Pulugurtha, D. James, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
The
Federal Highway Administration's Particulate Matter Research Program .
K. N. Black Federal Highway Administration.
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Locating and Quantifying Fine Particle Matter Emissions Originated from Residential Wood Burning. J. Radke, D. Zhou, L. Mu, J. Xu, Geographical Information Science Center; Y.Q. Tian, P. Gong, Center for Assessment and Monitoring of Forest and Environmental Resources.
Potential
of Polyethylene Oxide Solution as a Fugitive Dust Palliative. S. Bae,
H. I. Inyang, Global Institute for Energy and Environment Systems (GIEES)
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Session 5 - Data Management
National
Environmental Information Exchange Network - From Vision to Implementation
. K. Dunne, The Environmental Council of the States; M. Shaffran,
U.S. EPA.
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Web
Services Implementation: The Beta Phase of EPA Network Nodes. C. Dwyer
and C. Clark, U.S. EPA and M. Nobles Logistics Management Institute.
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The
System of the German Emission Inventory. U. M. Döring, Federal Environmental
Agency (UBA) Management; C. Schlenzig, U. Schellmann, Seven2One, Inc.,
Germany.
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Developing
Internet-Based GIS Applications to Manage and Disseminate Emissions Activity
Data. T. H. Funk, D. L. Coe, Sonoma Technology, Inc.
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Environmental
Data Management, Analysis, and Compliance Systems - Rethinking the Creation
and Use of Emissions Data by the Regulated Community. R. Emigh, Ph.D.
and C. Prostko-Bell, Windsor Technologies, Inc.
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The
Area Source Assessment Tool - A Software Application for Compiling Area
Source Emission Inventories. S. Boone, E. H. Pechan & Associates,
Inc.; S. P. Anderson, Texas National Resource Conservation Commission;
T. Stoeckenius, ENVIRON Corporation.
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Session 6 - Greenhouse Gas
Technical
Review of the National Greenhouse Gas Inventories. R. Acosta, S. Pesmajoglou,
J. Grabert, R. Lichte, Climate Change Secretariat, Germany.
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1990-2000
Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region,.
A. L. Yu, K. H. Cheung, Environmental Protection Department, Hong Kong.
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An Assessment of the Use of Inventories in Determining Global Anthropogenic Methane and Nitrous Oxide Emissions. E. Scheehle, W.N. Irving, and D. Kruger, US EPA.
California's Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Trends Over the Past Decade. A. Choate, R. Freed, M. Gibbs, ICF Consulting; D. Coe, N. Hyslop, Sonoma Technology, Inc.; G. Franco, California Energy Commission.
Development
of Methodologies for Calculating Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Electricity
Generation for the California Climate Action Registry. L. Price, E.
Worrell, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
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Development
of a Consistent Methodology for Estimating Greenhouse Gas Emissions from
Oil and Gas Industry Operations. K. Ritter, American Petroleum Institute,
M. Lev-On, BP p.l.c.; T Shires, URS Corporation.
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Development
of a Corporate-wide Process for Estimating Energy Consumption and Greenhouse
Gas Emissions from Oil and Gas Industry Operations. S. Nordrum, ChevronTexaco;
A. Lee, ChevronTexaco Corporation.
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Methods for Improving Global Inventories of Black Carbon and Organic Carbon Particulates. W. Battye, EC/R Incorporated; T. G. Pace, U.S. EPA.
Poster Session
1990-2010 Area Source Emission Trends in the State of Texas A. Bollman, H. Chelf, R. Strait, E. H. Pechan & Associates, Inc.
1999 Tugboat fuel Consumption in the Seattle Area. K. Agyei, Puget Sound Clean Air Agency.
The System of the German Emission Inventory. U. M. Döring, C. Schlenzig, U. Schellmann, Seven2One, Inc., Germany.
Emission
Inventory Reporting through EPA's Central Data Exchange: 2001 Reporting
Period. L. Tooly, S. Dombrowski, C. Freeman, C. Clark, US EPA; R Chaudet,
M. Nobles, Logistics Management Institute.
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Poster
Conducting
High Quality Corporate-Wide Greenhouse Gas Inventories - Experiences of
EPA and Climate Leaders Partner Companies. V. Camobreco, US EPA.
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Poster
Olympic Air Pollution Control Authority Air Toxics Emissions Inventory. J. T. Kelly, Olympic Air Pollution Control Authority.
Wind-Direction-Dependent Differences Between Model Calculations and Field Measurements as Indicator for Inaccuracies in Emission Inventories. J. A. vanAardeene, P. J. H. Builtjes, TNO Institute of Environmental Sciences; L. Hordijk, C. Kroeze, Wageningen University, M. P. J. Pulles, TNO Institute of Environmental Sciences, The Netherlands.
EstimatER, an expert system for emissions, M. P. J. Pulles, J. Skakala, J. Svetlik, M. Linek, TNO-MEP, The Netherlands.
An Analysis Is Only as Good as the Data on which it Is Based: EIA Electric Power Surveys and Their Quality Assurance Reviews. S. S. Rothschild, M. L. Cohen, E. H. Pechan & Assoc, Inc.
ControlNET Emissions Inventory and Control Technology Tool. Frank Divita, Leif Hockstad, and Patricia Horch, E.H. Pechan & Associates, Inc; L. Sorrels and B. Gilbert, U.S. EPA.
The Emission Inventory and Air Quality Home Page. F. Divita, M. Salhotra, P. Horch, E. H. Pechan & Associ, Inc; B. Gilbert, U. S. EPA.
Surrogate Selection within SMOKE to Obtain Realistic Spatially Resolved Mobile Source Emissions . Y. J. Choi, K. Yue, R. V. Calabrese, S. H. Ehrman, University of Maryland.
Greenhouse
Gas Inventory Tools for States. R. Freed, S. Brown, A. Choate, ICF
Consulting; A. Denny, U.S. EPA.
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Poster
Session 7 - Stationary Source Methodologies
Weekday/Weekend
Activity Patterns for Residential and Small Commercial Area Sources in
Los Angeles. D. Coe, P. Ryan, L. Chinkin, Sonoma Technology, Inc.
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Development
of Revised Emission Estimates for Important VOC Area Sources in Texas.
S. M. Roe, H. Chelf, M. Caldwell, R. P. Strait, E. H. Pechan & Associates,
Inc; M. Torres, Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission.
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Lessons
Learned in the Development of Regional Emission Estimates for Open Burning.
K. B. Thesing, E.H. Pechan & Associates, Inc.
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Development of an Area and Mobile Sources Inventory for Reactive Chlorine Compounds in the Houston Metropolitan Area. S. P. Anderson, Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission; C. E. Burklin, J. T. Bursey, Eastern Research Group.
The
Effect of Air Pollutant and Control Device Characteristics on Emission
Rates. M. L. Hochhauser, Allegheny County Health Department, R. J.
Betterton, South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control.
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Method
for Development of Probabilistic Emission Inventories: Example Case Study
for Utility NOx Emissions. H. C. Frey, J. Zheng, North Carolina State
University.
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EPA's Area Source Emissions Model. R. P. Strait, & G. C. MacDonald,
Pechan & Associates, Inc; T. G. Pace, U.S. EPA
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Session 8 - Regional Planning Organization
Assessment
of Emissions Inventory Needs For Regional Haze Plans. S. Wierman,
S. Kayin, Mid Atlantic Regional Air Management Association; B. H. Haneke,
M. Saeger, Pacific Environmental Services, Inc.
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Preparation
of a Base-Year Inventory for Application to Regional Haze in the West.
L. Gribovicz, D. Schwehr, B. Ramirez, Western Regional Air Partnership;
M. Saeger, Pacific Environmental Services, Inc.
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Efforts to Improve Spatial and Temporal Emissions Allocation Procedures. G. Stella, U.S. EPA; M. Saeger, Pacific Environmental Services, Inc.
New
Approaches to PM Inventory Evaluation and Improvements. M. Janssen,
LADCO
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Establishment
of a Community Modeling and Analysis Support Mechanism. W. G. Benjey,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and R. Imhoff, MCNC, Inc.
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A
New Resource for International Emissions Inventory Development and Data
Retrieval: A Proposal. B. L. Hemming, T. J. Keating, S. Falke, US
EPA; M. Levy, G. Yetman, and B. Chen, Center for International Earth Science
Information Network, Columbia University.
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Developing
a National Emissions Inventory for Mexico Phase I: Planning. P. G.
Fields, Eastern Research Group, Inc; R. Halvey, Western Governor's Association;
W. B. Kuykendal, US EPA.
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Session 9a - Tribal Issues
Practical
Workshop on Emission Inventory. K. C. Flores, Jr., Cortina Indian
Rancheria.
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Assisting
Tribes in Submitting Data to the National Emissions Inventory, Challenges
and Successes. S. Kelly, V. Masayesva, Institute for Tribal Environmental
Professionals; A. Allison, Tribal Air Monitoring Support Center.
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A Robinson Rancheria's Emissions Inventory: A Minor Inventory Leading to Major National Impacts. D. C. Jones, Robinson Rancheria.
Conducting an Emission Inventory for a Traditional Haudenasaunee Territory. L. S. Printup, Tuscarora Environment Program.
Session 9b - Mobile Sources
Modeling Issues
EPA's
Plan for MOVES: A Comprehensive Mobile Source Emissions Model. J.
Koupal, H. Michaels, M. Cumberworth, C. Bailey, D. Brzezinksi, U.S. EPA.
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An Object-Oriented Design for a New Generation Model for Mobile Source Emissions. A. Eyth, K. Hanisak, P. Pai, C. Seppanen, MCNC.
On-Road Issues
The
Use of MOBILE6 in Preparing National Onroad Emission Inventories.
M. A. Mullen, E. H. Pechan and Associates; L. Driver, U.S. EPA.
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Sensitivity Testing of MOBILE6, the US EPA's Most Recent Edition of It's Emissions Estimator for Gasoline and Diesel Powered Roadway Vehicles. R. A. Giannelli, J. H. Gilmore, S. Srivastava, M. Beardsley, D. Brzezinski, G. Dolce, J. Koupal, J. Pedelty, U.S. EPA.
Use of On-Board Tailpipe Emissions Measurements for Development of Mobile Source Emission Factors. H. C. Frey, A. Unal, North Carolina State University.
The
California Department of Transportation/Air Resources Board Modeling Program
(CAMP): New Research to Improve Speed Correction Factors and Mobile Source
Emissions Modeling. D. Eisinger, D. Niemeier, T. Kear, University
of California, Davis.
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Evaluation of On-Road Emissions from Transit Buses During Revenue Service, D. Lambert, P. J. Wilson, M. Vojtisek-Lom, Clean Air Technologies, Inc.
Non-Road Issues
Quantification of Variability and Uncertainty for Selected Nonroad Mobile Source Emission Factors. H. C. Frey, S. Bammi, North Carolina State University.
Use
of GIS Data for Allocating Aircraft, Rail, and Commercial Marine Vessels
Emissions to the County Level. R. Billings, A. Langmaid, R. Mongero,
Eastern Research Group; L. Driver, C. Scarbro, US EPA.
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Session 10 - Emission Inventory Preparation for Modeling
The Climate-Air Quality Scale Continuum and the Global Emission Inventory
Acitivity. P. Middleton, RAND Corporation, Inc., W. G. Benjey, National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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Projection
of Future Years Emissions from Base-Year Toxics Emissions Inventory.
R. Mason, DynTel Corporation; M. Strum, U.S. EPA, D. Lindermann, EC/R
Incorporated; J. S. Touma, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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Emission Inventory and Emission Factor Projections for Modeling Air Pollution in the CAM (Spain). J. Lumbreras, M. J. Sanchez, G. Urquiza and M. Encarnación Rodríguez, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid -SPAIN.
Emission
Model for Industrial Sources (EMIS). N. M. Wolfe, ENSCO, Inc.
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Developing Spatial Surrogates for Modeling Applications. J. W. Boulton, K. Siriunas, M. Lepage, S. Schill, Rowan Williams Davies and Irwin, Inc.
Developing a Statewide Emission Inventory System Using Geographic Information System (GIS). P. Gaffney, California Air Resources Board.
The Implementation of BEIS3 within the SMOKE Modeling Framework. J. M. Vukovich, MCNC-Environmental Programs; T. Pierce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The
Impacts of Biogenic Emissions Estimates from BEIS-3 on Ozone Modeling
in the Southeastern US. S. Arunachalam, Z. Adelman, R. Mathur, J.
Vukovich, MCNC-Environmental Programs.
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Session 11 - Inventory Validation/Quality Assurance
Uncertainty
in Emission Inventories: What Do We Mean and How Could We Assess It?.
J. A. van Aardenne, M. P. J. Pulles, TNO Institute of Environmental Sciences,
THE NETHERLANDS.
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A NIF-Based
Validation/QA Database Management System for the Tennessee Emission Inventory
J. S. Fu, W. T. Davis, T. L. Miller, C. H. Norman, University of Tennessee.
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A
Demonstration of the Quality Assurance (QA) Software Specifically Developed
for the National Emission Inventory (NEI). R. Thompson, US EPA.
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Incorporation
of State, Local, and Tribal Emission Inventory Data into the 1999 National
Emission Inventory. R. Strait, E. H. Pechan & Associates, Inc.; R.
Huntley, US EPA.
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QC/QA
- An Integral Step in the Development of the 1999 National Emissions Inventory
for HAPs. A. Pope, U.S. EPA, D. Wilson, S. Finn, Eastern Research
Group, J. Oh, North Carolina State University.
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Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission Quality Assurance and Quality Control Plan in the Preparation. M. Torres, B. Limsakul, D. Preusse, Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission.
Use of GIS and GPS as a Quality Assurance Tool Emisison Inventory. A. Alexis, California Air Resources Board.
Session 12 - Ammonia & Agricultural Issues
Ammonia Emissions and Fertilizer Applications in California's Central Valley. C. Krauter, D. Goorahoo, S. Klooster, California State University; C. Potter, S. Klooster, NASA Ames Research Center.
Development
of a Gridded Ammonia Emission Inventory for the San Joaquin Valley of
California. G. E. Mansell, ENVIRON International Corporation; S. M.
Roe, E. H. Pechan & Associates, Inc.
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Development of a Methane Conversion Factor to Estimate Emissions from Animal Waste Lagoons. J. Mangino, U.S. EPA; D. Bartram, A. Brazy, Eastern Research Group, Inc.
Non-Point Source Ammonia Emissions in Texas: Estimation Methods, Pitfalls, Corrections, and Comparisons. S. P. Anderson, Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission; R. L. Corsi, J. Banks, K. Kinny, M. G. Sawar, University of Texas.
Modeling and Processing Ammonia Emissions for PM Studies in the Lower Fraser Valley. É. Giroux, H. Roth, D. Yin, W. Jiang, National Research Council of CANADA.
Session 13 - Air Toxics
The
Development of the 1999 National Toxics Inventory. A. Pope, U.S. EPA;
R. Billings, S. Finn, D. Wilson, Eastern Research Group, Inc.
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Colorado
Study of the Contribution of Diesel Particulate Matter Emissions from
Construction Equipment. L. Silva, Colorado Department of Public Health
and Environment.
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Air
Toxics Emission Inventories and Monitoring in Hillsborough County, Florida.
L. Shelton, Environmental Protection Commission of Hillsborough County.
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NATA:
What South Carolina Learned As Related to Emissions Inventories L.
S. Barnes, R. B. Thompson, South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental
Control.
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Air Emissions from Carpet Manufacturing Processes. J. Mulholland, M. C. Pitrolo, R. Bissram, S. Patury, C. W. Bayer, R. J. Hendry, Georgia Institute of Technology.
Quantification
of Uncertainty and Variability for Censored Data Sets in Air Toxics.
H. C. Frey, Y. Zhao, North Carolina State University.
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