EI EI ResourcesResources

Angelique Luedeker, ITEP

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Guidance DocumentsGuidance DocumentsEPA’s AP-42: Read the sections

for your sources!◦http://www.epa.gov/ttn/chief/ap42/in

dex.html◦Can access through links in TEISS

calculators, tooEPA’s Emissions Inventory

Improvement Program (EIIP)◦http://www.epa.gov/ttnchie1/eiip/ ◦Volume 6: Good QA/QC guidance for

EI

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Guidance Documents (cont.)ITEP TEISS Online Training

◦https://www4.nau.edu/itep/air/TEISSwc/index.asp

◦Entirely self-directedFire Event Users Guide for TEISS

◦Put together by Kris Ray, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation

◦Available from course download site http://itep68.itep.nau.edu/itep_downloads/EI-TEISS_Resources/Resources/

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Data SourcesData Sources2008 NEI importable into TEISS

◦Must set up an EIS account first◦EIS Gateway System

http://www.epa.gov/ttn/chief/eis/gateway/index.html

2002 NEI importable into TEISS◦Point:

http://itep68.itep.nau.edu/02nei_pt/◦Nonpoint

http://itep68.itep.nau.edu/02nei_np/

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Data Sources (cont.)Energy Information

Administration◦http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/

consumption/index.html◦Data on energy consumption in

homes and other buildings Can be used if local information isn’t

available, or to QC local numbers you generate

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Data Sources (cont.)Data Sources (cont.)U.S. Census data

http://factfinder2.census.gov ◦Good source for

Population Number of households Number of households heating with a

specific fuel Land area

◦Use only if local sources not available

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Other InfoOther InfoEPA databases

◦Envirofacts (http://www.epa.gov/enviro/) Compilation of many EPA databases in one

place including Air Facility System (AFS), Toxic Release Inventory (TRI), etc.

Searchable by location, facility, pollutant, etc.◦AirData (http://www.epa.gov/airdata/)

NEI data summaries for annual emissions Reports, maps and queries for locations,

facilities, etc.Can be useful for looking at what’s already

being reported to EPA in your area

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More ResourcesMore ResourcesEPA’s TTN CHIEF website

http://www.epa.gov/ttn/chief/eiinformation.html◦ Training

http://www.epa.gov/ttn/chief/eidocs/training.html◦ Guidance ◦ EIS access and resources◦ Emissions modeling ◦ And more!

California Air Resources Board http://www.arb.ca.gov/ei/ei.htm ◦ Emissions factors, data, resources, and more

TEISS Open Office Hours Webinars