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    Description
    Several Modules by Learning Objective
    Who Should Attend
    The Emissions Inventories curriculum is intended for learners who develop emissions inventories for various purposes.
    Leaning Objectives
    1. DEFINE AN EMISSIONS INVENTORY (FOUNDATIONAL)
    What is an Emissions Inventory?
    Emissions Inventories
    2. DESCRIBE THE GOALS, PURPOSE, AND USES OF THE NATIONAL EMISSIONS INVENTORY (NEI) (FOUNDATIONAL)
    National Emissions Inventory
    3. EXPLAIN THE TYPES OF EMISSIONS INVENTORIES AND THEIR PURPOSES (FOUNDATIONAL)
    Purposes and Types of Emissions Inventories
    Emissions Inventories Background Information
    4. DESCRIBE SOURCES OF DATA FOR BUILDING EMISSIONS INVENTORIES (FOUNDATIONAL)
    Emissions Inventory Development
    5. DESCRIBE STREAMLINING EFFORTS UNDER E-ENTERPRISE (COMBINED AIR EMISSIONS REPORTING (CAER)) (FOUNDATIONAL)
    6. APPLY THE AIR EMISSIONS REPORTING REQUIREMENT (AERR) RULE (INTERMEDIATE)
    7. SELECT EMISSIONS INVENTORY REPORTING TIERS AND CODES (INTERMEDIATE)
    8. EMPLOY EMISSIONS DATA AVAILABLE ON EPA’S INVENTORY HOMEPAGE (INTERMEDIATE)
    9. EMPLOY THE EMISSIONS INVENTORY SYSTEM (EIS) (INTERMEDIATE)
    10. DEVELOP AN INVENTORY PLAN (INTERMEDIATE)
    Planning for an Emissions Inventory
    Emissions Inventory QA/QC Procedures
    11. USE EMISSION MODELLING FRAMEWORK (EMF) (INTERMEDIATE)
    12. DESCRIBE HOW EPA DEVELOPS EMISSIONS FACTORS USING THE EMISSIONS FACTORS PROCEDURE DOCUMENT (INTERMEDIATE)
    13. EXPLAIN THE REQUIREMENTS FOR SIP EMISSIONS INVENTORIES FOR NAAQS AND REGIONAL HAZE ATTAINMENT PLANS (INTERMEDIATE)
    14. LIST AND DEFINE THE PARTS OF EPA’S EMISSIONS MODELING PLATFORMS (INTERMEDIATE)
    15. IDENTIFY PRIORITY SOURCE CATEGORIES FOR INVENTORY REVIEW AND DEVELOPMENT (INTERMEDIATE)
    16. DESCRIBE HOW TO DEVELOP SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH THAT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS NEEDED TO SUPPORT THE NATIONAL EMISSIONS INVENTORY, SPECIATE, AND EMISSIONS FACTORS DEVELOPMENT (INTERMEDIATE)
    17. DEVELOP AN EMISSIONS FEES PROGRAM (INTERMEDIATE)
    18. CREATE AN EMISSIONS INVENTORY DATABASE AND COLLECTION PROGRAMS THAT COMPLY WITH EPA REQUIREMENTS (ADVANCED)
    19. DEVELOP DATA FOR NONPOINT SOURCES (ADVANCED)
    Data Completeness
    Nonpoint Survey
    EPA Wagon Wheel Tool
    Expected Pollutants
    Oil and Gas 101
    Oil and Gas Estimation Tool
    20. DEVELOP DATA FOR POINT SOURCES (ADVANCED)
    21. DEVELOP DATA FOR MOBILE SOURCES (ADVANCED)
    Onroad and Nonroad Sources in the NEI
    22. DEVELOP DATA FOR EVENTS SOURCES (ADVANCED)
    23. CREATE BIOGENICS EMISSIONS DATA (ADVANCED)
    24. CREATE FUTURE-YEAR EMISSIONS PROJECTIONS (ADVANCED)
    25. CONDUCT EMISSIONS MODELING (ADVANCED)
    26. DEVELOP INVENTORY FOR SIP (ADVANCED)
    27. EVALUATE SOURCES OF UNCERTAINTY IN EMISSIONS INVENTORIES (ADVANCED)
    28. SUBMIT DATA FOR NEI THROUGH EIS GATEWAY (ADVANCED)
    29. ANALYZE EIS OUTPUTS (ADVANCED)
    30. USE THE CAER COMMON EMISSIONS FORM (ADVANCED)
    Classroom Requirements
    Self Instruction
    History of Changes
    Updated from EPA LMS June 15, 2023
    Course ID
    EPA 60
    Course Number
    Emissions Inventories Curriculum
    MJO-EPA Supported
    EPA Supported
    Display
    yes
    Status
    active
    Curriculum
    Emissions Inventories