After completion of this course, learners will be able to explain the fundamental aspects of Emissions Inventories. This course is comprised of 4 modules and an exam. The modules are as follows:
Module 1: What is an Emissions Inventory?
Upon completion of this module, learners will be able to explain the basic aspects of an air emissions inventory, including:
- Defining an air emissions inventory
- Identifying the elements that constitute an emissions inventory
- Describing the types of pollutants found in inventories
- Describing how pollutants are represented in inventories
- Describing the sources found in inventories
- Explaining the geographic components of an emissions inventory
- Explaining the temporal components of an emissions inventory
- Explaining the emissions components of an emissions inventory
Module 2: Purposes and Types of Emissions Inventories
After completion of this module, learners will be able to explain the purposes and types of air emissions inventories, including:
- Explaining the purpose of emissions inventories
- Describing how different types of emissions inventories can meet different needs
- Describing the three national emissions inventories that the EPA develops
- Explaining how the three national emissions inventories differ
- Explaining the key uses of emissions inventories
Module 3: Developing Air Emissions Inventories
After completion of this module, learners will be able to describe the approaches, methods and tools/data used for building emissions inventories, including:
- Explaining how existing inventories and other resources contribute to emissions inventory development
- Identifying the key considerations in developing a workplan for emissions inventory building
- Defining activity data
- Identifying examples of activity data
- Describing general approaches for data collection for emissions inventory development
- Describing data collection processes used for point sources
- Describing data collection processes used for nonpoint sources
- Identifying examples of data collected for other types of sources (mobile, fires and biogenic)
- Identifying the methods used for estimating emissions
- Describing the considerations for choosing a method for estimating emissions
- Explaining why documentation is important when developing an emissions inventory
- Explaining the types of information included in documenting an emissions inventory
- Explaining how quality assurance relates to emissions inventories
- Describing some basic aspects of a quality assurance program
Module 4: National Emissions Inventories
After completion of this module, learners will be able to explain the key aspects of the National Emissions Inventory (NEI), including:
- Defining the National Emissions Inventory
- Explaining the general concepts of the National Emissions Inventory
- Explaining the purposes and key goals of the NEI
- Explaining the uses of the NEI
- Defining the key inventory elements provided by the NEI
- Describing each of the key inventory elements as they pertain to the NEI
- Identifying the three primary methods used to categorize emissions sources in the NEI
- Describing how each of the three methods organize emissions source data within the NEI
- Describing generally how the NEI is created
- Explaining the process and timeline for NEI development
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