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The COMPASS User`s Manual "COMPASS-EI"

1. sssssseessereesessssssereresessssssessrreresees 58 COMPASS EI CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION TO COMPASS EI 1 1 About COMPASS EI COMPASS EI WinCeis is an emission inventory data management system It is the Emission Inventory module of the COMpliance ASsurance System the COMPASS which is distributed by PDC Corp to manage a broad range of compliance data related to air quality EI utilizes the user s current equipment and equipment configuration and it enables users to prepare emission inventory information including emission rates material usage equipment parameters and operating schedules for reporting to the regulatory agency for a particular emission inventory year For Texas EI users the system also enables the user to revise the data and send it back to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality TCEQ electronically subject to agency approval of format and specifications Paper forms are often required under the agency s reporting requirements such as in New York which does not accept electronic reports Users can insert as many scenarios of emission calculation methods and process data as they wish in the COMPASS Calcs module without affecting the data that will actually be seen by the regulatory agency Information entered in EI is for the most part intended to be seen by the agency in order to meet a reporting requirement To retrieve EI data from industries state agencies typically distribute an
2. The Adjust Emissions features may be accessed by clicking on the Emissions Maintenance menu located at the top of the main screen See Figure 6 2 Users should select an Account choose a Category then single click on the Contaminant Name to view all emissions of that contaminant from the Account Ei Adjust Emissions Selection Criteria Select Account fF Select One or More Categories _ Code Contaminant Name Jal fica2iex I Carbon Monoxide P213 ACRYLONITRILE led J Nitrous Oxides priso DIPC ACID sd 7 Suttur Dioxide 3215 _ ADIPONITRILE T Particulate Matter PM2 5 T Particulate Matter PMt 0 1400 ALCOHOLS U I Non Reactive VOCs NVOCs 2200 JAMINES U Total Suspended Particulates TSP E6222 AMINO CAPRONITRILE 6 IY Volatile Organic Compounds VOCs 5557 a NONETHVLCYCLOPENTVL C 2 a I Non Resulated Others Adjust Emissions Annual Emiss Uncontrol try Uncontrot Lehr Efficier fiorrx oos _o oor7of ooo770of _ _ 0 48610 000 Create Eait Uncontrol forrxo11 oomo 0 00100 0 48480 poo Emissions forrcor2 oa0200 ooo oasa pono I Adjust Annuel horrxo1s oo oo oao ooo Emissions korxo oo 000000 0 08060 poo korxo ooma oon oaas ooo fhorx o20 oomsof oof 0 48480 Apoo Enter Mew T Figure 6 2 COMPASS EI Manual Chapter 6 Page 48 There are two functions that can change data l 2 Create Edit uncontrolled emissions and Adjust annual emissions Eac
3. The COMPASS User s Manual e x l Compliance Assurance System Emissions Inventory Module COMPASS EI Process Data Control Corporation Copyright PDC Corp All Rights Reserved TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE 1 INTRODUCTION sssuscctisscrsereicensiecinaienatsrenennalenntasenuie 1 1 1 About COMPASS ET WinCeis 00 00 ccc eecceceesssneceeesssneeeeeeesssneeeeees 1 1 2 System REGU IPCMNICIILG saidoncessasesanneubennidearsunabutas bie aE ER Ea 1 1 3 Installation FAST CHIOIS scccsscadssnasentcnneuemnsiadwenadsnceetusenasuunasnadanenetnceds 2 L4 Usine Helpenden EEEE E EEEa 2 1 5 Technical Support of El esiessissssisirirnsireesiisiros iasi 2 1 6 Getting Started with El sssssoesesssossssssssereeeesssssssssrereeesssssssrerrerees 2 1 7 Importing EI Data and Logging Into EL eee eeeeeeeeeeteteeeeees 3 1 8 Importing TCEQ Emissions download file eee eeeeeeeeeesnneeeeees 4 Me TS th Te Ue tse csierniets ae suc ousies Gotan E A E 6 2 SETTING UP ENTITIES IN Hl iecsscsesicincscsssstassrsescasstecevsscanttervestacedecsessts 7 2 1 The Command and Control Screen Navigation ccceeseseeeeees 7 2 D ACCOUNTS 255 carats e e e EE E R as 11 2 3 Sources and Emission Points sssessesesossesssssereeeessssssssrrereesesssssee 12 24 Control DEVICES aereis a E RA E E 12 24 1 NY Control IDGVICES sacossessaiasaorernawsreencaommerneuasantiors 13 2 5 Activities and Materials sseseseseeeeeesessss
4. 30 Inspection Fee Represents the fee that the owner or operator of each account should pay to the commission for each fiscal year 3 3 Setting Up Contact Information The following are data elements that are needed for the set up of Contact Information Contact Information is available under file menu Complete the contact information if some or all of the information is new or changed This information is helpful for the agency to contact the appropriate person s regarding the account 1 Role Type Mandatory There are two elements for the contact role type for the electronic reporting Consultant EMISSINV Emissions inventory 2 Prefix Represents the standard prefix for the contact Limit 8 characters Examples Mr Mrs Ms Dr etc 3 Title Mandatory If the Contact Role Type is Consultant then the value for the Title attribute must also be CONSULTANT If the Contact Role Type is EMISSINV emissions inventory then the value for the Title attribute must be one of the values as following AIRCOMPDIR Air Compliance Director AIRQLTENG Air Quality Engineer AIRQLTSPEC Air Quality Specialist COMPPRES Company President COMPENG Compliance Engineer CONSULTANT Consultant CONTRLR Controller OPMGR Operations Manager EHSCOORD Environmental Health and Safety Coordinator EHSMGR Environmental Health and Safety Manager ENGINEER Engineer ENVCOORD Environmental Coordinator ENVENGR Environmenta
5. 2 Page 16 2 The Emissions window provides a means of displaying adding and editing emissions by contaminant name and code for specific Sources and Points For example when the user brings up the C amp C screen and clicks on the Total By Chemical radio button the emission totals by contaminant name and code for the entire Account will be calculated and displayed in the Emissions window If the user first clicks on a specific Source ID an action which automatically brings up a list of Emission Points associated with that source then clicks on the Total By Chemical radio button emissions for the selected Source will be displayed If the user clicks on a Source that is associated with more than one Emission Point and clicks on the Total By Chemical radio button then the emissions displayed will be summed for the selected Source i e for all associated Points To view the emissions for a selected Source and Point the user should highlight with a single click the specific Source and Point for which emissions will be added or edited Clicking on either of the two radio buttons will display contaminant emissions for the Source and Point that have been highlighted 3 The Emissions window may be used to retrieve emissions for the purpose of editing the emissions for a new year To edit emissions using a single window for plant wide emissions click on the Total By Chemical radio button after selecting the Year and Account then double click on any
6. 6 Source ID Description 7 Account C Source C Point PINETKA E1 PINE STORAGE TNK i f control PINETKIS M PINESTORAGE TNK SPARE fi 5 5 F f 3 ource Data INETKS PINE STORAGE TNK fi GENERATORS OTHER THAN M PAPER MACHINE NO 1 COMBUSTION STORAGE Pms PAPER MACHINE NO 3 j PoLyst fit POLYIPET SILO fi Activities and Materials Material a Kontrol ID Figure 2 6 This feature enables fast and convenient editing of these related equipment and materials as well as high level review from the main screen Block flow diagrams are also available under the File menu then Equipment Relationships from the menu provided on the top Quality assurance is further supported from the List screen detailed or data entry screen by the Save as File and Print command buttons located at the bottom of the screen These will produce Excel spreadsheets word processing files HTML files flat files and other file formats as well as printed reports 2 2 Accounts The Account is the main identifier of EI data Each Account represents the operating facility within the COMPASS The Account simply represents a plant that is reporting EI data to the regulatory agency An Account can be either an actual agency identified Account Number or a sample account such as the accounts that are delivered with the system for instruction purposes It can also be a fictitious account created by the user to store information of particul
7. Chapter 2 Page 9 COMPASS EI Command amp Control Screen FILE EMISSION REPORTS EQUIPMENT MATERIALS MAINTENANCE AGENCY EXPORT Process Account For Contaminant Detail and Summary Reports REPORTS Materials Report Export Maintenance Compare Emissions for Two Years Orphan Materials Equipment Compare Emissions for Two nee Saher Delton Matonals Relationships Accounts Account Information Compare Emission Paths Contact Information Compare Emission Paths With Print Setup Contams EMISSION MAINTENANCE UTILITIES Exit Emissions Inventory SARA Reports Global Maintenance Default Values Graphical Reports Adjust Emissions Emission Fees Emissions With FIN EPN Status Import Permit Nos and Allowable Emiss Calculations NOx Profile Import Emissions VOC Profile Export Emissions For Current Account amp VOC Emissions Year Emissions By Facility Type Hourly Emissions FIN EPN CIN DOUBLE click EDIT button MORE button RETURN button Figure 2 5 The C amp C screen was designed to facilitate quality assurance of EI data without the need to review detail screens There are three types of review possible from this screen as explained below 1 Emissions rates can be summed up or displayed in the bottom central part of the C amp C screen by clicking on the radio buttons provided at the top of this window These two radio buttons displays Total By Chemical or Total By Category of pollutants depending on which button was selected If only an Accoun
8. Copyright Laws as an Unpublished Work m Login Options UserID dba Password Cancel Database ACM SQL Anywhere C LA amp TX Server Uptons Server Liisi Database ACH Figure 1 1 If you are running EI with an Oracle database this information must be entered and it must be valid for the program to run Otherwise this information may be left blank When you are finished click on OK Upon logging into EI the Command and Control screen of EI will appear Importing data from a spreadsheet is fast and easy providing that the data supplied to the program is in the prescribed format based on Texas TCEQ data download standards From the Emissions Maintenance menu simply click on the Import Emissions In the window that opens See Figure 1 2 enter the path and file name to the Emissions Source File choose an account number from the drop down list select a year to import and choose the Import Option at the bottom of the screen COMPASS EI Manual Chapter 1 Page 3 Fi Import Emissions Oj x File Z BN Ff Import Print Save Az Exit Account ID cGo010G Year 2005 Path and File Name of Emissions Source File Below tab delimited _txt JaXemissionstxt Browse Note File must point to a tab delimited _txt file which meets PDC specifications for Emissions Import Import Options Delete any existing records for specified year and import new data C
9. EI Questionnaire This manual familiarizes users with both the EI program and agency systems that interface directly with EI data Emission Inventory data is considered proprietary information by many of the companies that provide it Data such as fuel usage and feed product materials could offer competitors insight into a user s production schedules as well as costs Therefore data security was an important concern during the development of EI Electronic reports to the agency are automatically encrypted prior to sending the report as further described in this manual 1 2 System Requirements The following platform is recommended to operate the EI application Pentium II PC running at 250 MHz with 64 megabytes of RAM and 50 megabytes of free disk space The following platform is the minimum required to operate the EI application Pentium I PC running at 90 MHz with 25 megabytes of free disk space and 32megabytes of RAM to obtain reasonable performance The following operating systems are supported Microsoft Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows ME Windows XP or Windows NT Operating Environment all Trademarks acknowledged The CONFIG SYS file should have the file handles set to 60 to run certain DOS extension programs for the EI program Certain Windows control panel settings such as for Date format must be in the standard or default position Also users may need to modify their Display properties if all windows and co
10. EI from an external database or spreadsheet or from the COMPASS Calcs module the COMPASS Pipeline module provided by PDC Corp will expect each Contaminant Code to be associated with the CAS Number under which the emissions have been calculated and stored in the data table This linking is only required for users that will use the Pipeline module Only emissions for which the CAS Number and Contaminant Code have been associated will be copied to the EI emissions database In COMPASS Calcs to link Contaminants with CAS Numbers click on the CASNo field and either enter the correct CAS Number or double click on this field to view CAS Numbers that appear in the COMPASS Calcs module In cases where there is an exact name match on both lists the matching CAS Number will be highlighted automatically otherwise a list of COMPASS Calcs CAS Numbers will be displayed The user may double click on any CAS Number in the list to insert the CAS Number into the Contaminants data table for the selected contaminant 2 From the Contaminant Maintenance main screen See Figure 4 1 the Ozone Factor also known as a temperature adjustment factor can be input or edited for a contaminant temperature adjustment factors are used in Ozone Season daily rate emission calculations These calculations are performed during the Data Pipeline procedure and by a selection in the Emissions Maintenance Global menu A rate of 1 00 will result in a unit conversion of tons year i
11. Equipment relationships involving control devices are entered in the Equipment Relationships screen as explained earlier If a control device feeds another device that occurs immediately downstream from it then two relationship records would be expected in this screen One record would describe the relationship between a Source Point and the first Control device in the series The second record would describe the relationship between the same Source Point and the second Control device in the series In this record the first device is included under the column header called Feeding CIN When the Feeding CIN column is blank in a relationship record that contains a control device EI assumes that the flow originates at the Source not another Control device Parallel as opposed to series control schemes are easily accommodated by using the percent flow field in the Equipment Relationships screen to explain the allocation of flow to each leg in the network Control schemes that consist of both series and parallel networks can also be accommodated in EI Essentially each node in the control scheme network is explained in an equipment relationship record with respect to the Source Point and Control Device s for that node EI will provide a selection for Control Devices that have previously been entered as a CIN that references the Source and Point which have been designated by the user Thus if an equipment relati
12. Import new records and replace emission values for existing records Import All Emission Yalues Import Emission Values gt 0 ONLY Replace Emission Yalues In Existing Records Only C Replace Annual Emission Yalues Only Replace Ozone Emission Values Only C Replace Upset Emission Values Only Replace Permit Numbers and Allowable Emissions Only Figure 1 2 Please note that the user needs to use the COMPASS Utilities module for importing a TCEQ download file into COMPASS EI database 1 8 Importing TCEQ Emissions Download File Users are required to log into PDC s COMPASS Utilities module in order to import TCEQ s download file into the database Users will be asked to enter their User ID and Password after starting up the Utilities program See Figure 1 3 If you are running Utilities with an Oracle database this information must be entered and it must be valid for the program to run Otherwise this information may be left blank When you are finished click on OK Upon logging into Utilities the Command and Control screen of Utilities will appear COMPASS EI Manual Chapter 1 Page 4 COMPASS Utilities Login ACM SQL Anywhere Figure 1 3 To import the TCEQ download file click on the Acct Import button and the data import screen will appear See Figure 1 4 The Select Import Type is defaulted to the Import EI Download selection If EI download file is never been importe
13. Moisture Percent moisture content of emission 3 7 Flare Data Mandatory 1 2 4 Molecular Weight LB LB MOLE The average molecular weight in pounds per pound mole lbs lb mole of the gas stream constituents Height ft The height above ground level in feet for each emission point designated as a flare Temp Degrees F The flaring temperature in degrees Fahrenheit F for each emission point designated as a flare Flow Rate MSCFM Feed rate of the flared gas stream in thousands of standard cubic feet per minute MSCFM COMPASS EI Manual Chapter 4 Page 32 5 Lower Heat Value BTU SCF The average lowest heating value of combustion in BTU per standard cubic feet BTU scf for the flared gas streams 6 Inside Tip Diameter ft Inside diameter in feet of the flare 7 Number of Pilots Represents numeric value for the number of pilots 8 Flow Determination Continuous Measurement One Time Performance Test Engineering Estimate 9 Composition Determination Continuous Measurement Periodic Testing One Time Performance Test Engineering Estimate 10 Adiabatic Flame Temp Degrees F The flame temperature in degrees Fahrenheit F for each emission point designated as a flare 3 8 Fugitive Area Data Mandatory 1 Length ft The length in feet for each emission point designated as a fugitive emission point area 2 Width ft The width in feet of a designated fugiti
14. Reports Emissions Maint Materials Maint Utilities Agency Export Help Control ID Number Facility ID Number Emission Point Number Device Count Abatement Description activated clay adsorption M Percent Control Efficiency Operating Parameters soz j Inspection Schedule M TSP Annual Operatin Hours 8760 PM10 Pet Time Off Line 0 Operating Status Active Shut Down Use Right mouse click to Add Edit Indicates Required Data Chemical Specific Control Efficiencies Figure 2 7 As indicated in the lower left portion of the CINs Detail screen shown in Figure 2 7 EI also stores chemical specific control efficiencies for Batch Sources This feature enables users to specify more precise control efficiency factors in relation to the mixed emission streams that are commonly found in the emissions from batch reactors When the right mouse button is clicked the user is presented with an add edit screen in which chemical specific control efficiencies may be specified for both design and operating conditions as shown in Figure 2 8 COMPASS EI Manual Chapter 2 Page 14 F Chemical Specific Control Efficiency Maintenance all File Edit kE 2 8 M Delete Insert Update Print Exit Chemical Specific Control Efficiencies Account GE SIL Control ID IB1C2 es Design Efficiency Operating Efficiency 7631 86 9 86 9 90 90 Control ID jeic2 Figure 2 8
15. UTM Zone is a two digit number UTM N Meter Represents the UTM Northing coordinate in meters The UTM N Meter must be a number and at least 7 digits This field can be a maximum of 9 digits in length including three decimal places UTM E Meter Represents the UTM Easting coordinate in meters The UTM E Meter must be a number and at least 7 digits This field can be a maximum of 9 digits in length including three decimal places Plant Latitude The Plant Latitude represents Latitude of the geographical coordinate for this plant operating site It must be a number containing between 6 and 9 digits including two decimal places Plant Longitude The Plant Longitude represents Longitude of the geographical coordinate for this plant operating site It must be a number containing between 7 and 10 digits including two decimal places COMPASS EI Manual Chapter 4 Page 19 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 County Name Mandatory The name of the county in which the specific plant operating site resides County Status This field represents the status of the county about attainment or non attainment area Region Code Represents the TCEQ region code of the plant location Days Per Week Mandatory Represents the number of days entire site operated during each week for the year covered by this inventory Hours Per Day Mandatory Represents the number of hours entir
16. first determine which Source would appear first in an alphanumerically sorted list of all Sources that belong to the process and then enter the Comment for that Source Each Comment for a Source Point or Control Device in WINCEIS is year specific Thus for the same Source a different Comment may be stored for the Year 2006 than was stored for the Year 2005 The directions for adding or changing a Comment for a Source are as follows 1 Edit the Source by double clicking on it in the Sources window of the main screen and then either click on the Edit command button that appears on the lower part of the List Screen or double click on the Source in the List Screen 2 From the Detail screen right click to bring up the Comment data entry window 3 Enter revise Comments in the data entry window and then click Save and Close COMPASS EI Manual Chapter 6 Page 53 CHAPTER 7 EI REPORTS 7 1 Emission Reports The Emission Reports menu item is located at the top of the COMPASS EI main screen Most reports in this list are self explanatory However the information presented below will provide additional background on a few of the major reports 7 1 1 Detailed and Summary Reports This selection brings up a list of six report categories shown in red and the reports you may select from in each category See Figure 7 1 Select the radio button next to the report you wish to run Some reports run automatically while others give you a Det
17. in series is by COMPASS El Manual Chapter 5 Page 44 definition 100 The percent flow for all equipment relationships that are connected in parallel is less than 100 The sixth column entitled Use Ozone is an on off switch It is used to indicate whether or not the temperature adjustment factor that may have been entered in the Contaminants Maintenance detail screen should be used in connection with the specified relationship when calculating the Ozone Season daily rate of emissions Ozone Season daily rate calculations involve a standard calculation formula which is built into the EI program and an adjustment factor that increases the emission rate commensurate with higher evaporation rates due to higher ambient temperatures The determination of when to apply the adjustment rate is based on the specific source point relationship because uncontrolled sources such as tanks and loading racks are often the only types of sources that require an adjustment factor Thus by setting the switch to the appropriate setting for each source point relationship you may apply or not apply adjustment rates during Ozone Season daily rate calculations that are performed Generally speaking only equipment relationships that involve an atmospheric release of emissions would be indicated as Yes in this column For other relationships that are indicated as No a factor of 1 will automatically be applied regardless of the factor enter
18. menu They are described below l 3 Materials Report provides a listing of materials and activities by Source It will show materials and activities for the selected Account for all years in order of the associated Source ID Orphan Materials is used to view materials that may have become orphaned by a deletion of the associated Source ID If the report is blank and there are materials for the selected Account then all materials in the database for the selected Account have a valid Source ID A Delete Orphans button appears at the bottom of the report screen that will enable permanent removal of all orphaned materials Delete ALL Materials is used to permanently remove all materials information from the database for the selected Account 6 5 Utilities There are six functions shown under the Utilities menu They are described below 1 2 Default Values allows setting of default emission Determination Method and stack Moisture Percent Enter the setting and click Apply Emission Fees Calculations enables detailed calculations and reporting of calculated emission fees by Source and Point and by Contaminant It also provides the capability to determine fee amounts for Regulated Pollutants that do not belong to criteria pollutant categories and it saves the set up for future years It provides high level emission reports by criteria pollutant category and Source or by criteria pollutant category and P
19. selected year and the next shows any Process Units indicated by the user The term Process Unit refers to the Plant or Process ID data filed in the emission inventory report Emission Detail Report i x Retrieve Unfiltered Report Set Date Range Reset Filters Cancel Relationship Report Criteria Select Permit s or Process To Relationship Limit Relationship Selection List Click on Column Name to Sort Process foie g FRevY 1 i Je PULP ADEVI ADEs ADSPI J apr arevi Arei J arMrx AFMTK SS keom oo10G0s komosa komosa Dr ALDST eA ACS asor asor f I awsr awsr fT If no Relationship s selected then ALL are reported I Report Permitted Emissions Only Report Emissions gt 0 Only BOILER 2 BROKE STG I Carbon Monoxide Nitrous Oxides Contaminant Name J Sulfur Dioxide ACETALDEHYDE J Lead J Particulate Matter lt 2 5 microns PM2 5 ACETOPHENONE I Particulate Matter lt 10 microns PM10 ACETYLENE DICHLORIDE J Non reactive VOCs NVOCs RCROLEIN I Total Suspended Particulates TSP ALDEHYDES M volatile Organic Compounds VOCs M Non Regulated Others Figure 7 2 In the upper right portion of the screen equipment i e Source Point relationships appear Any selection by the user from either the Permits or Process Units lists will filter the equipment relat
20. the active Account COMPASS EI Manual Chapter 6 Page 49 2 Import Emissions is used to copy emission values from an external file that has been formatted in accordance with PDC Corp s instructions If there are emissions in the database for the target year they will be overwritten by the new data even if the specific Sources and Points are not included in the external file A separate procedures document is available from PDC Corp for companies interested in using this feature Export Emissions for Current Account and Year is used to copy emission values to an external file They can saved in Excel format for further calculations Hourly Emissions is used to produce a special agency inventory It calculates average emissions for every hour of a defined period and source list by dividing the annual emissions by the hours of operation and converting to lbs per hour On the Generate Hourly Emissions tab click Add New Path to enter FIN EPN Contaminant combinations to report Then click Generate Hourly for Selected Path or Generate Hourly for All Paths On the Edit Hourly Emissions tab edit the generated default average emissions for each hour or in blocks On the Prepare Submittal File tab select the date range and click Retrieve then Generate Export File This file can be emailed to the agency or uploaded on the agency website 6 4 Materials Maintenance There are three functions shown under the Materials Maintenance
21. the C amp C screen etc Clicking in the gray area of a window brings up a data entry COMPASS EI Manual Chapter 2 Page7 screen to add items If an item on the C amp C screen was double clicked prior to the appearance of the List screen that item will be marked using a green arrow on the list See Figure 2 2 ra a ed eed ed pa pa pa Ej e r D D FUGS ASTE GAS ACTIVE D 1 HA 8 DRY FLARE ACTIVE E 0 L O VACUUM FLASH HOTWELL ACTIVE _ J Source Source Operating Facility Type Profile a Description Status JREVERBATORY FURNACE ACTIVE x COMBUSTN TURBINE gt QTHER OTHER v COOLNGTWR _ COOLING TOWER gt OTHER OTHER Add Edit Delete Figure 2 2 Return Save Sort SaveAsFile Print Clicking on the Edit button from any List screen brings up a Detail or data entry screen for the marked item See Figure 2 3 You may also access the Detail screen by double clicking on an item in the List screen Labels in Bold Type Face Indicate Required Data FIN ID Number JaFMTK FIN Description Foam TANK TCEQ ID Number Equipment Type STORAGE TANK GENERATOR GROUP Plant Process Unit 4 PULP Equipment Profile VERTICAL FIXED ROOF TANK x SCC Code 207001 99 x Annual Process Rate Percent Max Capacity 96 0 Operating Hours Day J 24 Operating Status JACTIVE z Operating Days Week 7 Status Change Date J Operating Weeks Year 50 Annual Oper
22. to decide in advance how the file folders will be accessed for example alphabetically sequentially etc However relational databases can dynamically sort and re sort records to meet your exact specifications Another advantage is the ability to link the contents of one file drawer with one or more drawers that have common fields For example the drawer marked Facilities can be linked to the drawer marked Activities and Materials because the FIN is common to both files EI is designed to furnish high speed access to descriptive information about plant equipment and processes Not all companies are required to report air emission inventory data to regulatory agencies on an annual basis so the frequency of update will vary from user to user PDC Corp can provide interface software to link the EI module to emission calculations software The interface is included in the companion software module COMPASS Calcs 3 2 Setting Up the Account The Account information window consists mainly of names and address information The Account encompasses a physical plant from which reported emissions are identified Following are the data elements in the Account information that are reported to the agency Account Information is located under File menu Other data elements are also included for the user s convenience in storing additional Account information This information may be used by other modules such as the IntelliRegs for generating a Title V Oper
23. user has run the QA QC function pursuant to a request by the agency Users should understand that this function will run after the QA QC function has been performed regardless of whether or not the potential errors noted in the QA QC Report have been corrected Checking Suppress Greenhouse Gas Emissions will prevent reporting of these emissions to the agency COMPASS EI Manual Chapter 6 Page 51 c Import the Upload File to Create Submittal Account for Archival saves the submittal file data in EI for future retrieval from the C amp C screen 6 7 NY Emission Inventory Reporting Forms WINCEIS produces the New York Emissions Inventory report on paper forms following a menu selection from the Agency Export menu that only appears in the custom version as shown in Figure 6 3 It sends the report directly to a printer after the Report Section is selected from a secondary drop down menu shown in Figure 6 4 HE WINCEIS File Emission Reports Equipment Reports Emissions Maint Materials Maint Utilities BEAQERIUSngia Help Prepare Files For Export QA OQC Data Per Agency Specs Create Upload File Review 04 00 Report Review Comments To Ageacy Print Inventory Report GE SILICONES GE SIL Figure 6 3 Emissions are presented and summed up by Process which corresponds to the WINCEIS Plant Process Id as needed for each section of the report Users should take note that the terms Process and Emission Unit used on the New York Emi
24. 3C1 100 00 IB3C2 100 00 100 00 IB3C4 100 00 IB3C5 T Page 1 of 10 Figure 5 3 COMPASS EI Manual Chapter 5 Page 46 CHAPTER 6 EMISSIONS MATERIALS MAINTENANCE UTILITIES AND AGENCY EXPORT 6 1 Emission Maintenance Global Maintenance The emissions Global Maintenance functions may be accessed by clicking on the Emissions Maintenance menu located at the top of the main screen See Figure 6 1 Users may wish to erase all or some emission records or zero out emission rates from selected emission rates This menu selection provides several choices for performing these functions Also included is a feature for calculating Ozone Season daily emission rates based on e Annual tons of emissions e Percent of operating hours during the ozone season and e Temperature adjustment factors that may have been entered under Contaminants Maintenance and Equipment Relationships Fil Emissions Maintenance Global Maintenance xj Account ID C6001106 PDE Corp Year 2005 C Copy Emissions C Copy missing emissions from Download to Active Account Calculate Ozone Season Emissions C Copy Determination Method from Download To Active Accou C Create TSP Emissions For PM10s and PM2 5s C Insert Permit for Speciated VOCs Zero out Emissions Records For Selected Categories C Delete Orphan Emission Records C Delete Emission Records For Selected Categories Run Selected Operation Close Figure 6 1
25. 60 b Longitude Enter the degrees minutes and seconds west longitude The minutes and seconds should be less than 60 c UTM Zone Enter the UTM coordinates for the emission point location d East Meters Enter the east meters for the emission point location e North Meters Enter the north meters for the emission point location 7 Permits List permit s related to this emission point 8 Comments Describe the facility s function Or user can provide any clarifying information related to facility activities or parameters COMPASS EI Manual Chapter 4 Page 31 3 6 Stack Data Mandatory iR Diameter The inside diameter in feet for those emission points designated as stacks include vents For tanks use 3 0 feet as the default For non circular stacks use Diameter square root of 1 27 x area Area Cross sectional area perpendicular to flow Height The height in feet ft above ground level for all circular and non circular stacks vents For tanks use the actual tank height Velocity The exit velocity in feet per second ft sec for each emission point designated as a stack For tanks use 0 01 feet per second Temp The exit temperature in degrees Fahrenheit F for each emission point designated as a stack For tanks use the average annual temperature of the material Horizontal Discharge Direction of discharge from vent Yes Horizontal No Not horizontal Percent
26. 7 a 100 15BLR 005 15STK 005 O7SMPO11 100 O7SMP 014 Page 45 of 102 a Figure 5 1 COMPASS EI Manual Chapter 5 Page 43 iF Equipment Relationships File Window Help a 3 Ss 2 2 4 List Add Remove Print Save Block Floy Set Defaults Save Az Close List Facility vco008e Process Data Control Corp v ano Criteria Facility Id Humber like z Info gt gt Use Ozone Feeding Percent Use Contral Row FIN FPH CIN CIH Flow if y Nevice Status fet fovtRoiss x foritR oise x 100 00 soe 162 o7PRC Bal isstk o05 G3 1seLr o05 Fllovaesio7 Ra Last in Series A fies fore isstk 005 x forasstoy zif f 100 00 WM Firstin series gt he4 jore x orvo xf 100 00 f fse fies jore x orvo e e oo f fse A fies orre orna e ooj f fse h72 forprc E forurset If 100 00 Wf soe g Figure 5 2 The first three columns show the Emission Source ID FIN in Texas Emission Point Number_ EPN and Control Identification Number CIN for the control device if one exists for each relationship If new equipment relationships are created in your plant they can be added by clicking on the nsert icon and double clicking on the appropriate equipment items in the lists that appear at the bottom of the screen When adding new relationships that include a control device you will note that the list of CINs includes the associated FIN and EPN for each device to as
27. If users wish to make sure that the emissions for a given year have a Total Suspended Particulate TSP record for each PM10 record containing at least as many tons of emissions as the PM10 record then there is a feature that performs this maintenance function for an entire Account The rules that guide this procedure are as specified in Texas After the Account is reviewed and adjusted as necessary under this procedure the TSP and PM10 emission rates for the plant will COMPASS EI Manual Chapter 6 Page 47 not be changed but they will be balanced in such a way that all PM10 is accounted for in the TSP contaminants reporting Also under Global Maintenance users may copy emissions from one year to another year a function that is usually performed once per year The recommended procedure for copying emissions to a new year is as follows 1 Under Select Account click on the Account for which emissions will be copied 2 Enter the year you want to copy emissions data from in the Year field 3 Select the feature Copy Emissions and enter the year you wish to copy emissions data to in the field To Year Check Also Copy Upset and Maintenance Emissions if desired 5 Click on Run Selected Operation to copy the data If there are emissions in the database for the target year they will be erased after the user has been presented with a warning message and an option to cancel the procedure 6 2 Emission Maintenance Adjust Emissions
28. Pipeline will automatically have these values inserted into the database along with the controlled emission totals Otherwise uncontrolled emissions may be manually entered or they may be inserted using a feature that is available in Emissions Maintenance menu Adjust Emissions 11 Uncontrolled Emissions LBS HR The total uncontrolled emissions in lbs hr 12 Long Term Allow Emiss TONS YEAR The allowable emissions for a source in tons year 13 Short Term Allow Emiss LBS HR The allowable emissions for a source in lbs hr 14 Show Exceedance On Report The COMPASS EI Permit Compliance Report presents a comparison of actual emission rates to allowable emission rates In some instances the user may have speciated one or more of the chemicals contained in a pollutant category such as VOC for a Source ID and point that are subject to a permitted allowable emission rate for the pollutant category If the user wishes to associate the emission record for this speciated chemical with the permit by entering the Permit Number see Item 15 below then the Permit Compliance Report will indicate that there is an exceedance for any level of emissions if the allowable emission rate is 0 To suppress this exceedance flag in the report the user can enter No in this data element It should be noted that in this example the exceedance of VOC will be flagged in the report only if the total of all VOC contaminant emissions exceeds t
29. ail screen to further define the report parameters Bl Emission Reports lel Es He m Print setup Print save as Filter Close Exit V Rulers Account Hxoossv Report Year 2005 Detailed Report Emissions Detail C Greenhouse Gas Emissions C By Category and Point ID In Decending Release Rate Order C Gross Emissions By Point ID Detailed Emissions By Point ID Detailed Emissions By Source and Point ID Category Summary Reports By Plant Process Unit C By Equipment Sub Type C By Source ID and Point ID By Point ID and Source ID C By Source ID By Point ID Contaminant Summary Reports C Account Summary By Point ID C By Plant Process Unit Permitted Emissions Compliance Permitted Emissions Report Control Efficiency Reports By Source ID Point ID and Contam Hame C By Plant Process Unit and Contam Name Maintenance Problem Emission Records JD 254M amp Stan lo 0 agw lol b O Inbox O EAD E2 n wi COM 2 S v SE acm Figure 7 1 1 Detailed Report These reports run automatically except the Emissions Detail report a Emissions Detail Report This option brings up a filter screen to prepare the query on which the emissions report will be based See Figure 7 2 In the upper left portion of the filter screen are the user selections of Account and Year The next column COMPASS EI Manual Chapter 7 Page 54 shows any Permit Numbers for which emissions are found for the
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31. ar interest such as a second copy of the agency download data Accounts may be renamed during the Import procedure thereby facilitating the insertion of Accounts with the same Account Number into the database under a fictitious identifier COMPASS EI Manual Chapter 2 Page 11 The Select Account appears in the upper left corner of the C amp C screen adjacent to the inventory year If there is more than one Account installed in the database they will all be visible The first account is automatically selected when you begin If you wish to edit a different account click on the desired Year and Select Account to populate other windows To sum up emissions use two radio buttons above the Emissions window to display Total By Chemical or Total By Category located at bottom central part of the C amp C screen 2 3 Sources and Emission Points In the upper portion of the C amp C screen just below the Select Account window Emission Sources are listed along with their identification number Source ID and description The Source ID or FIN is the top reporting level of EI data within the Account or plant If data was downloaded from a data download disk supplied by the agency the Source ID is the equipment identification number that is used by the agency If the Source ID is later changed by the user the C amp C screen will continue to show both the Source ID and the Agency ID until such time as the Agency ID is changed to the equip
32. ating Hours J 8400 Seasonal Operating Percent Permit Type Forecast TPY Forecast Year Winter 25 Spring J 25 PERMITTED z J Summer 25 Fall J 25 Predii TPY Predi Year Comments 1000 Characters Add Delete List More Return Save Print COMPASS EI Manual Chapter 2 Figure 2 3 Page 8 Users can enter comments in any Detail screen in the program in by clicking in the Comments text window entering the appropriate text of the comment and selecting the required action from the command buttons provided at the bottom of the window Depending on the item that was selected a More button may appear at the bottom of the data entry screen This brings up another screen to facilitate entering additional information See Figure 2 4 Facility Id Number Diameter 10 0 FEET Location ABOVE GROUND z Fill Method SPLASH v Shell Color LIGHT GRAY iii a Roof Color LIGHTGRAY o Shell Construction e YS Paint Condition GOOD xz Capacity 7 00 MGALLONS Tank Height 12 0 FEET Vapor Space Height h 30 FEET Return Save Figure 2 4 From both the Detail screen and More screens users can either return to the C amp C screen by clicking on the Return button or return to the List screen by clicking on the List button Users must click on the Save button in each screen in order to commit changes made in that screen to the database Figure 2 5 provides an overview of C amp C screen navigation COMPASS EI Manual
33. ating Permit application form 1 Account Name Mandatory The company or owner responsible for emissions associated with the specific plant operating site 2 Agency Acct No Mandatory The account s identification number assigned by the TCEQ consists of seven characters two letters followed by four digits followed by a letter 3 Organization Name Mandatory The organization responsible for emissions associated with the specific plant operating site COMPASS EI Manual Chapter 4 Page 18 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 EPA Account The EPA assigned account number for the facility Owner Operator Type Is the owner operator or both Nearest City The name of the city nearest the plant Location Zip Code The zip code of the location of the site Plant Site Name Mandatory The name of plant site Primary SIC Standard Industrial Code is 4 digit numeric code assigned by the US Government to the business establishments to identify the primary business of the establishment These codes best describes the company s operations Secondary SIC The general classifications code that best describes the company s secondary operations Major Source Type Represents the major emission source type in the company s emissions inventory which will be assigned by the agency UTM Zone Represents the zone for the UTM coordinate In Texas possible values for UTM Zone are 13 14 and 15 The
34. d before user needs to select First Time Import of EI download option COMPASS EI Manual Chapter 1 Page 5 Import Processing Record Date 3 5 2007 Calendar Year Figure 1 4 Steps to Import TCEQ download file Browse the TCEQ download file TXT file and click on Open Click on Populate Database button to start the import process Let the program run until you see the File successfully Imported message Optionally print the processing log Close the Utilities Module and Go to the COMPASS EI module and confirm the download account is created under Account Type for the desired year a aa cia ial 1 9 Exiting EI To exit EI click on the Close button at the bottom of the screen or X out by clicking the application Close button This takes you out of EI back to Windows COMPASS EI Manual Chapter 1 Page 6 CHAPTER 2 SETTING UP ENTITIES IN EI 2 1 The Command and Control Screen Navigation The design of EI is unique in that all operations are launched from a Command and Control C amp C screen See Figure 2 1 This C amp C screen is accessed when the EI program icon is clicked on from the COMPASS folder When the C amp C screen is accessed all related database tables are opened up which speeds up later retrievals and updates to the database Bl compass EI State TX Account ID CG0010G Account Name PDC Corp a l x File Emission Reports Equipment Reports Emissions Maint Materials Maint Utilitie
35. e Check if the source has been demolished and removed from the plant site Ownership Transfer Check if the source has been sold or if responsibility for the source has been transferred to another owner or separate entity List the name of the new liable party in comments Enter the new owner or operator s agency Account Number and the appropriate date in the comments Idle for Current inventory Year Check if the source was idle during the year of the emissions inventory Permitted but Never Built Check if the source was permitted and never built COMPASS EI Manual Chapter 4 Page 24 11 Equipment Type Mandatory Represents the equipment type to which the FIN belongs This field must be picked from the available dropdown which consists of the following COAT PRINT Coating or Printing COMBUSTN Combustion equipment types COOLNGTWR Cooling towers CLEANING Degreasers and Part washers EQUIPLKFUG Equipment leak fugitives LOADING Loading Operations Group TANKS Storage tanks VOCPROCESS VOC Process not otherwise classified WASTEWATER Wastewater equipment types OTHER Equipment other than in above types 12 Equipment Profile Mandatory Represents the delineation of the FIN Equipment Type and further describes the type of the FIN Examples of the FIN Profiles are Boiler for Combustion Fixed Roof Tanks for Tanks 13 Percent Max Capacity Mandatory Represents the of the maximum potentia
36. e Year and the data is presented by Process Unit me SARA Reports BEI Es SARA Summary Reports Summary Report For Account SARA Emissions Reports By Contam Name For Fugitive Points By Contam Name For Flare and Stack Points C By Contam Name By Plant Process Unit Source ID Point ID and Contam Name C By Plant Process Unit Point Type and Contam Name C By Plant Process Unit Point ID and Contam Name TOTALS Control Efficiency Reports By Plant Process Unit Source ID and Contam Name C By Plant Process Unit Contam Name and Control ID Comparisons Of Current Year To Last Year Comparison For Fugitive Points C Comparison For Flare and Stack Points Figure 7 3 1 SARA Summary Reports show the summary by contaminant name of uncontrolled annual upset maintenance and total emissions 2 SARA Emissions Reports show several reports of SARA emissions for different combinations of Process Unit Source ID and Point type or ID 3 Control Efficiency Reports show controlled and uncontrolled emissions calculated control efficiency and amount abated 4 Comparisons of Current Year to Last Year show by contaminant name comparisons of either fugitive points or flare and stack points 7 1 4 Graphical Report This report graphs emissions by criteria pollutant category for the selected Account and Year plus the emissions for a different Year on the same bar chart The scope of the report may be changed by t
37. e site operated everyday for the year covered by this inventory Weeks Per Year Mandatory Represents the number of weeks entire site operated during the calendar year for which the EI is being submitted Criteria Totals Represents the total of all criteria air pollutants emitted from the site for the current inventory year Summer Operating Percent Mandatory Represents the actual percentage of operation that occurred in the combined months of June July and August It may a number between 1 and 100 inclusive Fall Operating Percent Mandatory Represents the actual percentage of operation that occurred in the combined months of September October and November It may a number between 1 and 100 inclusive Spring Operating Percent Mandatory Represents the actual percentage of operation that occurred in the combined months of March April and May It may a number between 1 and 100 inclusive Winter Operating Percent Mandatory Represents the actual percentage of operation that occurred in the combined months of December January and February It may a number between 1 and 100 inclusive Last EI Date Represents the last EI submission date to the agency e g 06 23 2003 Emissions Fee Ton Represents the emissions fee ton that the owner or operator of each account should pay to the commission for each fiscal year For example emissions fee ton for year 2003 is 28 63 COMPASS EI Manual Chapter 4 Page 20
38. ed in Contaminants Maintenance The seventh column entitled Use Control is also an on off switch It is used only by the Data Pipeline users to identify those equipment relationships for which the control efficiency of connected Control Devices should be applied during the copying process to take credit for emission abatement It is presumed to be Yes due to the predominant practice of calculating uncontrolled emission rates in the chemical specific emission rate determination by users However where it is more convenient and or more consistent with prevailing methods to use control factors in formulas that estimate emissions the switch should be No Where indicated control efficiencies for say VOC from a Flare would be supplied to the agency in the electronic report even though the Data Pipeline procedures did not use the reported control efficiencies for the flare to compute actual emissions The eighth column contains the Control Device Status This is used in both the Data Pipeline feature to copy emission rates from the COMPASS Calcs module into the EI emissions database as well as in the block flow diagrams A single device or no device is represented by the selection Sole from the drop down status list This information is only required for users that will use the Data Pipeline feature to copy emission rates from the COMPASS Calcs module into the EI emissions database Control device status cannot be infer
39. election from the Active All radio button on the List screen Additional filters are provided to show contaminants 5 From the Contaminant Maintenance main screen two columns are provided with which users can identify whether or not a contaminant is a SARA also called Toxic Release Inventory compound and or a Hazardous Air Pollutant HAP These characteristics of contaminants are used in certain EI reports but they are not directly used in the electronic report During the import of each user s emissions from the agency data download default SARA and HAP settings are used as established in the agency s contaminant code file However these default settings will need to be reviewed and modified as necessary to reflect conditions in the user s plant For example the same contaminant may be a SARA chemical in one plant and not in another due to formulations that reference broad SARA chemical descriptions e g glycol ethers threshold limits or other reasons COMPASS EI Manual Chapter 4 Page 42 CHAPTER 5 EQUIPMENT RELATIONSHIPS 5 1 About Equipment Relationships Equipment Relationships provide information for the system to use regarding how your emission Sources Points and Control devices are related to each other These relationships are extremely important for understanding the organization of information in your emission inventory and to use COMPASS EI COMPASS enables different equipment relations to be defined for p
40. ge etc material type gas vapor light liquid heavy liquid etc and service category leaking monitored non monitored pegged total etc 3 5 Setting Up Emission Points Emission Point data consists of the following data items 1 Emission Point Number EPN Mandatory The appropriate emission point number that identifies the emission point Must be unique from other EPNs COMPASS EI Manual Chapter 4 Page 30 2 Agency ID Number The ID number currently in use by the agency which may differ from the user s ID number if the Emission Point was renamed 3 Description Mandatory The description of the emission point 4 Operating Status Mandatory Active Shut Down 5 Emission Point Type Mandatory Emission points are classified into one of three types stacks vents flares and fugitive area Identify each emission point as a stack flare or fugitive area and select the appropriate type from the dropdown 6 Geographical Coordinates Either Geographic or UTM Coordinates are Mandatory The correct geographical location for each specified emission point either in latitude longitude or universal transverse mercator UTM coordinates Latitudes and longitudes should be accurate to within a tenth of a second For UTM coordinates indicate the UTM zone number and the UTM coordinates in meters a Latitude Enter the degrees minutes and seconds north latitude The minutes and seconds should be less than
41. h is explained below 1 2 Creat Edit uncontrolled emissions if the Data Pipeline feature has been used to transfer calculated emissions to COMPASS EI from the COMPASS Calcs module then uncontrolled emission values will have been entered automatically otherwise uncontrolled emissions will be blank unless the user hand entered this information Users can if they wish enter a Control Efficiency to be used to estimate the uncontrolled emission rates in the lower right corner of the screen then click on the Run icon The uncontrolled emission rate will be calculated by dividing controlled emissions by the control efficiency for all highlighted rows in the emission list and the computed values will be inserted into the database Adjust annual emissions if the Data Pipeline feature has been used to transfer calculated emissions to COMPASS EI from the COMPASS Calcs module then the controlled emission values that appear in EI may have been computed by multiplying the uncontrolled emission rates by the control efficiency of one or more connected control devices For specific pollutants this calculation may not have produced the value that should be reported Users can if they wish enter a Control Efficiency to be used to revise the controlled emission rates in the lower right corner of the screen and then click on the Run icon The controlled emission rate will be calculated by multiplying the uncontrolled emissions by the control effic
42. hat the Data Sources section in your control panel is configured properly to run the EI database which is called ACM db If you are not using Oracle then the drivers for ODBC will also need to be loaded for proper program operations Ifyou are running on a Network check with your system administrator to make sure your workstation is configured correctly to run the program and connect to the database and make sure that you have the rights to modify a file in the drive and directory where EI is loaded namely the database file ACM db If your issue is not addressed in the documentation and if you are satisfied that your system configuration is fine feel free to call PDC Corp Please have information available about your system including Windows version and type of network 1 6 Getting Started with EI The installation routine will automatically create ODBC connections path adjustments and a COMPASS folder with an icon for EI From the Start menu on the Taskbar point to Programs COMPASS then click on the EI icon to directly access the EI Command and Control screen COMPASS EI Manual Chapter 1 Page 2 1 7 Importing Emission Inventory Data and Logging Into EI Users will be asked to enter their User ID and Password after starting up the EI program See Figure 1 1 xi A Component of PDC s Compass Suite B COMPASS EI Module Version 6 4 Proprietary and Confidential Information of PDC Corp a Protected by the
43. he appropriate Source ID and then double click in the Activities and Materials window even if it is empty This action will bring up a list of the existing Materials and Activities To edit existing data or to add new materials and activities in this list various buttons such as Add Delete Return Save etc are provided at the lower portion of that screen To perform an operation on any row select the required row using the green arrow from the left side 2 6 Emissions The Emissions window located in the lower central part of the C amp C screen serves several purposes as explained in this section 1 The first function is totaling and displaying emissions by criteria pollutant category for the highlighted Account and or Source and or Emission Point For example when the user first brings up the C amp C screen clicking on a Year and Account as discussed above the emission totals by criteria pollutant category for the entire Account will be calculated and displayed in the Emissions window This function can be run at any time by clicking on the radio button located near the top of the Emissions window labeled Total By Category If instead the user clicks on a specific Source ID on the Source list then clicks on the same radio button total emissions will be calculated and displayed by criteria pollutant category for the Source ID only Emissions by category for Emission Points works the same way COMPASS EI Manual Chapter
44. he total VOC allowable rate 15 Permit Number The New Source Review permit number or other reference to a regulatory agency permit Changes to this data element will not be accomplished at the agency by use of an electronic report users will need to discuss proposed changes to permit numbers directly with the agency staff However changes made to permit numbers will be reflected in the user s database and in all reports produced by the system COMPASS EI Manual Chapter 4 Page 36 16 Created On Piped On and Modified On 3 11 1 COMPASS EI Manual Chapter 4 These data elements represent the emission add or change date information The Detail Screen displays up to three different dates for each emission record The Created On date shows the date on which COMPASS EI first stored the emission of the displayed contaminant in the selected Year for the displayed Source and Point The Piped On date shows the date on which COMPASS EI last updated the emission value from the Data Pipeline The Modified On date shows the date on which COMPASS EI last updated the emission value from a manual entry of information by the user All of these dates are maintained by COMPASS EI automatically Control Device Information Abatement Identification Control ID Number CIN Mandatory A code name used to identify control equipment Must be unique from other CINs Limit 10 characters Control Name Mandatory Represents company as
45. he user to show plant wide emissions or emissions for a specified Process Unit Source or Point COMPASS EI Manual Chapter 7 Page 57 7 1 5 Emissions with FIN and EPN Status This report shows emissions by their associated Source and Point including the equipment status of the Source and Point It may be filtered by active inactive or all for FINS and EPNS and non blank blank or all for Permits It is especially useful in determining if any emissions from shutdown equipment have been included in the emissions for a specified Year 7 1 6 Other emission reports NOx profile VOC profile VOC emissions and Emissions by Facility Type are available with their own options 7 2 Equipment Reports The Equipment Reports menu item is located at the top of the COMPASS EI main screen Most reports in this list are self explanatory However the information presented below will provide additional background on a few of the major reports 7 2 1 Compare FIN status This allows comparison of FINs between two accounts 7 2 2 Compare Equipment This allows comparison of FINs EPNs CINs and Emissions between download and active accounts COMPASS EI Manual Chapter 7 Page 58
46. her h Paint Condition Good Poor i Storage Capacity The tank s storage capacity in thousands of gallons j Tank Height The height of the vertical tank in feet k Tank Length The length of the horizontal tank in feet 1 Vapor Space Height Vapor space height for tanks in feet Distance from the surface of the tank liquid to the rooftop COMPASS EI Manual Chapter 4 Page 26 17 m Control Pressure The breather vent pressure setting psia n Primary Seal Mechanical Shoe Liquid Mount Resilient Seal o Secondary Seal Shoe Mounted Rim Mounted Weather Shield p No of Columns The number of columns in the Tank q Deck Fitting Category Typical r Deck Type Welded s Deck Construction Sheet t Deck Seam Type 5 X 7 5 FT Panel 5 FT Sheet u Deck Seam Length The deck seam length in feet Combustion Unit Equipment Mandatory Equipment Type Combustion a Equipment Profile Mandatory Boiler Heater IC Engine Turbine Flare Boiler Electric Generatn I C Engine Electric Generatn COMPASS El Manual Chapter 4 Vapor Mount Resilient Seal Other Other None Detailed Bolted Panel 5 X 12 FT Panel 7 FT Sheet Kiln Furnace Dryer Incinerator Oven Fluid Cat Cracking Unit Turbine Electric Generatn Page 27 b Firing Type Describes the burner type Tangential Opposed Front O
47. iency for all highlighted rows in the emission list and the computed values will be inserted into the database 6 3 Emission Maintenance Other Functions There are three additional functions shown under Emissions Maintenance menu They are described below 1 Import Permit Numbers and Allowable Emissions is used to copy Permit Numbers and Allowable Emissions from one of two different sources a a different account b the regulatory agency s download data A company might wish to copy Permit Numbers and Allowable Emissions from either of these two sources to improve or correct the Permit Numbers and or Allowable Emissions in their Active account For example if the Data Pipeline was used to transfer calculated emissions from the COMPASS Calcs module to EI without first copying the prior year s emissions in EI to the new year emission values would be created in the new year without related permit information This feature allows the user to apply permit information to the new year from the agency s download data Alternatively a company might wish to correct permit information in a different Account e g a prior year s Download Account in order to print reports showing the revisions and have them approved by the agency When the changes are ready to be transferred to the user s active Account this feature allows the data transfer to be made from the Account where the changes were made to
48. ionships that appear in this window If the user clicks on any of the equipment relationships in the list the Emissions Report will show emissions only from the selected sources and points If no equipment relationships are highlighted by the user the emissions for all sources and points will be displayed in the report Equipment relationships can be sorted alphabetically by Source or by Point by clicking on the column headings as noted on the screen message above the window In the lower portion of the screen additional filters can be selected by the user including both criteria pollutant Categories e g TSP VOC etc and specific Contaminants A combination of categories and contaminants can be included in the filter criteria for the same report There are checkboxes located in the middle of the screen to further refine the report output When checked by the user the Report Permitted Emissions Only checkbox function will suppress all emissions that do not reference a permit allowable emission rate When checked by the user the Report Emissions gt 0 Only checkbox function will suppress all emissions for which the emission rate is 0 tons year COMPASS EI Manual Chapter 7 Page 55 Users can select the next action from command buttons located at the top of the screen The Retrieve Filtered Report button prepares the report based on the filter criteria specified by the user The Retrieve Unfiltered Report button prepares the rep
49. itoring PEMS S Scientific Calculations O Other Contaminant Name Mandatory The specific contaminant name from the list Contaminant Code Mandatory The specific contaminant code from an agency approved code list Annual Emissions TONS YEAR The actual i e controlled emissions for a Source ID and Point ID during the inventory year excluding non routine emissions such as releases from maintenance activities and upsets all as defined by the regulatory agency Ozone Season Emissions LBS DAY Mandatory in certain areas The average daily emission rate in pounds day from June 1 August 31 during the inventory year Maximum Short Term Emissions LBS HR The maximum controlled emissions for this Source ID and point during the inventory year expressed in pounds hour COMPASS EI Manual Chapter 4 Page 35 9 Annual Upset Maint Emissions TONS YEAR The total annual upset and maintenance emissions during the inventory year If upset emissions are difficult to quantify and speciate in terms of specific contaminants use generic contaminant codes such as VOC 50001 SO2 70510 NOx 70400 TSP 10000 CO 90300 Mandatory if upset or maintenance emissions occurred 10 Annual Uncontrolled Emissions TONS YEAR The total annual emissions during the inventory year prior to abatement by connected control devices Users who transfer the calculated emissions from the COMPASS Calcs module with Data
50. ize of the FIN Adding and changing sources entails the selection of SSC COMPASS EI provides an easy to use SCC look up feature Users access this feature by clicking on the SCC drop down arrow 6 Operating Hours Day Represents the actual hours per day the FIN operated This field must be numeric and no longer than 2 digits Valid values are between 1 and 24 inclusive 7 Operating Days Week Mandatory Represents the actual days per week the FIN operated This field must be numeric and no longer than 1 digit Valid values for this field is between 1 and 7 inclusive 8 Operating Weeks Year Mandatory Represents the actual weeks per year the FIN operated This field must be numeric and no longer than 2 digits Valid values for this field are between 1 and 52 inclusive 9 Seasonal Operating Percent Mandatory The annual operating percentage for each seasonal quarter These quarters are based on seasons of the year and are not calendar quarters Summation totals equal 100 or be equal to zero 10 Operating Status Mandatory Mark here if the source is Active Permanently Shut Down Demolished Ownership Transferred Idle or Permitted But Never Built Definitions of terms are provided below Active Check if the source operated during the year of the emissions inventory Permanently Shut Down Check if the source will no longer operate and has not operated during this emission inventory period Demolished Removed from Sit
51. l Engineer ENVMGR Environmental Manager ENVSPEC Environmental Specialist GENMGR General Manager MGR Manager OPMGR Operations Manager PLANTENGR Plant Engineer PLANTMGR Plant Manager COMPASS EI Manual Chapter 4 Page 21 PLTSUPER Plant Superintendent PLTCONTACT Plant Contact PRODMGR Production Manager REGSPEC Regulatory Specialist SAFENVDIR Safety and Environmental Manager SITE_CORD Site Coordinator TECHMGR Technical Manager UNITENGR Specific Unit Engineer VP_MFGING Vice President Manufacturing VPOPER Vice President Operations 4 First Name Mandatory Represents the first name of the contact Limit 35 characters 5 Middle Name Represents the either the middle name or the initial of the contact Limit 35 characters 6 Last Name Mandatory Represents the last name the contact Limit 35 characters 7 Suffix Represents the standard suffix for the contact Limit 8 characters Examples PhD PE MD etc 8 Email Represents the electronic mail address for the contact Limit 50 characters 9 Phone Number Mandatory Represents the phone number or cell number of the contact consisting of a 3 digit area code and 7 digit telephone number with no punctuation e g 5122390000 10 Phone Extension Mandatory if the extension is needed to reach the contact Represents the phone extension number if the call must go through this extension to reach the contact 11 Co
52. l operating capacity experienced by FIN inventory year This field is whole number e g 78 14 Permit Type Represents whether the FIN is operated under provisions in a permit standard exemption or whether the FIN was submitted as a part of the grand fathered source registration or other authorization 15 Comments Describe the facility s function Or user can provide any clarifying information related to facility activities or parameters 16 Storage Tank Information Mandatory Equipment Type Tanks a Equipment Profile Fixed Roof Tank External Floating Roof Double Deck Single Seal External Floating Double Deck Double Seal External Floating Pontoon Single Seal External Floating Pontoon Double Seal External Floating Roof with Geodesic Dome and Double Deck External Floating Roof Tanks with Geodesic Dome and Pontoon Deck Internal Floating Roof Underground Tank Pressure Tank COMPASS EI Manual Chapter 4 Page 25 Horizontal Fixed Roof Tank Other Tank b Diameter The tank diameter in feet c Location The location of the storage tank Above ground Underground d Fill Method Submerged Bottom Splash e Shell Color White Light Gray Aluminum Specular Medium Aluminum Diffused Other f Roof Color White Light Gray Aluminum Specular Medium g Shell Construction R Riveted E Epoxy Coated Rivets W Welded O Other G Gunite Aluminum Diffused Ot
53. ment identification number selected by the user After the user has double clicked on an item in the appropriate window for Sources or Points or Control Devices or clicked on the appropriate menu item located in the upper portion of the C amp C screen a List screen appears The List screen includes buttons at the bottom of the screen that provide additional functions such as Add Delete Edit Return to the C amp C screen etc New items could be added by clicking on Add button Clicking on the Edit button brings up a Detail or data entry screen for the highlighted item Depending on the Source Type a More button may appear at the bottom of the data entry screen to facilitate entering additional information You must Save information in order to commit the changes to the database On the Source ID Detail screen users can change the Source Classification Code SCC by using the selection procedure that is activated by clicking on the SCC Code data entry field Double clicking on any listed SCC will replace the SCC in the Detail screen and it will update the process rate units based on the new SCC selection The More screen for the source provides additional data elements that are specific to Combustion Equipment Cooling Tower Fugitive Tank or Wastewater sources Those will show up depending upon user selection for the Equipment Profile Adding and editing Emission Points works exactly the same as Sources except for SCC selection which is not re
54. mmand buttons are not visible in the EI screens COMPASS EI Manual Chapter 1 Page 1 1 3 Installation Instructions Directions for the installation are furnished in a separate document entitled Installation Instructions which is provided with this operations manual EI should always be loaded onto a local or network hard disk under the directory structure lt drive gt PDC ACM EI The installation program creates this structure below the target installation folder chosen by the user 1 4 Using Help Help is provided on line with EI and is as extensive as the printed documentation The online help allows you to search by topic or keyword for the area in which you need help and it categorizes and defines words and phrases giving you a clear picture as to what you are doing When you click on the Help menu item a dialog box will appear with selections for using the help features of the system Users can search for a specific topic of interest by using the Index or by reviewing subject areas Users may also review the version number of EI 1 5 Technical Support of EI Technical Support of the System is provided by PDC Corp Please be aware that support technicians will be handling many users so you can help them by doing the following Careful reading of printed and on line documentation of the System Please carefully read this documentation to be sure that your question or problem has not been addressed Make sure t
55. mount of hours the specified control device s CIN normally operates in dedicated service COMPASS El Manual Chapter 4 Page 38 22 Pct Time Off Line Mandatory Represents the percentage of total annual operation time during which the abatement device did not operate or operated improperly Pct time off line Hours off line Normal annual operating hours 100 Example FLARE 1 which normally operates 8760 hours per year was off for 288 hours and malfunctioned for 83 hours The percent time off line for FLARE is Pct time off line 288 83 8760 100 4 23 23 Comments Enter descriptive language up to 1000 characters 3 12 Revise Source Point and Control Device ID Numbers Most users will begin using the program after importing their data from the agency s data download disk in which case the Source IDs EPNs and CINs are the official agency identifiers for existing equipment All of these equipment identification numbers can be changed by the user by typing in a new Source ID EPN or CIN on the Detail screen for these equipment types If a change is made say to a Source ID then when the user prepares the electronic report all of the information associated with the new Source ID will be re associated with the old Source ID This way the agency s information management system will recognize and utilize the correct equipment in its database When the agency s emission inventory databa
56. nto pounds day of a contaminant for those sources that operate 25 in all seasons of the year A rate of 2 00 will result in an emission rate two times higher than would be calculated based on a simple conversion Ordinarily adjustment factors greater than 1 00 will only be entered for volatile chemicals that evaporate more rapidly in warm temperatures COMPASS EI Manual Chapter 4 Page 40 Fi Contaminant Maintenance la x File 5 gt amp F l List Add Dup Contam Remove idden Contan Print Update Exit List Active All Category ja jm Et Foos ir ontaminant Code Reportable 0 ategory CO2 Equivalent 1 frooso HYDROGEN Iv Display f1333 74 0 Non Regulatect Others x Iv Active Iv SARA ee ool I Greenhouse Gas 2 froi7s HYDROGEN BROMIDE HBR Iv Display fio035 10 6 Non Regulated Others v Iv Active I SARA 1 00 I Greenhouse Gas 3 Fozoo HYDROGEN CHLORIDE Iv Display p7647 01 0 Non Regulatect Others x Iv Active fi SARA 1 00 I Greenhouse Gas 4 fa240 HYDROGEN CYANIDE GAS Iv Display fo0074 90 8 Volatile Organic Compounds YOCs v Iv Active I SARA 1 00 I Greenhouse Gas 5 fro250 HYDROGEN FLUORIDE M Display 7664 39 3 Non Reguiated Others v v Active fi SARA 1 00 I Greenhouse Gas otal Rows 10 xl A Stan O 0 Ey m ol b o Tas mick 2 mic Emp w CO m2 S SE acm OJ 10 01 AM Figure 4 1 The temperature adjustment factor will be applied only for emissions from th
57. nts the CIN s efficiency for controlling volatile organic compounds NOx Nitrogen Oxides Represents the CIN s efficiency for controlling oxides of nitrogen CO Carbon Monoxide Represents the CIN s efficiency for controlling carbon monoxide INORGANIC Inorganic Compounds Represents the CIN s efficiency for controlling inorganic compounds C4 Organic compounds having 4 or more carbon atoms Represents the CIN s efficiency for controlling heavier organics NH3 Ammonia Represents the CIN s efficiency for controlling ammonia SO2 Sulfur Dioxide Represents the CIN s efficiency for controlling sulfur dioxide TSP Totaled Suspended Particulate Represents the CIN s efficiency for controlling total suspended particulates PM10 Particulate Mater Represents the CIN s efficiency for controlling particulate matter less than 10 microns in aerodynamic diameter C1 C3 Organic compounds having 1 to 3 carbon atoms Represents the CIN s efficiency for controlling lighter organics H2S Hydrogen sulfide Represents the CIN s efficiency for controlling hydrogen sulfide Operating Parameters 20 Inspection Schedule Mandatory Represents the inspection and maintenance schedule associated with the specified control device Use the following codes A Annually M Monthly B Biannually Q Quarterly C Continuous W Weekly D Daily 21 Annual Operating Hours The total a
58. of the rows displayed in the Emissions window This action will bring up an all the existing emissions editable List To add or edit emissions for a specific Source that is related to a single point is as follows e The recommended procedure is to first highlight the desired Source Then highlight the Point if it appears in the Points window for which emissions will be added or edited e Click on the Total By Chemical radio button to view existing emissions for the selected Source and Point Then double click on the row that displays the contaminant you wish to edit which will bring up a List screen with the selected emission row selected by an arrow e Edits may be made on the List screen or on the Detail screen Emissions may be added for the selected Point by clicking on the ADD command button at the bottom of the List screen 4 To add emissions for a Point not currently associated with a Source follow the procedure without selecting a Point first If no Emission Point had been highlighted before displaying emissions in the Emissions window then double clicking on any of the emissions that are displayed will first bring up a Message box with a question Do you wish to add emissions If the user answers Yes then EI will bring up a Detail screen for adding a new contaminant code and emission rate and this screen will provide a selection for Emission Points If the user answers No then EI will bring up a List screen wi
59. oint The detailed emission fee backup report for emission fees is especially useful to justify and explain fees and the summary report is acceptable in Texas in lieu of the agency s emission summary report This program will only run properly if sufficient file COMPASS EI Manual Chapter 6 Page 50 handles were created in CONFIG SYS ie at least 60 and the drive directory information has been entered correctly by the user for the EI database location E g for a standard local hard disk installation the location would be C PDC ACM EI lt Account gt 3 STARS Printed Forms_is used to print the account and emission summary pages to mail with the diskette to the TCEQ 6 6 Agency Export There are two functions shown under the Agency Export menu They are described below 1 Process Account for Export is used to export the data for a specified Account and Year to an electronic report based on agency approved formats This procedure could be interrupted for any of the following reasons TSP and PM10 are out of balance meaning that the total amount of PM10 is greater than the total amount of TSP or the specific contaminant used to report PM10 has not been included in the emissions report for at least the same amount of TSP These errors can be corrected on a one time basis by making the proper selection when the error message appears Alternatively the user can return to EI and correct the problem direc
60. ons per day MMGD that tower is designed to accommodate b Draft Design Type Mechanical Natural c Number of Cells The number of cells is a numeric value d Sampled for VOC Yes No e Sampling Schedule Daily Weekly Monthly Other f Sampling Used to Calc Is the sampling data used as basis for emissions calculations Yes No g HRVOC Indicate whether any contaminants designated as Highly Reactive VOCs HRVOC are in process fluid streams contacted by the cooling tower water Yes No COMPASS El Manual Chapter 4 Page 29 20 Equipment Leak Fugitives Information Mandatory Equipment Type Equipment Leak Fugitives a VOC In Gas Vapor What percent of the gas vapor stream is VOC b VOC In Lt Liquid What percent of the light liquid stream is VOC c Calculation Method Which emissions factors were used to estimate the quantity of emissions Correlation Equations Oil and Gas Factors Petroleum Marketing Terminal Factors Refinery Factors Average SOCMI Factors SOCMI Leak No leak SOCMI Without Ethylene SOCMI With Ethylene Other d LDAR Program In Use Is leak detection and repair program in use Yes No e LDAR Program Specified 28LAER 28M 28MID 28RCT 28 VHP f Leak Definition Leak definition concentration in PPM g Component Count Represents numeric values of the leak definitions by component and component counts by component type valve flan
61. onship record is being added by the user and the control device that should be entered is not available on the drop down list the user should cancel the procedure and make sure that a CIN has been entered for the desired relationship The Equipment Relationships screen Figure 2 9 allows relationships for a specific Source Point or Device to be produced by selecting the entire JD Number or a portion thereof and clicking on the List icon to retrieve only the items corresponding to your selection COMPASS EI Manual Chapter 2 Page 15 Nj Equipment Relationships File Window Help 24 2 8 24 2 amp Block Flow Set Defaults List Insert Delete Print Save Close List ano Criteria Info gt gt Flow Feeding Percent Use Chem Specific Condition ci Flow Control Efficiencies Use Control Primary Alternative g7o01 xf fieic2 xy Yes EE CEMEC ves irane M CEEE Yes Alternative 7 a002 ey fieic2 fel fe2ct fo IV Yes JV Yes otal Rows 2583 x Figure 2 9 2 5 Activities and Materials A list of Activities and Materials that pertains to the highlighted Source ID appears in the lower left portion of the C amp C screen If the Account has been selected program will show all the Materials and Activities related to the Account Available Materials and Activities information won t be displayed for specific Source unless Source ID is highlighted To add or edit materials highlight t
62. or calculating emissions from them it is important to ensure that all of the parameters about Control devices in EI are correct and up to date Custom functions are explained below Control devices are edited on a detail screen like other types of equipment Each control device record referred to as a CIN or Control Identification Number is a device plus its relationship to a Source Point and optionally another device There are two ways to edit CIN information depending on the type of data to be added or changed To edit control efficiencies for contaminant categories such as VOC or TS double click on any CIN in the Control Devices window on the EI main screen Then using the vertical scroll bar or up down arrows move to the row that appears on the screen that corresponds to the CIN Source and Point that are involved in the emissions that are controlled Control efficiencies may be changed or added in this screen To edit control efficiencies for contaminant categories and or other detailed information about a control device such as its up time or inspection schedule single click on the Source in the Sources window on the EI main screen then double click on the CIN in the Control Devices window for which data will be changed or added Users will then be able to modify information on a Detail screen as shown in Figure 2 7 COMPASS EI Manual Chapter 2 Page 13 Il COMPASS Emissions Module File Emission Reports Equipment
63. ort with no criteria specified i e all data for the selected Account and Year are reported Set Date Range enables the user to filter the report by Date Entered Date Modified or Date Piped range Reset Filters enables users to revise the filter criteria by bringing up the filter screen again Cancel returns the user to the report selection screen Emissions are displayed in the report by Source and Point then by Contaminant code Emissions are grouped by criteria pollutant category From the display screen users can print the report or replicate the data in any one of several file formats including Excel Dbase flat file etc Next and Prior buttons make it easier to scroll down the report by page rather than by screen virtual page 2 Category and Contaminant Summary Reports Emissions Roll up Several reports are available to the user to roll up emissions by criteria pollutant category Source Point Plant ID or a combination The Plant ID roll up reports will only show those Source emissions for which the Source has previously been correctly identified as belonging to the selected Plant ID 3 Permitted Emissions Compliance Select the desired year account number and permit number a Permitted Emissions Report This report shows the actual and allowable emissions rates for all contaminants summed up by Emission Point along with criteria pollutant category totals of these rates The right hand col
64. ose Source Point relationships that are indicated by the user for this function using features provided in the Equipment Relationships menu It is necessary to set up the system to apply temperature adjustment factors based on the factor for a specific chemical and the equipment relationship because the factor should not be applied for those emissions that are captured in a vent control system or are otherwise unaffected by the ambient temperature 3 Also from the Contaminant Maintenance main screen users may revise the contaminant category for a selected chemical for example from TSP to PM10 Such changes would not be done often but they may be needed at some future time A dropdown list of pollutant categories is provided The most frequent category revision would be from an unregulated category i e not a criteria pollutant such as VOC to a regulated other category Categories are used to apply control efficiencies to emissions during the Data Pipeline procedure as well as to calculate emission fees Note that control efficiencies are stored by category in the EI system 4 By clicking on the Active radio button contaminants can be revealed or eliminated from the display altogether when new emissions are added to Source IDs and Points An Active Inactive column is provided to indicate whether or not the contaminant should be COMPASS EI Manual Chapter 4 Page 41 hidden Users can filter the contaminants list by making the s
65. quired for Points The More screen for points provides data elements that are specific to flares stacks and fugitive areas Emission Points often referred to as EPN or Emission Point Number are the points at which emissions are released EPNs along with FINs and Contamination Codes make up the equipment relationship structure whereby the emission rate values are linked in the agency s emission inventory database 2 4 Control Devices The Control Devices window is located in the lower right portion of the C amp C screen When the Account is first highlighted this window displays all control devices in the plant To edit control device information it is necessary to click on a Source ID to which the Control Device is COMPASS EI Manual Chapter 2 Page 12 associated Then click on an item in the Control Devices window to bring up the List screen of Control Devices with function buttons displayed at the bottom of the screen showing those devices that are associated with the selected Source ID Double clicking in the gray area of a window brings up a data entry screen to add items Clicking on the Edit button will provide a Detail or data entry screen for the highlighted row of the Control Device list Clicking on the Add button will provide a data entry screen to add a new Control Device for the selected Source and Point 2 4 1 NY Control Devices Because the CALCS module stores information about Sources and the methods f
66. red from the agency data download so it is blank when users first review the Equipment Relationships detail screen Clicking on the Defaults icon will automatically insert the status Sole for each relationship The user will need to correct the default settings to better represent a device that is first in series versus a device that is last in series for example The terms first in parallel and last in parallel refer to the order of presentation in the block flow diagram rather than the physical configuration COMPASS EI Manual Chapter 5 Page 45 5 1 1 NY Equipment Relationships l A customized Block Flow diagram that PDC developed for New York can also be produced from the system The Report icon to select this custom diagram appears on the Build Relationships screen in the TaskTrakker module The custom diagram shows all of the information contained in the standard diagram plus additional processes See Figure 5 3 Processes are subdivisions of Units in which Sources and Points are grouped in specific ways f Permit Compliance Module GE Silicones GE_SIL Update Window Help Co 0 w B Pr 5o C p uU BR A T Company Facility TYOP NY Forms Point Sources Cotl Dev Units BuidRel AzzignReq Template Exit BE s 8 Save As Close Print m eS Build Relationships Select Emission Unit Equipment Flow Relationships by Process Process Emission Source Control Device Emission Point e w M g 1B
67. s Agency Export Help 4 Year gt Account Hame Account Type By Active Download E Submittal 2005 ELE PDC Corp Refresh Equipment Status Filter ___ IV Exclude Shutdown J Include Shutdown Quick Find Point ID Description ADH ent 1 f Aecom BOILER STACK BTAC C Source osr Beal Pit 1 Fhe IME SLAKER NO 2 TACK FBV FOAM BREAKER eee ODOR CONTROL SYSTEM FUGITI aFMTK FOAM TANK fi CRUBBER 1 TACK JSLDST LOW DENSITY CHEST k Source Data ATCH SCRUBBER TACK pos JQUATERNARY SCREEN k FOAL HANDLING Fuc ASOT SCREEN DILUTION TANK fi JaDHV1 OOD VENT Brack JawsstT JWASHED STOCK CHEST k m 2 9 Activities and Materials Source ID Material Baos Bo koos G01 SCRUBBER PSs Figure 2 1 The C amp C screen provides fast retrievals of lists and data entry screens Adding or changing a database element is never more than three mouse clicks away starting from the C amp C screen There are two additional levels of EI screen navigation beyond the C amp C screen 1 List screen and 2 Detail or data entry screen When users double click on an item in the appropriate window on the C amp C screen a technique commonly referred to as drill down a List screen appears The List screen includes command buttons at the bottom of the screen that provide additional functions such as Add Delete Edit Return to
68. se is updated with the user s rename then the Agency ID in COMPASS EI will be changed to match the new equipment number COMPASS EI Manual Chapter 4 Page 39 CHAPTER 4 CONTAMINANT MAINTENANCE 4 1 About Contaminant Maintenance Contaminant Maintenance is accessed by a menu selection under the File menu item at the top left corner of the C amp C screen This feature allows users to edit the Contaminant information not emissions to make using the program more convenient All headings on the display screen may be used as sort keys simply by clicking on the heading to sort the list To reduce the number of items shown in the list users can enter all or part of the Contaminant Code Contaminant Name or CAS Number next to the filter line located near the top of the screen The appropriate filter key should also be selected to identify whether the information entered by the user relates to a Contaminant Code Contaminant Name or CAS Number If for example you wish to see all contaminants with a name beginning with ETHYL then the appropriate filter key selection would be Contaminant Name like Then type ETHYL in the blank to the right The list may also be filtered by Criteria Pollutant Category by making a selection from the Category filter dropdown list There are five different editing functions that users may perform in Contaminants Maintenance as explained in the following paragraphs 1 If emissions will be copied into the
69. signed name for the control or abatement device An example of the name is Benzene Unit Flare The name is the text field with limit of 100 characters TCEQ ID Number The ID number currently in use by TCEQ which may differ from the company s control ID Number if the Control Device was renamed Facility ID Number FIN Mandatory The Source ID associated with the control device which must exist in the database prior to adding a control device that will reference the Source ID Limit 10 characters Emission Point Number EPN Mandatory The Emissions point number associated with the Source ID and control device The EPN must already exist in the emission point parameter information Limit 10 characters Device Count Mandatory Represents the number units comprising the CIN For example CINs such as flares incinerators etc will have one unit Other CINs such as adsorbers may have several units In such a case the number of units would represent the number of adsorber beds This is a numeric field with limit 2 digits Abatement Description Mandatory The appropriate abatement device that most closely matches the control equipment description Abatement Code mandatory The appropriate abatement device code that most closely matches the control equipment description Page 37 Percent Control Efficiency 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 VOC Volatile Organic Compounds Represe
70. sist users in selecting the correct control device The equipment relationships information is not reported to the agency Unless updates are needed for other reasons such as Data Pipeline usage or Ozone Season emission rate calculations as explained below users do not need to update this information for their agency report The fourth column contains the Feeding CIN for each relationship which denotes the Control Device ID located immediately downstream from another Control Device This information is only required for users that will use the Data Pipeline feature to copy emission rates from the COMPASS Calcs module into the EI emissions database If there is no downstream Control Device this item may be left blank The fifth column contains the Percent Flow of Emissions from each FIN to each EPN CIN combination This information is only required for users that will use the Data Pipeline feature to copy emission rates from the COMPASS Calcs module into the EI emissions database Percent flow from sources to points cannot be inferred from the agency data download so it is blank when users first review the Equipment Relationships detail screen Clicking on the Set Defaults icon will automatically insert the number 100 for each relationship but the user will need to correct the default settings to better represent a single Facility ID related to multiple points for example The percent flow for all equipment relationships that are connected
71. ssion Inventory report and in WINCEIS differ in meaning from similar terms used in certain Title V Permits COMPASS EI Manual Chapter 6 Page 52 RR WINCEIS File Emission Reports Equipment Reports Emissions Maint Materials Maint Utilities Agency Export Help Print Emission Enventory New York Emissions Inventory Reports Selection Criteria Facility Report Type Facity m Combustion Industrial Process New York DepaZtig onservation 1998 Emission Statement Page 1 of 7 Section 1 0 Facility Emissions Summary Total Facility Emissions By Contaminant Chem Actual Emissions Famil CAS No Contaminant Name Lbs yr 0000 15 Total suspended particulate TSP 0 00 000064 17 5 Ethanol 0 00 000067 630 isopropyl alcohol 0 00 O00067 64 1 Acetone 0 00 000071 43 2 Benzene 0 00 000074 84 0 ETHANE 0 00 O00074 87 3 Methyl Chloride 0 00 Figure 6 4 The New York Emission Inventory report form includes a narrative description of the Process Users may store the process description text either in a separate document file that will be printed separately or in the WINCEIS database If the user plans to store process description text for a Process in the WINCEIS database it should be entered as a Comment for one of the Sources that are included in that Process By convention the form printing program searches for a Comment in the Source that would appear first in a sorted list of all Sources that belong to the Process Thus users should
72. ssseerestesssssseserereesesssese 16 2 O EMISSIONS irer cats e E A E A E 16 3 EMISSION INVENTORY sisessscosstascascivistecssstoascasvantestanscaasieastpacancasteaiece 18 3 1 EI Questionnaire ss nseeesssesesseeeeeeeesssssessereeesessssssessrerreseesssssererese 18 3 2 Setting Up the Account sssesseeseesessssssesereressssssessrerressssssssessrese 18 3 3 Setting Up Contact Information seeseeseeeeeeesesssssseereeeessesssssseeee 21 3 4 Setting Up Source ie ress nares encensatvearedtnatenssaudeadaambeasmeceraseadoces 23 3 5 Setting Up Emission Points sc caiascncecicicrsirneinenncin 30 3 60 Stack WALA eeii eani E EEE AEEA ERA 32 Ded VAS Data seieren an R nates eniden dea weetess ab eno saidsaddamamateateneseleinede 32 3 8 F sitiye Area Data erresis 33 3 9 Activities and Materials sisi cccaieseasneedecersdeensdeansiomedemeeauaeneadent 33 3 JO EMSIRS csp occu die vacancies secceaaawahec nesess ate lt teavaaach coe gacsitean teuabaracacsaiwias 35 COMPASS EI 3 11 Control Device Information ieee ceeccceecccecccsceesceesscenacs 37 3 12 Revise Source Point and Control Device ID Numbers 39 4 CONTAMINANT MAINTENANCE cccssscssocsssssssccccssssssscsecssees 40 4 1 About Contaminant Maintenance 0 cceeessssseeccceeeeseseseseeneens 40 5 EQUIPMENT RELATIONSHIPS ccscssscesssssrccsssessscccsssssesscesseess 43 5 1 About Equipment Relationships ss ciscsnscccssesaonscassenaszenaosuade
73. t and Inventory Year were highlighted by the user prior to clicking on a radio button the Emissions window would show emission rates summed up for the entire plant If an Emission Source or Emission Point was highlighted with a single click prior to clicking on a radio button the Emissions window would show emission rates summed up for that source or point If both a source and point were highlighted with a single click prior to clicking on a radio button the Emissions window would display emission rates for that source point equipment relationship 2 When the user single clicks on an Emission Source Source ID the C amp C screen displays several items of information about that source They include the Source Type Agency ID Operating Status Process Rate Units Process Rate and Percent Maximum Capacity COMPASS EI Manual Chapter 2 Page 10 all explained in later chapters in the central portion of the screen Account Type and Equipment Status Filter are in the upper right corner of the screen The top central portion of the screen has Quick Find This data coupled with the appropriate emission rate sum up or display in the emissions window provides an extensive amount of quality assurance data for users without the need to access other screens in the program 3 When the user single clicks on an Emission Source Source ID the C amp C screen displays all related Emission Points Materials Activities and Control Devices See Figure 2
74. t date within the inventory year when the FIN ceased processing the material FINs can process multiple materials during the same time period For example a combustion unit can burn two fuels or storage tank can store multiple materials Each specific material will have an associated FROM and TO date 8 Factor Quantity Emission factor numeric value 9 Numerator Units Emission factor numerator unit as in lbs for Ilbs MMBtu 10 Denominator Units Emission factor denominator unit as in MMBtu for lbs MMBtu 11 DAR rating Emission factor confidence rating such as A B C D or E from AP 42 COMPASS EI Manual Chapter 4 Page 34 3 10 Emissions Emissions are the types and quantities of air contaminants released from EPNs Emissions are linked to FINs and EPNs and are identified by contaminant codes Other emissions data items are listed below Source ID FIN Mandatory The Source ID that generated the emissions such as a combustion source storage tank wastewater source etc Point ID EPN Mandatory The Emissions Point associated with the Source ID where the emissions were released into the atmosphere Determination Method Mandatory The appropriate emission determination methods A AP 42 B Material Balance Please Specify in Comments D Continuous Emissions Monitoring CEMS E Estimated Best Guess M Measured Please Specify in Comments V Vendor Data F Predictive Emission Mon
75. th the contaminants for the selected Source ID shown Function buttons are displayed at the bottom of the List screen Clicking on the Edit button will provide a data entry screen for a highlighted row in the list Clicking on the Add button will provide a data entry screen to add new emissions for the selected Source and Point COMPASS EI Manual Chapter 2 Page 17 CHAPTER 3 EMISSION INVENTORY 3 1 EI Questionnaire There are twenty two major sections in the EI Questionnaire ranging from general information about the plant to specific information about emission points and production materials These twenty two sections are like a 22 drawer filing cabinet Inside each drawer are file folders that are labeled with a proper key identification number For example Sources are labeled by Source ID numbers also called FIN in Texas only while emission points are labeled by Emission Point numbers EPN Each file folder is called a record in data processing terminology it is the same as a row in a spreadsheet In a record there are specific items of information For example each record in the Emission Points data table contains more than twenty five items of information These items or fields contain such information as the height and diameter of the emission point to the emission point name In a relational database such as EI every record within a file contains the same number and types of fields In a file drawer it is necessary
76. ther Internal c Design Capacity The design capacity in MMBTU HR d Assist Type Air Steam Unassisted e Type of Service Routine During routine operations Only Upset or Maint Only for upset and maintenance conditions Both f HRVOC Service Does the flare burn Highly Reactive VOC s Yes No g Engine Turbine Rating HP h Cycles Enter whether a 2 or 4 cycle engine i Burn Type Lean Rich j Generator Capacity Enter capacity in Megawatts 18 Wastewater Treatment Information Mandatory Equipment Type Wastewater a Depth The depth in feet for each device type b Surface Area The total surface area in square feet SQFT for each device type c Flow rate The flow rate in million gallons per day MMGD through each device type COMPASS EI Manual Chapter 4 Page 28 d Flow Model Flow model describes whether the facility receives wastewater for ultimate disposal Disposal or continuously receives wastewater feed and discharges treated water Flowthrough Flowthrough Disposal e Aeration Mechanical Diffused air None f Biodegradation Biodegradation Activated sludge None g Device Type Surface Impoundment Subsurface Impoundment Other h Pre Strip Performed Yes No 19 Cooling Tower Information Mandatory Equipment Type Cooling Tower a Design Flow Rate Indicates the maximum flow rate in million gall
77. tly A global correction feature is also available under Emissions Maintenance menu GlobalMaintenance that will change the database entries for emissions so that the out of balance problem is corrected Orphaned Emissions are found meaning that at least one emission record contains a Source or Point that is invalid To correct this problem return to EI and use the global feature to remove orphaned emissions under Emissions Maintenance menu Global Maintenance There are no data download files located in the expected drive directory For example for a standard local hard disk installation these text files should be located in the C PDC ACM EI lt Account gt directory Copying the files to the expected location will correct this problem a QA QC per Agency Specs is used to validate the data that will be submitted to the agency based on quality assurance criteria supplied by the agency Not all items that appear in the QA QC Report are erroneous however all items shown in the report could require some explanation if requested by the regulatory agency e g an active Source with no emissions The user can print a copy of the QA QC clicking the Print button Alternatively the user can click Save As for an electronic copy b Create Upload File creates an encrypted compressed file for submission to the agency based on agency approved procedures and file formats This function may not be used until the
78. umn of the Permitted Emission Report indicates emission records and criteria pollutant category totals for which the actual rate exceeds the allowable rate By changing the default setting in the Emissions Detail screen for the data element Show Exceedance Value to No users can suppress the flagging of apparent but not actual permit allowable exceedances in the report 4 Control Efficiency Reports a By Source ID Point ID and Contam Name b By Plant Process Unit and Contam Name 5 Maintenance a Problem emission records This report helps users to review problem emissions records After reviewing the records user can correct the status of the equipment and rerun the report Orphan emissions records could be deleted using Global Maintenance function on Emissions Maintenance menu 7 1 2 Comparison Reports This report enables the user to Compare Emissions for Two Years Compare Emissions for Two Accounts Compare Emission Paths and Compare Emission Paths with Contaminants A user defined percentage change filter is also provided COMPASS EI Manual Chapter 7 Page 56 7 1 3 SARA Emissions Emissions of SARA flagged chemicals See Section 4 1 Contaminant Maintenance for more information Only the SARA chemicals flagged by the user will appear in the report is accomplished by selecting any of the SARA reports that are listed below each category See Figure 7 3 Each report shows SARA chemical emissions from the plant for th
79. untry Code Mandatory for the phone numbers outside the United States This information is required if the contact information is outside the United States Business 1 Contact Information Primary address of the contact s place of business 1 Address I Mandatory The first line of the address this field should contain either the street address or if only a post office box address is available the PO BOX This field must be text no longer than 50 characters COMPASS EI Manual Chapter 4 Page 22 Address 2 The second line of the address this field could contain a PO BOX if both a street and PO BOX are available a SUITE or BUILDING number or any other distinguishing second line code Limit 50 characters City Mandatory The city that appears as a part of the address Limit 35 characters State Mandatory for address in United States The standard postal abbreviation for the state that appears as part of the address which is part of the address Limit 2 characters Zip Mandatory The postal zip code for the city in the address This field must be text no longer than 5 characters Delivery Pt This represents the contact s mail code MC xx mail stop or delivery point Limit 10 characters Country Code Mandatory for contact addresses outside United States boundaries Represents country code associated with the country in which the address is located Limit 3 characters Foreign Postal Code Mandator
80. urposes of emission inventory reporting calculating and regulatory reporting such as for Title V For example a loading rack may be shown as a part of the Loading Unit for emission inventory reporting but also referred to under Process 001 in Emission Unit 29003 for purposes of Title V Permitting and Compliance Certification Although different sets of equipment relationships invite more complexity in representing the plant its equipment and its air emissions the fact is that governmental regulations virtually require that these capabilities of the COMPASS be used to their fullest extent To enter the Equipment Relationships section of EI choose the Equipment Relationships selection from the File menu A screen appears that contains one window for selecting the ACCOUNT and a second window that shows equipment relationships along with certain columns of descriptive information about each relationship See Figure 5 2 Each of these columns is discussed below A block flow diagram may be produced by selecting the icon labeled Block Flow See Figure 5 1 Equipment Relationships File Window Help a E gt amp 2 a El List Add Remove Print Tare Block Flow Set Defaults Fare As Closs List Con08 Process Data Control Corp x ano Criteria Facility 1d Humber like Info gt WINCEIS Relationships Report 2 5 03 Facility ID COO08Q Sources Control Devices Points OFPRO tate OF VNT O45 OF ABS10
81. ve emission point area 3 Height ft The height in feet of a designated fugitive emission point 4 Degrees The number of degrees the long axis of the fugitive area is offset from a true north south line 5 Of North List degrees as east E or west W of true north 3 9 Activities and Materials The most important guideline for materials data entry is that all materials must be linked to Sources that exist in the database For example to add material related to the activity or process Coating it is first necessary to decide which Source ID is linked to Coating activity If the Sources in question have not yet been entered into COMPASS EI they must be entered and defined before entering materials information 1 Source ID Pick the Source ID associated to the activity and material from the dropdown COMPASS EI Manual Chapter 4 Page 33 2 Material Pick the material associated with the Source ID from the drop down 3 Activity Pick the activiyt associated with the Source ID from the drop down 4 Quantity Represents the specific amount of material the FIN or Source processed It is numeric value and no longer than 12 digits including 4 decimal places 5 Units The material quantity must have a valid unit of measurement in the unit field Pick the relevant unit from the dropdown 6 From Date Represents that date within the inventory year when the FIN began processing the material 7 To Date Represents tha
82. y for contact addresses outside United States boundaries The postal code associated with the address Limit 15 characters Business 2 Contact Information Secondary address of the contact s place of business This section requires similar information as business 1 contact information 3 4 Setting Up a Source ID The following are data elements that are needed for the set up of Source IDs and related data Most are reported to the agency those that are not are clearly marked 1 2 FIN ID Number Mandatory Identifier used to designate track and report a source Example Engine1 The identifier must be unique and can be changed by the user if desired In Texas Sources are also called Facilities by the regulatory agency therefore an ID Number for a Source is often called a FIN in Texas Limit 10 characters FIN Description Mandatory Represents the common name of the FIN For example Unit Boiler Cooling Tower No 1 etc TCEQ ID Number The ID number currently in use by TCEQ which may differ from the company s control ID Number if the Control Device was renamed COMPASS El Manual Chapter 4 Page 23 4 Plant Process Unit The name used to identify a unique process operation A process may include several Sources Limit 10 characters 5 SSC Code Mandatory An EPA developed Source Classification Code SCC for particular FIN This code may represent the process performed by the FIN the material processed and s

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