Frequently Asked Questions about ERIC and Emissions Inventory
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1. change it to the appropriate level Currently my client has not contacted the LDEQ to gain any type of administrator privileges Should my first step be to instruct the client to set up an administrator account Do they simply request this access from the LDEQ a Yes You should instruct your client to contact LDEQ for account access and privileges Pm wondering how to handle emissions from a flare in ERIC The flare is permitted as the one emission source for all that it collects from the process vents and combusts My thought is keeping it simple treat the flare as an emission source as it always has been for EIS and permitting Should I think more along Page 3 of 8 Updated 02 17 2011 Items in Blue represent changes from previous revision 20 28 29 30 31 the lines of the emission source being the Flare Header System which collects all the process vent streams and the Flare being the Control System From a permitting standpoint this distinction is not made a For this year you may report the flare as the source and the release point For future you may indicate the flare header as the source and the flare being the control Are the Source ID and EIQ ID the same ID a The source ID is something that the facility chooses or they can choose to use what was loaded with their 2005 inventory The EIQ ID is the Emissions Inventory Questionnaire ID used in preparing a permit application If you want to make the source I2. for the Tanks TABLE A ERIC Release Point Parameters for Tank Sources Coordinates Tank Release Diameter Length Orientation Velocity Flow Rate Temperature Construction Type Vent pipe velocity Bulk liquid diameter Example ft s x vent temperature Fixed Roof Vent a i use 4 gooseneck 0 1 its opening if heated pon of g inches if 180 tank 70 F if unknown area ft unheated Vent pipe velocity Bulk liquid diameter Example ay ft s x vent temperature use 4 gooseneck 0 1 ft s opening if heated inches if 180 tank 70 F if unknown area Ka unheated Vent pipe velocity Bulk liquid diameter Example ft s x vent temperature Horizontal Vent Aas eu use 4 gooseneck 0 1 fie opening if heated A a g inches if 180 tank 70 F if unknown area ft unheated External Area Tank Tank Center point Floating Roof diameter diameter of tank 3 The velocity will need to be adjusted if an inert gas purge stream such as nitrogen is used Vent Opening Area is Pi Radius Radius Diameter 2 Internal Tank roof Location of vent Floating Roof height Page 8 of 8
3. in my Total VOC for criteria pollutant inventory a Yes ERIC does not automatically include toxic VOCs in the Total VOC It must be done manually but toxic VOCs will be subtracted from Total VOC for invoicing purposes Are we supposed to create a separate Source ID for those emissions sources of toxics or include criteria and toxics under the same Source ID a Report both the criteria and toxics data under the same source ID I am a consultant responsible for several emissions inventories for one particular client How do I go about obtaining the information necessary to begin completing the emissions inventory in ERIC Does the client need to submit a data request for each individual facility or may I do so under their authority Once I obtain this data may I simply register with the ERIC program and begin completing the EI or are other steps involved a In order to access your client s data you need to create a portal account and then login to ERIC Once logged in you will need to click on Request access to a Facility EI submitters responsible officials or designated consultants only Select the radial I am an employee of the facility owner or a designated consultant Enter the Agency Interest ID for the facility you need access to and click Submit The facility administrator for the account will then need to login to ERIC go to the User Administration screen from their account home page and grant or deny your access and then
4. ownership change paperwork on record The information I see in my new inventory is not familiar to me Where did it come from and what is it a If you do not recognize information in your inventory when you start a new inventory change the data in ERIC to what you are willing to certify If I permanently shut down a source should I continue to show it on the process and release point tabs for the 2008 reporting year It was shut down in 2008 and has no emissions a You can show it on the process and release point tabs but it is probably better that you delete them from those tabs since they aren t used any mote b You may also provide a status of Permanently Shutdown and provide the shutdown date This will exclude the item from showing up in future inventories My facility was out of compliance for most of the year for the rolling twelve month emissions but in December 2008 we were issued a new permit for which we were waiting and in December at the end of the calendar year we were in compliance with the permit So are these emissions routine or unauthorized a Routine emissions are routine emissions whether or not they are permitted doesn t matter Unauthorized would be something that is out of the ordinary Page 5 of 8 Updated 02 17 2011 Items in Blue represent changes from previous revision 39 When a generator was used for a certain amount of time due to Gustav how do I need to report those emissions in ERIC They we
5. 5 data yet In order to use the 2005 data to build your 2006 data file you need to start a new inventory and in the Base Year field choose 2005 Page 4of8 Updated 02 17 2011 Items in Blue represent changes from previous revision 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 If a facility is subject to emission inventory reporting but is NOT subject to TAP reporting per LAC 33 II1 Chapter 51 do we need to include TAP emissions in ERIC a No you do not need to report individual TAP emissions in ERIC if the facility is not required to report to TAPs However VOCs that are also TAPS should included in Total VOCs Removed No longer applicable When is ozone season a Ozone season is defined as May 1 through September 30 For facilities that were owned by more than one company during a reporting year will the last owner still be the only one to submit the electronic filing for the entire year a In ERIC all owners are responsible for submitting a partial inventory for the portion of the year that they owned the facility You would specify your reporting period on the main screen when cteating your inventory starter file The start end dates of an inventory should correspond to the start end dates of ownership in TEMPO If not the inventory can not be submitted until the dates ate corrected in TEMPO either through the name ownership change process or contacting facupdate la gov to correct the dates according to the approved name
6. D the same as the EIQ ID you can but it isn t required What does this error mean when Error inserting process information Exception of type DEO EmissionsInventory DAO DAOException was thrown DAO Exception Type Uniquelndex Violation a This is caused by a duplicate Process ID in the spreadsheet The same applies to other categories of information where the ID value used by the Facility must be unique across the inventory How do I generate a Subject Item ID a The subject item ID is assigned through TEMPO It can be found in the permit if generated through TEMPO or on the list of valid Subject Items in the help text in ERIC The subject item ID field is required If you do not know it or do not have one assigned you may enter Not Listed What do I do with equipment that has not been in service for years I have several old source points that have been put with our source or demolished I thought the system would clean up the files and take out old equipment a To permanently remove a source from an inventory and to prevent it from showing up in future inventories the source status must be set to one of these statuses i Duplicate ii Not required to report ii Permanently shutdown iv Permitted and never to be built v Reported under another source We are trying to input 2006 data into ERIC and the data file shows the 2005 data with the color code of submitted how do I access the editing mode a You cannot edit 200
7. ERIC Why ate we required to report flow rate and velocity a Flow rate and velocity are required by LAC 33 II1 919 the Air Emissions Reporting Rule AERR and the National Emissions Inventory NEI Can Insignificant Activities and GCXVII be aggregated together a No If an emission factor changes at some point during the reporting year do I report my calculated actual emissions using my most current emission factor a As required by LAC 33 HI 919 C in the absence of CEMS data or stack test data emissions shall be calculated using methods found in the most recent edition as of December 31 of the current reporting year of the Compilation of Air Pollution Emission Factors AP 42 calculations published in engineering journals and or EPA or department approved estimation methodologies Can a source record be deleted a Yes if the source is shutdown permanently dismantled or otherwise removed However to permanently remove a source from your inventory and to prevent it from showing up in future inventories the source status must be set to one of these statuses Page 2 of 8 Updated 02 17 2011 Items in Blue represent changes from previous revision 22 23 24 25 26 i Duplicate ii Not required to report ii Permanently shutdown iv Permitted and never to be built v Reported under another source If I report emissions for a toxic air pollutant TAP that is also a VOC do I need to include those emissions
8. Updated 02 17 2011 Items in Blue represent changes from previous revision Frequently Asked Questions about ERIC and A q y Q e r ij Emissions Inventory Newly posted Q amp A located towards end of document Emissions Reporting and Inventory Center 1 Can more than one Responsible Official be designated for an individual site a Yes however the Responsible Official is not listed in ERIC The Responsible Official will have to sign and print his name on the certification statement 2 Can one individual be designated with more than one user role e g can an Administrator also have Manager privileges a Yes 3 Will the system allow for more than one Facility Administrator for a particular site a Yes 4 Removed No longer applicable 5 Will the database schema for ERIC be made available a Yes 6 Will there be a User Manual made available a Yes it is posted on the ERIC website 7 Is there a way to view the emission path all at once a Yes you can view this on the emissions record 8 Removed No longer applicable 9 How will temporary and variance sources be handled for reporting a For RY2009 LDEQ implemented emission type as a required field on the emissions path If the emissions ate from a variance each source of emissions from a variance should be treated as any other source and not grouped together under one Source ID Then on the emissions path the emission type Variance should be selected
9. re authorized by the emergency order a Report those emissions as Variance emissions 40 All the Source IDs starting with TMP that were in ERIC from TEMPO in 2007 so that we could resolve them ate back in the ERIC for 2008 a Give us the applicable status again and we will update the status in TEMPO before next year so they don t show up again Page 6 of 8 Updated 02 17 2011 Items in Blue represent changes from previous revision 41 When I try to start a new inventory I get a critical error a If you get a critical error similar to the one below email a screen shot of the error along with the AI to your staff contact Emissions Reporting amp Inventory Center HOME DIVISIONS PROGRAMS SERVICES ONLINE SERVICES NEWS ABOUT ONLINE SERVICES ERIC Logout A critical error has occurred ORA 20001 Exception occurred getting TEMPO inventory Error code 1 ORA 00001 unique constraint EI_USER RELEASE_POINT_INFO_U1 violated ORA 06512 at EI_LUSER P_ERIC_GET_TEMPO_INVENTORY line 89 ORA 06512 at line 1 Page 7 of 8 Updated 02 17 2011 Items in Blue represent changes from previous revision 42 ERIC requires the stack specifications even for atmospheric tanks Specifications such as velocity and flow rate of existing vent gas on tanks are not commonly quantified Is it okay to enter zero for such required fields a Use the guidance in TABLE A for entering this information as Release Point Parameters
10. when reporting emissions from the activities associated with the variance b Temporary sources should be treated like any other source and not grouped together under one Source ID 10 If you change the IDs input created through the migration of the RY2005 EI TEDI data how will this affect previous year s data which will have old IDs Page 1of 8 Updated 02 17 2011 Items in Blue represent changes from previous revision 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 a This is being addressed by LDEQ however there are many data points IDs being mapped over for example emission point numbers subject item IDs NEDS IDs will serve as cross references for previous years Can the Excel download be manipulated off line a Yes but do not change the format of the spreadsheet as it may cause upload problems Does the validation code QA require you to match the look up codes in ERIC a Yes To allow the user to see what has been processed in an Excel download can the rows font size font color be changed without affecting the upload a Yes Can the look up worksheet on the Excel download be deleted prior to uploading to minimize upload time a No Do you need to be on line to upload an Excel file a Yes and you have to be in the EDIT mode within the inventory file Removed No longer applicable Will a warning message appear if a permit limit is exceeded a No Permit limits are not accessible through
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