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DISCLAIMER As the Environmental Protection Agency has indicated in Emission Inventory Improvement Program (EIIP) documents, the choice of methods to be used to estimate emissions depends on how the estimates will be used and the degree of accuracy required. Methods using site-specific data are preferred over other methods. These documents are non-binding guidance and not rules. EPA, the States, and others retain the discretion to employ or to require other approaches that meet the requirements of the applicable statutory or regulatory requirements in individual circumstances. DISCLAIMER Note: The emission factors presented in this document were taken from the Factor Information Retrieval (FIRE) database management system, version 6.23. The information in this document is not intended to serve as new guidance or policy and does not take the place of Compilation of Air Pollutant Emission Factors, Volume I: Stationary Point and Area Sources, Fifth Edition, AP-42. ACKNOWLEDGMENT This document was prepared by Eastern Research Group, Inc. for the Point Sources Committee of the Emission Inventory Improvement Program and for Roy Huntley of the Emission Factor and Inventory Group, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Members of the Point Sources Committee contributing to the preparation of this document are: Denise Alston, ENSR Corporation Lynn Barnes, South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control Bob Betterton, Co-Chair, South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control Paul Brochi, Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission Richard Forbes, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Alice Fredlund, Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality Frank Gao, Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control Marty Hochhauser, Allegheny County Health Department Roy Huntley, Co-Chair, Emission Factor and Inventory Group, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Sonya Lewis-Cheatham, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality Toch Mangat, Bay Area Air Quality Management District Ralph Patterson, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Jim Southerland, North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources Eitan Tsabari, Omaha Air Quality Control Division Bob Wooten, North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources iii This page is intentionally left blank iv Section Page 1 Introduction .......................................................14.1-1 1.1 How Will This Document Help Me? ..............................14.1-2 1.2 What is the Purpose of This Document? ..........................14.1-2 1.3 What Assumptions Were Made In Preparing This Document?..........14.1-2 1.4 How Was this Document Prepared? ..............................14.1-3 1.5 How Is This Document Organized?...............................14.1-4 1.6 How Do I Use the Information in This Document?...................14.1-6 1.7 Whom Do I Contact for Help?..................................14.1-16 2 References ........................................................14.2-1 Appendix A Uncontrolled Emission Factor Listing External Combustion Boilers Electric Generation........................................... A-2 Industrial ................................................... A-4 Commercial/Institutional ...................................... A-7 Space Heaters ............................................... A-9 Internal Combustion Engines Electric Generation.......................................... A-11 Industrial .................................................. A-13 Commercial/Institutional ..................................... A-16 Engine Testing ............................................. A-18 Off-highway 2-stroke Gasoline Engines .......................... A-19 Off-highway 4-stroke Gasoline Engines .......................... A-20 Off-highway Diesel Engines ................................... A-20 Off-highway LPG-fueled Engines .............................. A-20 Fixed Wing Aircraft L & TO Exhaust ........................... A-20 Rotary Wing Aircraft L & TO Exhaust .......................... A-20 v Section Page Diesel Marine Vessels ....................................... A-21 Fugitive Emissions .......................................... A-21 Industrial Processes Chemical Manufacturing ..................................... A-22 Food and Agriculture ........................................ A-68 Primary Metal Production .................................... A-85 Secondary Metal Production .................................. A-100 Mineral Products .......................................... A-112 Petroleum Industry ......................................... A-142 Pulp and Paper and Wood Products ............................ A-147 Rubber and Miscellaneous Plastics Products ..................... A-155 Fabricated Metal Products ................................... A-159 Oil and Gas Production ..................................... A-166 Building Construction ...................................... A-170 Machinery, Miscellaneous ................................... A-170 Electrical Equipment ....................................... A-171 Transportation Equipment ................................... A-172 Photographic Equipment/Health Care/Laboratories................ A-174 Photographic Film Manufacturing ............................. A-175 Leather and Leather Products ................................. A-176 Textile Products ........................................... A-177 Printing and Publishing ..................................... A-178 Cooling Tower ............................................ A-178 In-process Fuel Use ........................................ A-178 Miscellaneous Manufacturing Industries ........................ A-182 Petroleum and Solvent Evaporation Organic Solvent Evaporation................................. A-184 Surface Coating Operations .................................. A-187 Petroleum Product Storage at Refineries ........................ A-203 Petroleum Liquids Storage (non-Refinery) ....................... A-211 Printing/Publishing......................................... A-217 Transportation and Marketing of Petroleum Products .............. A-219 Organic Chemical Storage ................................... A-223 Organic Chemical Transportation ............................. A-245 Dry Cleaning.............................................. A-245 vi SECTION PAGE Tanks (Fixed and Floating Roof).............................. A-247 Organic Solvent Evaporation................................. A-248 Waste Disposal Solid Waste Disposal - Government ........................... A-250 Solid Waste Disposal - Commercial/Institutional ................. A-253 Solid Waste Disposal - Industrial .............................. A-255 Site Remediation .......................................... A-257 Appendix B Uncontrolled PM2.5 Emission Factors Appendix C SCCs with Multiple Emission Factors Appendix D Six-Digit SCCs with Multiple SIC Linkings Appendix E MACT Source Classification Codes (SCC) vii Figures Page 14.1-1 Decision Process for Including Criteria Pollutant Emission Factors ............14.1-5 14.1-2 How to Interpret the Data in this Document ...............................14.1-7 viii ! ! A Ash content of fuel, by weight percent, or for fuel oil, specific factor bbl Barrels BOF Basic Oxygen Furnace CO Carbon Monoxide H.S.S. Horizontal Stud Soderberg Lb Pound LPG Liquified Petroleum Gas MMBtu/Yr Million British Thermal Units per Year NOx Nitrogen Oxides PM Particulate Matter RVP Reid Vapor Pressure, the absolute pressure of gasoline at 100C in psia as determined by ASTM Method D323-72 S Sulfur content of fuel, by weight percent SCC Source Classification Code SCFM Standard Cubic Feet per Minute SIC Standard Industrial Classification SOx Sulfur Oxides Sq. Ft. Square Feet tpy tons per year V.S.S. Vertical Stud Soderberg VOC Volatile Organic Compounds w/ with w/o without ix To Convert from To Multiply By Barrel (bbl) - Petroleum* Gallon (gal) 42 Barrel (bbl) Liter (l) 159 Gallon (gal) Liter (l) 3.785 Inch (in) Centimeter (cm) 2.54 Feet (ft) Meter (m) 0.3048 Square feet (ft2) Square meter (m2) 0.0929 Cubic feet (ft3) Cubic meter (m3) 0.0283 Cubic feet (ft3) Liters (l) 28.316 Cubic feet/minute Cubic centimeter/second 472.0 Cubic yard (yd3) Cubic meter (m3) 0.77 Board foot Cubic meter (m3) 0.0024 Btu Gram/calorie (g/cal) 251.98 Pound steam/hour† Btu/hour 1400.0 Btu/hour Watt 0.293 Pound (lb) Kilogram (kg) 0.45 Ton Kilogram (kg) 907.1 Pound/ton (lb/ton) Gram/kilogram (g/kg) 0.496 * 42 gal/bbl is the standard as used in the oil industry. For other industries, different gallons/bbl apply. † Typical value based on common boiler design parameters. Value will vary depending upon steam temperature and pressure. x "! 1. An “A” accompanying an emission factor means that this factor is the weighted average ash content of the fuel burned, expressed as a percent. See, for example, SCC 1-01-001-01 on page 14.A-2. If the weighted average ash content of the pulverized anthracite coal burned were five percent (5%), then the PM10 emission factor would become 2.3 x 5, or 11.5 pounds, of PM10 emitted per ton of anthracite coal burned (before control). 2. An “S” accompanying an emission factor means that this factor is the weighted average sulfur content of the fuel burned, expressed as a percent. See, for example, SCC 1-01-004-01 on page 14.A-3. If the weighed average sulfur content of the Grade 6 oil burned were three percent (3%), then the SOx emission
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