Technical Information

ECMPS Additional Information

Note that, while many of these updated reporting instructions relate to reporting of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides emissions data, a number of the updates relate to reporting of mercury emissions data and are also included in these updated instructions. On February 8, 2008, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued its decision in State of New Jersey v. EPA (PDF, 18 pp, 51 KB), No. 05-1097, in which it vacated the Clean Air Mercury Rule. EPA is currently considering the impact of the Court's decision on mercury monitoring and reporting requirements. However, because owners and operators of sources registered to begin using the ECMPS in the first quarter 2008 need the updated instructions related to non-mercury emissions as soon as possible, EPA is releasing the full updated instructions now while it considers the effect of the Court's decision. Based on that consideration, EPA intends to take appropriate action in the future concerning the updates related to mercury emissions. In the meantime, sources should not report any mercury emissions data to EPA since, despite the inclusion of mercury-related updates, EPA's emissions data tracking system will not be capable of receiving mercury emissions data.

No changes have been made to the Draft Client Submission Tool Database Design documents released February 28, 2007.

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Monitoring Plan XML Schema

Changes to the Monitoring Plan XML Schema Document (PDF, 1 pg., 19 K) (Released September 16, 2009)
This document describes the changes made to version 1.0 of the Monitoring Plan XML Schema document.
Monitoring Plan XML Schema Description Version 1.0 (PDF, 58 pp, 470 K) (Released September 16, 2009)
Electronic Monitoring Plan XML Schema Version 1.0 (XSD, 59 K) (Released September 16, 2009)
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Draft Client Submission Tool Monitoring Plan Database Design (PDF, 59 pp, 489 K) (Released February 28, 2007)

Quality Assurance Certification Test XML Schema

Changes to the Quality Assurance Certification Test XML Schema Document (PDF, 1 pg., 15 K) (Released September 16, 2009)
This document describes the changes made to version 1.0 of the Quality Assurance Certification XML Schema document.
QA Cert Test XML Schema Description Version 1.0 (PDF, 71 pp, 604 K) (Released September 16, 2009)
Electronic QA Cert Test XML Schema Version 1.0 (XSD, 79 K) (Released September 16, 2009)
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Draft Client Submission Tool QA Cert Test Database Design (PDF, 68 pp, 668 K) (Released February 28, 2007)

Emissions XML Schema

Changes to the Emissions XML Schema Document Version 1.2 (PDF, 1 pg., 15 K) (Released September 16, 2009)
This document describes the changes made to version 1.2 of the Draft Emissions XML Schema document.
Emissions XML Schema Description Version 1.2 (PDF, 34 pp, 267 K) (Released September 16, 2009)
Electronic Emissions XML Schema Version 1.2 (XSD, 36 K) (Released September 16, 2009)
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Draft Client Submission Tool Emissions Database Design (PDF, 31 pp, 272 K) (Released February 28, 2007)

ECMPS Check Specifications

Draft ECMPS Monitoring Plan Check Specifications (PDF, 443 pp., 2.1 MB) (Released September 4, 2009)
Draft ECMPS QA/Cert Test Check Specifications (PDF, 746 pp., 3.2 MB) (Released September 4, 2009)
Draft ECMPS Emissions Check Specifications (PDF, 618 pp., 3.0 MB) (Released September 4, 2009)
Draft ECMPS Import Check Specifications (PDF, 57 pp., 267 K) (Released September 4, 2009)
Draft ECMPS Lookup Tables (PDF, 26 pp., 330 K) (Released September 4, 2009)
Draft ECMPS Cross Check Tables (PDF, 35 pp., 488 K) (Released September 4, 2009)