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Emission Estimation Protocol for Petroleum Refineries
Refinery wastewater emissions tool spreadsheet - November 2010 (XLSX 175K)
November 17 , 2010: This document and spreadsheet present the revised ICR (information collection request) draft emissions estimation protocol for refineries. Once finalized, these items are intended to provide guidance and instructions to petroleum refinery owners and operators, and to federal, state, and local agencies for the purpose of improving emission inventories for the petroleum refining industry.
EPA intends for this protocol to compliment the AP-42 emissions factors for petroleum refineries. Specifically, when the protocol identifies the use of emissions factors as the most appropriate methodology to use for estimating emissions, the factors in AP-42 (where available) should be the factors used. Efforts are on-going to update the AP-42 emission factors for petroleum refineries. As these emission factors are updated, EPA will correspondingly revise the Emissions Protocol for Refineries to include the updated AP-42 emission factors. As such, please check this web site (http://www.epa.gov/ttn/chief/efpac/esttools.html) before preparing the emissions inventory to ensure the most recent Refinery Emissions Protocol document is used.
Questions
For questions about the guidance document or the tool, contact Brenda Shine at shine.brenda@epa.gov
Public Comments can be viewed here
Previous Draft Review and Background Documentation
These documents have been posted for information purposes only. -
- Emission Estimation Protocol for Petroleum Refineries - December 2009 Review Draft (PDF 5M)
- Refinery wastewater emissions tool spreadsheet - December 2009 (XLS 465K)
- Petroleum Refinery Source Characterization and
Emission Model for Residual Risk Assessment (PDF 523K). Prepared for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, Research Triangle Park, NC. EPA Contract No. 68-D6-0014. July 2, 2002.
- Petroleum Refineries: Background Information for Proposed
Standards (PDF 5.7M). Background information on the proposed petroleum refinery MACT standards.
EPA EPA-453/R-98-003, June 1998.