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10/9/2024 - On October 9, 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released TANKS 5.1 - an updated/final version of the TANKS 5.0 Beta application. This updated version includes improved and additional features, as well as bug fixes. To receive notifications related to application updates, sign up for the CHIEF Listserv by sending an e-mail to join-chief@lists.epa.gov. 

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Emissions Estimation Tools- Documents
April 2015: Emission Estimation Protocol for Petroleum Refineries  Version 3
Nov 2010: Refinery wastewater emissions tool spreadsheet
Dec 2010: Greenhouse Gas Emissions Estimation Methodologies for Biogenic Emissions from Selected Source Categories: Solid Waste Disposal Wastewater Treatment Ethanol Fermentation - DRAFT

Emissions Estimation Tools- Software

TANKS 4.09d (Outdated)

TANKS 5.1

TANKS estimates volatile organic compound (VOC) and hazardous air pollutant (HAP) emissions from fixed- and floating-roof storage tanks.
SPECIATE SPECIATE is the EPA's repository of organic gas and particulate matter (PM) speciation profiles of air pollution sources.
LandGEM The Landfill Gas Emissions Model (LandGEM) is an automated estimation tool with a Microsoft Excel interface that can be used to estimate emissions rates for total landfill gas, methane, carbon dioxide, nonmethane organic compounds, and individual air pollutants from municipal solid waste landfills. It is available from the EPA's Clean Air Technology Center.
WATER9 WATER9, a wastewater treatment model, consists of analytical expressions for estimating air emissions of individual waste constituents in wastewater collection, storage, treatment, and disposal facilities; a database listing many of the organic compounds; and procedures for obtaining reports of constituent fates, including air emissions and treatment effectiveness.

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