Resources for State, Local, and Tribal Authorities
Introduction
This page offers some resources to State, Local, and Tribal Authorities (SLTs) interested in onboarding with CAERS.
Joining the Product Design Team
We are always interested in having new SLTs become members of our CAER Product Design Team (PDT). We meet every two weeks to discuss various items about SLT and federal program requirements. Aside from work on R&D projects, the PDT also receives periodic updates on the progress of CAERS, helps prioritize new functionality needed in CAERS, and provides feedback to improve CAERS. If you are interested in joining the PDT, please reach out to one of the PDT co-chairs:
Julia Gamas
U.S. EPA Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards
gamas.julia@epa.gov
919-541-7915
Stacy Knapp
Maine Department of Environmental Protection
stacy.r.knapp@maine.gov
207-287-2235
Tammy Manning
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
tammy.manning@ncdenr.gov
919-707-8717
You may also reach out to Kurt Rakouskas from ECOS with questions: krakouskas@ecos.or, 202-266-4935.
Obtaining a CAERS Test Account
If you are considering onboarding with CAERS but are not sure yet, or not ready to do so, you may get a test account to help you understand how your SLTs data will look in CAERS, and what kinds of edits, additions, and corrections you may want to apply to your data before they are pulled into CAERS. By learning how CAERS will handle your data, you may get a good sense of how CAERS works now, and the types of customizations you would need (for example, SLT-specific QA checks, SLT-specific emission factors you'd want to add to the compendium, etc.).
Onboarding with CAERS
While SLTs can onboard at any time if they would like to adopt CAERS as is, we know many SLTs will likely need some customizations. CAERS has been created so that SLT modules can be added, rather than hard coding any new SLT requirements.
The following document may help you view your current SLT reporting system, method, and/or tools within the overall CAERS scheme:
- SLT Emissions Inventory Reporting System Cases - forthcoming
The following document lays out the general steps to take to onboard with CAERS.
Funding
Exchange Network Grants to assist SLTs in their adoption of CAERS may be possible. Click here for more information.