Development of the EIIP Emission Inventory Data Model for Purposes ofFacilitating Data Transfer between the States and U.S. EPA

摘要

The Emission Inventory Improvement Program (EIIP) was formed with the cooperationof the State and Territorial Air Pollution Program Administrators/Association of Local Air Pollution Control Officials (STAPPA/ALAPCO) as a cooperative effort between State and local agencies, industry, and EPA to improve emission estimates and establish a National Standard for Emission Data Exchange. The Data Management Committee (DMC) of the EIIP was charged with the goal of developing the data exchange standard, and undertook the task of developing a data model on which to base the data exchange format. The purpose of developing the data model was to establish a standardized set of data relationships which reflect physical reality and ensure accurate and consistent reporting of emissions and emission related data.