In our environmental reporting blog series, we have already discussedhow将报告要求汇总为更好的业务成果和how为Tier II，TRI和危险废物报告做准备。在本第三款期间，我们将在清洁空气法（CAA）和清洁水法（CWA）下讨论报告，并注重空气排放库存报告和雨水允许年度报告，以及有效地采取的措施，并成功完成这些报告。

Clean Air Act

空气排放库存报告

Regulatory Background

有几种类型的代表orts that may be required under the Clean Air Act (CAA) or by your local air permitting authority; however, in this blog we are focusing on one of the most common reports, the air emission inventory report.

The CAA requires that all states compile an inventory of air emissions each year. This responsibility is carried out by the state or local air permitting authority. State or local jurisdictions may also have their own regulations that require inventorying air emissions.

为了满足最准确的数据，国家和地方监管机构依赖于每年向空中发出空气的污染物的类型和数量的设施。由于授予州和地方当局的自由裁量权来收集此数据，因此涉及所要求的司法管辖区有差异，如何报告，以及报告到期时。因此，提前做理作业是很重要的，以了解您所需要的内容，以便您可以全年保留记录，以使报告尽可能无缝。

Steps to Successful Air Emissions Inventory Reporting

知道您是否需要报告

并非所有设施都需要向报告和报告的设施提供报告，可能不需要报告所有排放量。通常，设施不需要报告某些“de minimis”活动的排放。例如，在明尼苏达州，设施一般不需要向已定已定义的设备和过程中报告称为“微不足道活动”的过程中的排放。您的国家环境机构的网站是一个很好的地方，可以在您需要报告以及您需要报告的情况下了解。如果您持有空气排放许可证，您将很可能需要报告。

知道您需要报告的内容

通常，所有空气排放库存报告都要求您报告标准污染物（颗粒物质，二氧化硫，一氧化碳，氮氧化物，挥发性有机化合物和铅）。一些司法管辖区要求您还报告Air Toxics和/或温室气体。温室气体包括二氧化碳，甲烷，氧化亚氮，六氟化硫，氢氟烃（HFC），全氟化碳（PFC）和其他氟化气体。Air Toxics包括“清洁空气法”第112（b）条中列出的187个危险空气污染物（哈普河），以及已被确定为环境污染的重要贡献者的额外污染物。你的sdss环境保护署的排放factorscan help you determine if you are emitting air toxics.

Know When You are Required to Report

报告截止日期因国家和7月的州和范围而异，但大多数报告通常在3月或4月初到期。根据您的来源的状态和大小，您可以比每年报告的频率不太频繁地报告。

记录

在许多情况下，您遵守空气质量许可证，空气质量法规或其他监管计划的记录是您可以使用对排放库存的相同记录。这些文件可能是用法，购买或交付记录。利用这种重叠以尽量减少重复努力。同样，您保留的空气排放记录可用于其他监管程序等报告，例如Toxics发布库存。

计算排放量

Most jurisdictions have a hierarchy of preferred methods for calculating emissions for inventories, where the most preferred method available to the facility shall be used. A typical emission calculation hierarchy is:

• Continuous emission monitors
• Source (stack) testing
• 材料或质量平衡
• Emission factors
• Fuel analysis
• Emission estimation models
• 工程判断

计算排放量最常见的方法是排放因子。一个emissions factor是一种代表性值，涉及释放到大气层的污染物的量，其具有与释放污染物释放的活性。这些因素通常表达为污染物的质量除以发射污染物的单位重量，体积，距离或持续时间（例如，每立方英尺的天然气烧焦的粒子粒子）。上面讨论的记录用于确定“活动率”，以使排放因子乘以（例如，在年度烧焦的天然气的立方英尺的记录）。始终维护您所做的计算的记录，以获得排放。

Become Familiar with the Software

Most states require facilities to enter emissions inventory data into online reporting systems. It is a good practice to make sure you understand how to use the database and have access to the database prior to the submittal due date. Many systems require that the regulatory agency grant you access to the database. Depending on the jurisdiction this authorization can take several business days.

批判性地查看您的数据

Before you hit “submit”, make sure the emissions you have calculated make sense. Some agency databases will automatically calculate emissions for certain processes and equipment. If you enter the incorrect units, you may end up with emission rates that are drastically higher or lower than they should be. If the emissions you report are higher than you permit limits, significantly different that previous years, or just don’t seem right, it is important to take another look at your calculations and your data. An air emissions inventory can be the basis for permit revisions, fees, regional modeling, and regulatory decision-making, so it is important to make sure they are as representative of your actual emissions as possible.

清洁水法案

国家污染排放消除系统（NPDES）雨水许可证年度报告

Regulatory Background

在清洁水法（CWA）或当地的水允许权威下有几种类型的报告。在这里，我们专注于影响大多数NPDES Stormwater Plant持有人的共同报告 - 年度报告。

虽然在40卢比第122.41（L）下的要求下没有明确呼吁涵盖适用于NPDES许可的报告要求，但EPA的多部门一般许可以及许多国家雨水允许规则和雨水许可要求年度报告。

一个nual reports generally provide the regulatory authority with a summary of the site’s compliance with its stormwater permit and regulations over the past year and highlight any changes to the site or its compliance practices. Like most environmental regulatory programs, the NPDES stormwater permitting program is largely “self-policed” by the permit-holder. Therefore, the annual report provides an important opportunity for the regulated party to demonstrate to its regulator sustained environmental compliance over the course of the year, that the facility is organized and keeping good records, and that when non-compliance or the need for enhanced BMPs was identified, the facility instituted timely and appropriate corrective actions.

成功雨水许可证年度报告的步骤

知道您需要报告的内容

好消息是，通常，年度报告不需要任何新信息，而是需要概述现有信息。当然，易于完成本报告取决于您全年留下记录的程度。您的雨水许可证将界定年度报告中需要的信息。此外，EPA和许多国家在其网站上发布了报告表格以供您审查。

年度报告所需的具体内容将因司法管辖区而异，但一般来说，年度暴风水许可证报告所需的信息类型包括：

• 一般设施信息
• 过去一年的检验日期，调查结果和在报告年度过程中进行的任何BMP维护的摘要
• 确认雨水污染预防计划（SWPPP）准确反映设施条件和/或对影响雨水排放或额外潜在污染源来源的任何变化的描述以及对SWPPP的修改的描述设施发生变化
• 过去一年的监测结果摘要
• 过去一年中任何不合规的摘要以及为应对不遵守而采取的纠正措施
• 由负责任的官员认证

Know When You are Required to Report

Reporting deadlines will be contained in your stormwater permit. Reporting deadlines vary by state and may be a set date for all facilities or depend on the date your permit was issued. EPA has authorized most states to administer the NPDES stormwater permitting program, but for jurisdictions covered by EPA’s Multisector General Permit (Idaho, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Mexico, the District of Columbia, most Indian Country lands, and other designated activities in specific such as oil and gas activities in Texas and Oklahoma), annual reports must be filed by January 30^TH.each year.

记录

The records you keep to comply with your stormwater permit, stormwater regulations, or other regulatory programs are the same records you can use for your annual report. The success of your annual report depends on complying with your permit and keeping appropriate records. Reporting can be made easier by keeping these records organized in a centralized location or easily accessible to staff preparing the report.

Become Familiar with the Software

许多国家需要以电子方式提交年度报告的设施。EPA通过电子NPDESEREPORTING工具提交提交。就像在空中排放库存报告一样，确保您了解如何使用数据库并在提交到期日之前访问数据库是一个很好的做法。许多系统要求监管机构授予您访问数据库。根据管辖权，此授权可以采取几个工作日。

批判性地查看您的信息

Reporting season can often be a scramble, and a summary report may not seem like a value-added endeavor; however, the annual report can be a good opportunity or incentive to review compliance with your stormwater permit holistically as well as evaluate whether you are keeping records in a way that makes annually reporting as seamless as possible.

Other CWA and CAA Reports

空气排放库存报告和年度雨水许可证报告是CAA或CWA下可能需要的众多报告之一。在CAA“标题V”或“第70部分”允许持有人需要提交半年遵守或偏差报告，联邦标准，如国家排放标准和新来源绩效标准都有自己的报告和通知要求，以及EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program requires large emitters of greenhouse gases to report to EPA annually. The CWA requires additional reports including discharge/effluent monitoring reports and reports of unauthorized discharges or releases.

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