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Air Emissions Factors and Quantification

AP 42 Section 9.9.1 - Grain Elevators and Processes - Related Information

Emission Factors for Barges and Marine Vessels - Final Test Report. (PDF) (121 pp, 970 K)
This report describes an emission field-testing program conducted by Midwest Research Institute under a contract with the National Grain and Feed Association. (NGFA). The emissions factors have been added to the current section 9.9.1 with factors for barge loading and unloading, and ship loading. November 2001

Comments on MRI's Final Test Report on Emission Factors for Barges and Marine Vessels (PDF) (3 pp, 173 K)
The Southwest Clean Air Agency (SWCAA) submitted comments on the November 2,2001 final test report for Emission Factors for Barges and Marine Vessels submitted by Midwest Research Institute under contract with the National Grain and Feed Association.

Comment Response Log, Letter of January 29, 2002 from Paul T. Mairose, SWCAA, Vancouver, WA to Dallas Safriet, USEPA, Research Triangle Park, NC. (PDF) (3 pp, 159 K)