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Air Emissions Inventories

2017 National Emissions Inventory (NEI) Technical Support Document (TSD)

The purpose of this document is to explain the sources of data included in the point inventory. The document explains the data providers (such as the state, local, and tribal air agencies) that contributed data and provides more details about methods that the EPA uses to estimate those emissions.

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