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Air Emissions Modeling

Guide for Data Developers

The Guidelines for Data Developers informs the research community about the content and quality considerations of data so that the EPA can consider community-developed data for inclusion in SPECIATE. Researchers can provide these data voluntarily to EPA for consideration to be added to SPECIATE.

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