RE: NEI Task Force - Things have impacts on RAPIDS3

Hi Chun Yi,

I think these are certainly some items we will want to consider. Certainly, we will want to wait to see exactly what they are doing before we can determine how it might affect our directions.

Could you clarify what you mean by item 1? Are they releasing a new file format? Are they moving entirely to an XML schema? I’m a little unclear on what is meant here.

Jon

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From: owner-airtoxics@great-lakes.net [mailto:owner-airtoxics@great-lakes.net] On Behalf Of Wu, Chun Yi
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 9:02 AM
To: Airtoxics
Subject: NEI Task Force - Things have impacts on RAPIDS3

I participated in the NEI Task Force Conference Call yesterday. I learned some EPA re-engineering work that would have impact on RAPIDS3 development.

EPA will not update NIF 3.0 format to include new fields required by the re-engineered NEI. The NIF to XML converter will only work for the existing NIF 3.0.
EPA will release a pollutant code table in two weeks. They need emissions for elemental metals instead of emissions for individual metal compounds. This is different from EPA’s previous instruction. They will provide a conversion table for mapping and converting metal compounds to elemental metals. Chromium VI and chromium III will be listed separately. It will be interesting to see what EPA’s codes for PAH, POM, and dioxins.

Should we discuss the impact of these two items at the next conference call?

Chun Yi