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MULTIPLE PROJECTIONS SYSTEM (MPS): USER'S MANUAL VERSION 2.0
Citation:
Monroe, C., A. Dean, AND W. Barnard. MULTIPLE PROJECTIONS SYSTEM (MPS): USER'S MANUAL VERSION 2.0. EPA/600/R-94/215a (NTIS PB95-503223), 1994.
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Description:
The document is a user's manual for Multiple Projections System (MPS) Version 2.0, based on the 3% reasonable further progress (RFP) tracking system that was developed in FY92/FY93. The 3% RFP tracking system is a Windows application, and enhancements to convert the 3% RFP tracking system to a MPS have continued to be within the framework of a Windows application. The system will support RFP inventories for ozone and carbon monoxide (CO) and thus will contain volatile organic compound (VOC), nitrogen oxide (NOx), and CO data. The most significant change from the original 3% RFP tracking system and MPS is the ability to submit a "final" projection emissions inventory in the format required by the Aerometric Information Retrieval System (AIRS) facility subsystem and the AIRS area and mobile source subsystem. The Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 called for RFP inventories to be submitted to EPA for the purpose of demonstrating strategies by which a 15% reduction in VOC emissions will be achieved over the years 1990 to 1996. This requirement applies to moderate, serious, severe, and extreme ozone nonattainment areas. In addition, serious, severe, and extreme areas must demonstrate at least a 3% annual average reduction beginning in 1996 and continuing thereafter until attainment is reached.