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EPA- NEW ENGLAND AIR FACILITY EMISSIONS
Description:
The AirData NET Facility Emissions report displays the amount of air pollution released in a year by individual sources (facilities). Electric power plants, steel mills, factories, and universities are examples of facilities. The main purpose of the report is to compare the emissions of sources. Emissions -- the quantity of pollutants released into the air during a year -- normally are estimated from amounts of material consumed or product produced. Most emissions estimates are provided to EPA by state environmental agencies. Some estimates are for individual sources, such as factories, and some estimates are county totals for classes of sources, such as vehicles. Emissions estimates for point sources are based on the normal operating schedule of the sources, and take into account the effects of installed pollution control equipment and of regulatory restrictions on operating conditions. This is called "estimated emissions with rule effectiveness."