ERIC Special Notices
May 7, 2009 – In preparation for migrating historic emission inventory data to ERIC, we have removed the ability to see inventories prior to reporting year 2006. Once the data has been migrated, we will restore the ability to see prior year inventories. If you need prior year emissions inventory data, please contact Public Records.
April 1, 2009:
The ERIC system is now available for use in reporting 2008 emissions.
The department issued an Administrative Notice dated January 21, 2009, extending the deadline for reporting year 2008 criteria and toxic air pollutant emissions inventories from March 31, 2009, to June 30, 2009. The deadline extension applies to any and all facilities required to submit an emissions inventory per LAC 33:III.919 and/or LAC 33:III.5107.A. The deadline extension also applies to discharge reports required by LAC 33:III.5107.B.5. The extension applies to point level data required to be submitted through ERIC as well as the certification statement.
Revising a prior year inventory is not currently available in ERIC. As soon as this feature is online, we will send notification to ERIC users.
If you have any questions, please contact your ERIC staff on the list named ERIC Staff Assignments – found on the left side bar of this site.
Please make sure that you include the Facility AI number with any emails that you send to the staff regarding ERIC.
About ERIC - Emissions Reporting & Inventory Center
In June 2005, DEQ convened a stakeholder meeting to kick off the project that was designed to update and enhance the existing emissions inventory reporting system. Based upon input from that initial meeting and a number of smaller workgroup meetings, DEQ developed a scope of services. In July 2006, DEQ entered into a contract with ENVIRON Corporation to perform the work. In early April 2007, the ERIC system was launched. This new system is a web based application that utilizes a secure login, and many other features designed to make it easier and faster for facilities to report their emissions data in accordance with the requirements of sections 919 and 5107 of the air regulations.
In order to ensure that facilities understood the reporting changes for their 2006 data and that they had adequate time to submit their first inventories in the ERIC system, DEQ provided guidance thru issuance of three potpourri notices. The last of these was published on May 20, 2007 and extended the reporting deadlines for both EI and TEDI until September 1, 2007.
2006 Reporting Year Resources
May 2007 Potpourri Notice to extend the reporting deadline for BOTH Emissions Inventory and TEDI to September 1, 2007.
Declaratory Ruling 2007-001 - Affects permitees holding permits with specific conditions that may conflict with the 12/20/06 Potpourri Notice.
October 3, 2006 Stakeholders Presentation for New EI System
February 2, 2007 Stakeholders Presentation for New EI System
March 15, 2007 Presentation to A&WMA members on ERIC System
Listing of Required Data Elements and Changes from Legacy System
Rescission of Potpourri Notice for Collection of Emissions Inventory Data for Ozone Control in the Calcasieu Parish area.
About the Emissions Inventory Program
The Data Collection and Evaluation (DCE) Group of the Air Quality Assessment Division is responsible for developing comprehensive criteria and toxic pollutant emissions inventories for the State of Louisiana. The emissions data are used for a variety of planning, regulatory and reporting purposes. The staff works closely with the regulated community, trade groups, and other state and federal agencies to develop and maintain high quality and current emissions data.
Regulated point sources of criteria air pollutants must submit an inventory of annual criteria pollutant emissions pursuant to the requirements of LAC 33:III.919. Detailed annual emissions data are maintained on nearly 1200 point sources going back to 1984, with the number of point sources changing each year.
In 2007, historical emissions data was migrated into a new web-based reporting system called ERIC - Emissions Reporting & Inventory Center. ERIC's functionality will include a query tool for use by the public.
Resources
Data Sets
These data sets are summary reports generated from the Certification Statements received annually by the Emissions Inventory Unit. The reports are for each year from 1994-2005 containing facility-level Criteria Pollutant totals.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
The DCE Group developed the Frequently Asked Questions page to provide assistance for those required to report criteria pollutant emissions to the DEQ. The staff welcomes your questions and suggestions for expanding this FAQ file.
Other Links
Mapping/GIS Resources on the Web
A variety of links to mapping-related web sites such as UTM, cartography, surveying, and global positioning system (GPS) information.
Air Toxics Emissions Inventory Data
In addition to the criteria pollutant emissions database (EIS), DEQ also maintains an electronic inventory of toxic air pollutant emissions -- the Toxic Emissions Data Inventory (TEDI Database).
NEI - EPA's National Database for Criteria Pollutant Emissions Inventories
NEI contains the criteria pollutant emissions inventories for all states and also offers useful information about emission inventory requirements and data
AIRDATA -- Access to Air Pollution Data
AirData produces reports and maps of air pollution data based on criteria that is specified
2002 Louisiana Environmental Inventory Report
Contact Us
Air Quality Assessment Division
Data Collection and Evaluation Group
P. O. Box 4314
Baton Rouge, LA 70821-4314
Phone: 225-219-3535
Fax: 225-219-3240
For Email Contact, please refer to the Staff Assignment List that is located under the ERIC Resources Tab on the left side of this page.
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