The MPG is responsible for directing a national program that improves emissions quantifications.
The MPG is also responsible for the following functions:
- Standardize and streamline the emissions data collection and reporting process for emissions factors,
including establishing procedures for defining data uncertainty in reporting and for using emissions factors
in inventory and non-inventory applications;
- Establish an outreach program to improve the understanding and applications of emissions factors and
other emissions quantification tools;
- Integrate improved emissions monitoring and control demonstrations into multi-pollutant strategies and policies;
- Strengthen scientific and technical capacity to assess risk and track progress through the application of
improved emissions monitoring technology;
- Support the development of national performance-oriented control strategies including development of
technology-neutral standards and market-based approaches through the deployment of improved emissions monitoring
techniques, including continuous emissions monitoring systems (CEMS), and through the development of effective
measurement-based emission factors and estimation techniques;
- Facilitate the tracking and assessment of control strategy performance, including measuring benefits
associated with new and innovative technologies, through improved measurement and estimation of source emissions;
- Strategically direct improved monitoring in regulations and control strategies to emphasize the
pollutant or pollutants associated with the greatest health and environmental risk;
- Characterize, make transparent, and reduce uncertainties associated with monitoring technologies and process operations; and
- Design strategies to accommodate flexibility in monitoring selection and advancements in technology with appropriate incentives.
|
