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See More Frequent Questions about MOVES and Related Models. We recommend not modifying the internal tables of the MOVES-Nonroad model to incorporate local data, as this can lead to unintended consequences. Instead, you can apply local activity and population data by: Executing a nonroad run in Inventory mode for the…
See More Frequent Questions about MOVES and Related Models. This is just a warning message not an error message so there is nothing to fix. This is a internal timing issue when the MOVES worker tries to access a file and there is a lock on it. This lock could…
See More Frequent Questions about MOVES and Related Models. There are two definitions used in MOVES for light duty trucks. The source use type light duty trucks (sourceTypeID values of 31 or 32) use the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) VM-1 definition of light duty vehicles used to report vehicle activity…
See More Frequent Questions about MOVES and Related Models. Extended idling is a distinct emission process defined as the overnight idling of long-haul trucks with sleeper cabs at truck stops and other locations during federally required downtime. During such idling periods, these engines experience unusual loads (televisions, air conditioning, fans…
See More Frequent Questions about MOVES and Related Models. MOVES does calculate default values for VMT for each calendar year for each county. Since these values are calculated, they are not found in any table in the default database. If you wish to obtain the default estimates, you will need…
See More Frequent Questions about MOVES and Related Models. If you already have an I/M program in your area, you should always begin by exporting the default I/M program in MOVES, reviewing it, making any changes to the default program, and re-importing it, rather than trying to fill a new…
See More Frequent Questions about MOVES and Related Models. The Fuel Wizard only works on fuel formulations that are in your county database (CDB) and it "edits" them to comply with the alterations you provide. If you wish to create a set of alternate fuels, you will need to import…
See More Frequent Questions about MOVES and Related Models. Yes. In addition to MS Excel files, in the County Data Manager/Project Data Manager, MOVES can read in other file types using ASCII text and comma separated variables.
See More Frequent Questions about MOVES and Related Models. MOVES has no start emissions for the certain source types in certain hours of the day. While we know that a non-zero number of these source types do start late at night, our activity data on these trucks and buses did…
See More Frequent Questions about MOVES and Related Models. MOVES gets default national vehicle miles traveled (VMT) values from the Highway Performance Monitoring System (HPMS) of the Federal Highway Administration, which collects VMT information from every state. Although this is a good source of consistent total VMT information, the system…
See More Frequent Questions about MOVES and Related Models. The original concept for MOVES assumed that there would be some vehicle miles traveled (VMT) not accounted for in the other four road types. This remaining VMT would be accounted for in roadTypeID=1. As the model developed, it was decided that…
See More Frequent Questions about MOVES and Related Models. The Summary Reporter does not work when you choose the Emission Rate calculation in the Scale panel. It only works with the Inventory calculation selection. The emission rates that you generated are found in the RatePerDistance, RatePerProfile and RatePerVehicle tables in…
What types of oil does the Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) Rule address? The term oil means oil of any kind or in any form, including, but not limited to: petroleum; fuel oil; sludge; oil refuse; oil mixed with wastes other than dredged spoil; fats, oils or greases of…
If a farm is out of compliance of Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) regulations and is checked by EPA and/or has a spill, is the retailer that filled the tank liable? No, EPA considers the oil tank owner responsible for lack of compliance.