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South Carolina Air Guidance and Permitting Tools

Description

Provides guidance for emissions estimation and downloadable spreadsheet based tools for estimating emissions from several different source categories including asphalt plants, concrete plants, combustion sources, and woodworking facilities.

Questions this resource can help answer

What are the estimated emissions for a specific facility for a given sector?

How do I use this resource?

You can download spreadsheet calculators/estimators for different sources and pollutant types. The tool downloads are towards the bottom of the page after the links to guidance documents. Most of the calculators/estimators require detailed technical information. Level of instructions differs between the individual tools.

Resource information

Resource owner

Format

Website

Backup URL

Update Frequency

Irregularly

Geographic Coverage

South Carolina

Technical specifications

Methodology

Varies across sources and pollutants. Some use emissions factors, while others use materials balance.

Sectors

Other Specifications

Requires software that can read Microsoft Excel files.

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