Pod Technologies: Update: 06/2006

EDR Trend Version Upgrade

EDR Trend 3.0 is now available. Features include:

• Updates software to December 2005 EDR specifications;
• Corrects errors with Data Selection options;
• Simplifies installation requirements; and
• Other bug fixes and improvements.

EDR Trend creates Microsoft Excel workbooks that summarize and graph unit operational data from US EPA Clean Air Markets program Electronic Data Reporting (EDR) files. Uses for EDR Trend include characterizing baseline air pollution emissions, evaluating air pollution control device performance, and forecasting emissions for market-based regulatory programs.

6/30/2006: EDR Trend 3.01 includes updated naming conventions and a new software license.

6/30/2006

Mercury News: 2nd Quarter 2006

• ADA-ES awarded mercury control contract for new Arkansas power plant. Power Engineering, 6/26/2006
• EPA sticks to its guns on mercury market plan, setting stage for court and tougher state rules. Power News, 6/21/2006
• New York proposes mercury regulations tougher than federal. Power Engineering, 6/13/2006
• New York Governor to reduce mercury emissions. Power Engineering, 5/30/2006
• Stack emissions technology goes from lab to market. ISA InTech, 5/24/2006
• Minnesota Legislature approves mercury regulations. Power News, 5/24/2006
• Georgia officials seek tighter mercury emission controls. The Telegraph, 5/18/2006
• EPA Inspector General calls for more mercury monitoring. (pdf, 1pp, 69kb) US EPA, 5/15/2006
• EPA ordered to release rule making documents for mercury emissions. Power News, 5/11/2006
• Nearly half of states reject federal mercury rule. Power Engineering, 4/26/2006
• Minnesota developing stricter mercury emission standards. Power News, 4/18/2006

6/26/2006

US EPA Clean Air Markets Data: 1st Quarter 2006

First Quarter 2006 Hourly Emissions Data from US EPA Clean Air Markets programs are available. Emissions and operational data from these data files can be reviewed and analyzed with EDR Trend

6/21/2006

Monitor Data Checking Software Version 4.2.55

US EPA Clean Air Markets issued Monitor Data Checking (MDC) Software v4.2.55, revised as of June 14, 2006. This version is being released to fix the MDC Hourly functionality that evaluates the QA status of Appendix D Fuel Flowmeter Systems and Appendix E NOx emission rate systems. US EPA plans to use the MDC Hourly functionality in v4.2.55 to perform quarterly electronic audits of Appendix D and E units, starting with the 2nd quarter of 2006 EDR submissions.

In addition, MDC CAMD Export Files data are refreshed as of June 10, 2006.

6/16/2006

US EPA Emission Measurement Center Test Method Listing

US EPA's Emission Measurement Center has simplified their listing of test methods. There are now four categories, based on the legal status of the methods under federally enforceable regulations:

• Methods Proposed or Promulgated in the Federal Register;
• Source Category Approved Alternative Methods;
• Other Methods; and
• Historic Conditional Methods.

6/13/2006