Air Emissions Factors and Quantification
Emissions factors are tools for building emissions inventories, guiding air quality management decisions and developing emissions control strategies.
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An emissions factor is a representative value that attempts to relate the quantity of a pollutant emitted with an industrial activity.
Emissions factors are tools for building emissions inventories, guiding air quality management decisions and developing emissions control strategies.
8/15/2024 - EPA has finalized AP-42 Chapter 2, Section 4 – Municipal Solid Waste Landfills. The finalized factors, the comments received, the response to comments, a summary of changes made from draft to final, and the final AP-42 section can be found on the Final Revisions to AP-42 Chapter 2, Section 4 – Municipal Solid Waste Landfills page.
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