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As the Air District celebrates its 50th anniversary, the CARE Program is just one of a series of innovative projects that will be undertaken in the years ahead, as the agency expands its scope to address new challenges, from indoor air pollution to global warming. The last half century has seen dramatic improvement in the Bay Area's air quality, and the Air District expects to build on this success as it prepares to make bold new gains in the next 50 years to come

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Emission Inventory

5/15/2013

An emission inventory is an itemized list of emission estimates for sources of air pollution in a given area for a specified time period. Present and future year inventories are critical components of air quality planning and modeling. The ultimate goal of the planning process is to identify and achieve emission patterns that do not result in violations of ambient air quality standards.

Emissions are calculated by BAAQMD staff using various procedures. Emission computation methodology by source category is outlined in the BAAQMD publication, "Source Category Methodologies." The BAAQMD participates in the California Emission Inventory Technical Advisory Committee (EITAC) and maintains the best available inventory methodologies.

The emission inventory is divided into stationary, mobile, and biogenic sources.

For the most up-to-date emissions inventory compiled for the Bay Area Particulate Matter State Implementation Plan (SIP) please refer to "Understanding Particulate Matter: Protecting Public Health in the San Francisco Bay Area" November 2012.  See Pages 81-99 and Appendix A Pages 158-160.

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