
January 1st marks the beginning of the 2009 quarter 4 reporting period. Sources required to report emissions data under the Acid Rain Program (ARP), Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR), and Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) have until January 30th to submit their emissions data to the EPA using the ECMPS Client Tool.
During this reporting period, the EPA expects to receive over 3,900 emissions data submissions. Given these large number of files that need to be submitted over the next 30 days, we, at technical support, encourage all sources to start working as soon as possible on the evaluation and submission of their data.
Start EarlyWe want to encourage sources to start early primarily because, with the large volume of submissions expected, if you have questions, you will get a faster response to your technical support request, the earlier in the month that you submit your request. If you wait until later in the month to begin working with your data and you run into problems that require technical support, your request will be added to a much longer queue than if you had submitted the request earlier in the submission period.
Technical Support InformationInformation on getting technical support through the resources on the Web site or by submitting a technical support request has all been consolidated in the Web site's
Help section. We would like to highlight that, as necessary,
FAQs and
Known Issues will continue to be updated throughout the submission period. Hours for technical support are listed on the
Contact Us page. Note, that technical support will be unavailable on the business day of Monday, January 1st because it is New Year's Day.
Resubmission RequestsRequests to resubmit QA or emissions data should be made using the
Resubmission Request Form. Beginning with the 2009 quarter 3 reporting period, the form was been put online in order to streamline the process of receiving the information for the request and providing the necessary submission access.
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