ECMPS Support

October 1st marks the beginning of the 2009 quarter 3 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 October 30th to submit their emissions data to the EPA using the ECMPS Client Tool.

During this reporting period, the EPA expects to receive over 4,150 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 Early

We 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 Information

Information 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, October 12th because it is Columbus Day.

Resubmission Requests

Requests to resubmit QA or emissions data should be made using the new Resubmission Request Form. The form has been put online in order to streamline the process of receiving the information for the request and providing the necessary submission access.

Keep Up-To-Date

If you have not been able to keep up-to-date with recent ECMPS News items, we would suggest reviewing recent news items on the ECMPS News page. Some of the recent posts include:

• A Known Issue with Updating the Shared Database to the 2009 Q3 Version
  


• Service Pack 1 for the 2009 Q3 Version


• The New ECMPS Support Web Site

Also, if you have not already subscribed, we want to remind you that you can receive the ECMPS News posts via email by subscribing to ECMPS News or adding the ECMPS News feed to your RSS Reader. To subscribe via email, simply enter your email address in the box provided on the upper right part of the ECMPS News page and click the Subscribe button. To receive the RSS feed, click on the RSS feed, which also located at the bottom of every page on the Web site.

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