Annual Emissions Reporting Tool
AER-Web

In the past, all facilities submitting Annual Emission Reports used AQMD’s reporting software or the official paper forms for calculating and reporting their emissions.  The emission reporting software was a stand-alone program that was used locally by each facility.  The data entered into the software program was submitted to AQMD either on-line, or by mail on CD-ROM, and then uploaded to AQMD's central database for review and processing.  Data submitted on paper forms was entered into the database manually. 

The reporting function has now been converted to a web-based application that is accessed on-line. Users will still be able to start and stop the data entry process with the on-line system since the data are saved in a temporary on-line repository until the report is submitted by the facility, at which point the data are uploaded directly into AQMD's central database.  After the first year, users can import the previous years data to start the emission reporting process.  In addition, the on-line software will identify applicable reporting forms for each facility (and this selection can be overridden by the user as needed).  Users can also override default emission factors and use alternatives, as long as the alternative emission factors can be documented and best represent emissions from the specific equipment.  All emission calculations and the transfer of data to summary forms will be automatic.

As an enhancement, facilities will have the option of reporting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, as required by California state law (AB-32), through the new on-line AER system.  Much of the same process information used to calculate criteria pollutant emissions can also be used to calculate a portion of a facilities GHG emissions and the AER system provides additional data entry forms for reporting the remainder (such as, from mobile and indirect sources). 

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