Tools to calculate emissions

Introduction

This toolbox is a collection of materials to help you if you have to submit information in response to Notices issued under s.46 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA).

The toolbox consists of:

It does not contain a list of all reporting tools related to the NPRI. Other publicly available and site-specific tools/guidance may exist and may be useful in certain situations.

You should exercise professional judgement, knowledge and care to determine and use the best information available to estimate your facility’s emissions.

Sector-specific tools

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Sector(s) Environment and Climate Change Canada guidance Related guidance

Alumina and aluminum

Emission estimation guide for primary aluminum producers

Emission estimation spreadsheet for primary aluminum producers

United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) guide for primary aluminum production

Australia National Pollutant Inventory (NPI) guide for alumina refining

Australia NPI guide for aluminum smelting

Animal food manufacturing

Emission estimation calculator: feed manufacturing

US EPA chapter for food and agricultural industries

Australia NPI guide for animal and bird feed manufacture

Asphalt plants

Emission estimation calculator: hot mix asphalt plants

Emission estimation calculator: crushed stone processing

US EPA guide for hot mix asphalt plants

Australia NPI guide for hot mix asphalt manufacturing

Base metal smelting

No sector-specific guidance or calculators are available from ECCC at this time

US EPA chapter for metallurgical industry

Australia NPI guide for non-ferrous metal manufacture

Australia NPI guide for gold ore processing

Australia NPI guide for nickel concentration, smelting and refining

Australia NPI guide for lead concentrating, smelting and refining

Australia NPI guide for copper concentrating, smelting and refining

Australia NPI guide for zinc concentrating, smelting and refining

Breweries

Emission estimation calculator: beer brewing

US EPA guide for malt beverages

Australia NPI guide for beer and ready-to-drink alcoholic beverage manufacturing

Australia NPI guide for malt manufacturing

Cement manufacturing

No sector-specific guidance or calculators are available from ECCC at this time

US EPA guide for portland cement manufacturing

US EPA guide for concrete batching

Australia NPI guide for cement manufacturing

Chemicals manufacturing

NPRI reporting guidance for BENPAT and PREPOD

NPRI Guidance on estimating atmospheric emissions from storage tanks

US EPA chapter for organic chemical process industry

US EPA chapter for inorganic chemical industry

US EPA guide for liquid storage tanks (please refer to Miscellaneous resources and other relevant links for solar and meteorological data resources)

Australia NPI guide for chemical (inorganic industrial) manufacturing

Australia NPI guide for chemical (organic industrial) processing

Australia NPI guide for chemical product manufacture

Australia NPI guide for fuel and organic liquid storage

Australia NPI guide for ammonium sulphate manufacturing 

Australia NPI guide for phosphate manufacturing 

Australia NPI guide for synthetic ammonia manufacturing

Australia NPI guide for urea manufacturing (ammonium nitrate)

Defence services

No sector-specific guidance or calculators are available from ECCC at this time

US EPA chapter for ordnance detonation

Australia NPI guide for defence facilities

Electric power generation, transmission and distribution

Coal-fired power plants may use the following emission factor to estimate and report hexachlorobenzene (HCB) emissions:  

0.013 mg HCB/tonne coal burned1

US EPA chapter for external combustion sources

US EPA chapter for stationary internal combustion sources

Australia NPI guide for fossil fuel electric power generation

Canadian Energy Partnership for Environmental Innovation (CEPEI) - Natural gas combustion emissions guidance and calculator

Electroplating

Guidance for facilities in the chromium electroplating, chromium anodizing and reverse etching sector

US EPA guide for electroplating

Australia NPI guide for electroplating

Grain handling

Emission estimation calculator: grain elevators

US EPA chapter for grain elevators & processes

Iron, steel and ilmenite smelting

No sector-specific guidance or calculators are available from ECCC at this time

US EPA chapter for metallurgical industry

Australia NPI guide for iron and steel production

Lime manufacturing

No sector-specific guidance or calculators are available from ECCC at this time

US EPA guide for gypsum manufacturing industry

US EPA guide for lime manufacturing industry

Australia NPI guide for lime and dolomite manufacturing

Mining (general)

Guidance for the reporting of tailings and waste rock

Guidance for pits and quarries

Emission estimation calculator: crushed stone processing

US EPA chapter for mineral products industry

Australia NPI guide for mining

Australia NPI guide for mining and processing of non-metallic minerals

Australia NPI guide for mineral sands mining and processing

Australia NPI guide for explosives detonation

Mining (potash)

Potash sector emission estimate codes

See related guidance under “Mining (general)”

Motor vehicle manufacturing

No sector-specific guidance or calculators are available from ECCC at this time

US EPA chapter for evaporation loss sources

US EPA guide for abrasive blasting

Australia NPI guide for motor vehicle manufacturing

Australia NPI guide for surface coating

Natural gas transmission, distribution and storage

Oil sands

Upstream oil and gas

Oil and gas industry: guide to reporting

Emission estimation calculator: biogas flaring

Emission estimation calculator: sulphur dioxide (SO2) from burning sour gas

NPRI Guidance on estimating atmospheric emissions from storage tanks

US EPA chapter for external combustion sources

US EPA chapter for stationary internal combustion sources

US EPA chapter for evaporation loss sources (e.g. surface coating)

US EPA chapter for petroleum industry

US EPA chapter for liquid storage tanks (please refer to Miscellaneous resources and other relevant links for solar and meteorological data resources)

US EPA chapter miscellaneous sources (e.g. flares)

Australia NPI guide for oil and gas exploration and production

Australia NPI guide for fuel and organic liquid storage

Petroleum refining

Petroleum product terminals

Emission estimation calculator: biogas flaring

Emission estimation calculator: sulphur dioxide (SO2) from burning sour gas

NPRI Guidance on estimating atmospheric emissions from storage tanks

Canadian fuels association: code of practice for developing an emission inventory for refineries and terminals

Australia NPI guide for petroleum refining

Also see related guidance for "Natural gas transmission, distribution and storage, oil sands and upstream oil and gas"

Printing and related support activities

No sector-specific guidance or calculators are available from ECCC at this time

Australia NPI guide for printing, publishing and packaging

Tire and rubber products manufacturing

NPRI reporting guidance for BENPAT and PREPOD

Waste treatment and disposal

Emission estimation calculator: municipal waste incinerators in Newfoundland and Labrador

US EPA chapter for solid waste disposal

Australia NPI guide for municipal solid waste landfills

Australia NPI guide for sewage and biomedical waste incineration

Wastewater

Guidance for the wastewater sector

Guidance for the reporting of biosolids

Canadian Water and Wastewater Association guidance for small to medium wastewater facilities

Australia NPI guide for sewage and wastewater treatment

Wood manufacturing and pulp

Emission estimation calculator: wood products operations

Emission estimation calculator: woodworking

Guidance for wood preservation facilities: available on request

US EPA chapter for wood products manufacturing

Australia NPI guide for pulp and paper manufacturing

Australia NPI guide for timber and wood product manufacturing

Important note about the NPRI toolbox

Some of the information contained within the toolbox has been provided by external sources. Environment and Climate Change Canada has no direct control over the content, and is not responsible for the accuracy, reliability, currency and completeness of the information supplied by external sources. Users wishing to rely upon this information should consult directly with the source of the information.

The Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) registry number, found in the toolbox, is the property of the American Chemical Society. Any use or redistribution, except as required in supporting regulatory requirements and/or for reports to the government when the information and the reports are required by law or administrative policy, is not permitted without the prior, written permission of the American Chemical Society.

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