The emission inventory is required by federal regulation 40 CFR Part 51 - Consolidated Emissions Reporting and requires that emissions data be collected from certain facilities by all state agencies responsible for regulating air pollution. Georgia's Air Protection Branch is also collecting emissions data to obtain information necessary for the development of State Implementation Plans required by the 8-hr ozone NAAQS and the PM2.5 NAAQS. This is being conducted under the authority of Georgia Rule 391-3-1-.02(6)(b)1.(i).

NOTE: Facilities identified by the Air Protection Branch (APB) as those that might need to participate in the Calendar Year 2007 emissions inventory will be receiving information about the process in the mail in May 2008.

Facilities whose actual emissions equal or exceed the thresholds shown in the table below for any of the indicated pollutants are required to submit emissions data by no later than September 30. If your facility’s actual emissions of ALL the pollutants in the following table are less than the indicated thresholds, you may choose to opt out of participation in the emission inventory process. To opt out, choose the appropriate option on the web form after loging on and follow the provided instructions. For the 2007 Emission Invenotry, Lead (Pb) is not required to be reported regardless of the amount of lead emissions.