Data Management System and QA/QC

Operations

PMR Training on MRV

Turkey

September 2014

Presentation Overview

National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory System (NAEIS) objectives

NAEIS System Overview

NAEIS Features

Process Overview

Data Mining

National Climate Change

Response Policy

Over-arching objective of NAEIS

Track transition to a lower-carbon economy & improve air quality

Goal

User-friendly and business process

collaboration

Meet international reporting regulations

Automation &quality

Calculate emissions for air pollutants and

GHG

Maintain accurate and UTD emission

inventory

NAEIS Objectives

NAEIS Project Objectives

What pollutants are included in NAEIS?

Pollutant South Africa

NAAQS

NAEIS

Capabilit

y

1. Criteria Pollutants

PM, SO2, NOx, CO, Benzene, Dust, Lead Yes Yes

• Other metals (Arsenic, Cadmium, Nickel, etc.) Yes

2. Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs) Yes

3. Volatile Organic Chemicals (VOCs) Yes

4. Green House Gasses (GHGs) Yes

NAEIS – Emission Inventory Scope

5

NAEIS System overview

Activity Data

Sub-Module

Emission-

Factor

Sub-Module

Inventory

results are

documented

and archived

Public

Interface

for

emissions

results

Emissions

Reporting

Emission

Summary

Tables

Emissions

Processing: the

heart of the EI

inventory

module

E = M x NCV x EF

Who uses NAEIS?

Prepare and certify emission reports for all emission sources subject to Section 21

Create facility, register facility user, approve/publish “Master List”, audit/review municipal emission inventory. Enter non-point source emissions.

Create facility, register facility user, approve/publish “Master List”, audit/review provincial emission inventory. Enter non-point source emissions.

Create facility, register facility user, initiate “Master List”, assist report, confirm, audit and review national emission inventory.

User Usage Scenarios

National (EIU)

Provincial

Municipality

Industry (Section 21 sources)

DOE

National Treasury

General Public

Collaborate with DEA to collect energy data from Industry to support environmental and energy programs

Verify accuracy of carbon tax reports from the industry against the NAEIS emission data to ensure proper tax collection

Data

Provider

Data

Consumer

Data

Provider

Data

Consumer

Data

Provider

Data

Consumer

Data

Provider

Data

Consumer

Data

Consumer

Data

Consumer

Data

Consumer

Use non confidential emission inventory to better understand emission impacts to air quality

Data

Provider

NAEIS REPORTING PROCESS FLOW

For each annual reporting cycle, we start from the “Master

List” to ensure the Inventory will be complete and involve all

stakeholders to achieve good data quality!

How NAEIS Enforces Good Data Quality

Full Accountability “Make it simple” by only showing data applicable to each user

Complete “audit trail” to track who-changes-what

Data Security Accounting Officers “AOs” must certify their reports

Once digitally signed, no change is allowed (not even Authority)

High data security

Secured Socket Layer (SSL)

Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard compliance

Virus detection and deletion

24/7/365 Availability and Disaster Recovery (no data loss)

Cradle-to-Grave Report Life-cycle Management Report Life Cycle Tracking (NAEIS screen)

Auto email alerts to Authority and AOs till each EI obligation is met

Overview of NAEIS Features

Reporting Obligations & History • Reporting obligations for current year

• Reporting History

Emission Inventory Contents

Source – Reporting Entity basic information (name, location, etc.)

Contact – Reporting Entity contact person (primary and

secondary).

Stack – stacks connected to Emission Units

Emission Unit – units that emit pollutants

Reporting Group – if applicable, it is used to combine “similar”

emission units into one reporting group to simplify reporting.

Activity & Emission – describes operating schedules, material

used, and resulting emissions for each emission unit (or reporting

group). Each emission unit or reporting group must include at least

one Activity (multiple activities are supported).

Submit – certify and submit

Completeness Check – to help the reporting entity to verify data

quality to ensure meeting minimum submission criteria. If fields are

incomplete or incorrect, the System will generate warning or error

messages.

NAEIS Report Site Map – Contains the report in “Window

Explorer” like tree structure

Make It Easy for the Reporters

• Integrate Section 21 with SCC and IPCC

Linking Sec 21 with IPCC guidelines System handles both pollutants and GHGs

IPCC Sectors (GHG

Emissions)

Energy

IP + PU

A+FO+LU

Waste

Waste

Process

Emissions

Energy

Fugitive

Energy

Recovery

Combustion:

Stationery +

Mobile

Production of

Primary and

Secondary fuels

Non-energy

use and

feedstock

Pulp + Paper:

Forest

Management

Sec 21 ( Air pollutant

emissions)

Check My Data Before Submit - Data Quality

• Run

Completeness Check

Results on Site Map

Error: Red Background

Warning: Yellow Background

NAEIS Authority Portal

Work Collaboration and Resource Management

Audit EI Reports

Turn Emission Data Into Information

NAEIS Homepage/Dashboard (Agency)

View by Jurisdiction

Emission Audit

Result Summary

Sources in

Jurisdiction

Sources in Master

List Sources Nation -

wide

My Assignments

Process Overview – Audit EI Reports

NAEIS Process Overview

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Phase

Master List Preparation

(Refer to Section 5.1 in

Training Manual for more

information on Master List

Preparation)

Does Facility have

AO registered in

System?

Create AO Account

(AO Only)

Login to Prepare

and/or Revise

Report

No

Yes

Need

Auditing?

Perform Pre-Audit

Review is Complete

– No further action

needed

No

Pass Audit? YesYes

Send Report Back

for Revision

No

Is it Past

Compliance Date?

Send Notification of

Compliance

Reminder

Report Submitted?

No

Yes

Yes

No

Audit Step 1: Pre-Audit Criteria

NAEIS performs Pre-Audit Automatically

Audit Criteria Stack Added/Removed

Emission Unit Added/Removed

Reporting Group Added/Removed

Activities Added/Removed

Completeness Check Warning Messages >50

Emissions Exceed Threshold Value

Reported Material Throughput Exceeds design capacity

Previous Year Comparison report > 20% (for 1 to <4 tonne mass difference)

Previous Year Comparison report > 20% (for 4 to <15 tonne mass difference)

Previous Year Comparison report > 20% (for 15 to <40 tonne mass difference)

Previous Year Comparison report (for >40 tonne mass difference)

Audit Step 1: Pre-Audit Notification

Audit Step 2: Assign Auditor

Based on Pre-Audit results, determine if source needs to be audited

Send out Pre-Audit result notification

Assign audits to pertaining Auditor

Audit Step 2: Auditor Performs Audit

Perform Audits using

Report Site Map

Pass/Fail Audits –

Insert Comments if

needed

Audit Step 2: Audit Findings

Emission Factor Module

About the EF module

Library of default and country specific emission/plant-specific emission factors (see next slide)

Database of emission factors accessible to all users

Metadata about the EF in the database

Procedure and function for submission of Country Specific/ Plant-specific Emission Factors defined

Emission-

Factor

Sub-Module

Turn Emission Data Into Information

Data Mining (1 of 2) • Search emission data by

• Pollutants, Year, Location, Energy Sector

• View Emissions, GHG-e, Global Warming Potential

GIS Features • Single or Group Pollutant (HAP, VOCs, GHG, etc.)

• Display “Hot Zones” by both Area and Individual Source

• Within each Source, display Emission Details and Total

• Include Emissions, GHG-e, Global Warming Potential

QA/QC Summary

QA-System does automatic run check, gives a report a score

QC- done outside the system and the inventory is externally

verified by independent reviewer

Thank You

Jongikhaya Witi

CD: Climate Change - Monitoring and Evaluation

jwiti@environment.gov.za