National Pollutant Inventory - User Guide for NPI Online Reporting
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1. 8 User Guide Glossary Advisory message Coordinator Emission these messages are generated when there is a potential error in the data you have entered When acknowledged and commented on advisory messages are removed or the comment is recorded can enter all elements of an NPI report and can submit certify the report Facility or company personnel can be coordinators the release of an NPI substance to the environment whether in pure form or contained in other matter and or in solid liquid or gaseous form Air emissions point source air emissions to the atmosphere through a single point such as a vent or stack a facility can often have many separate point sources Air emissions fugitive emissions air emission not released via a stack or vent examples dust from stockpiles volatilisation of vapour from vats open vessels spills and materials handling Water emissions discharges to surface waters such as lakes rivers dams and estuaries coastal or marine waters and stormwater runoff Land emissions substance emissions onto a facility s site including solid wastes slurries and sediments Emissions to land from spills leaks storage and distribution of materials containing NPI substances may User Guide for NPI Online Reporting System 169 Version 3 2 May 2010 EET Emission data Facility Facility ID Facility Process Diagram Jurisdiction NPI Reporter also occur Unint2. entional leaks and spills must also be estimated and reported Emission Estimation Technique an estimate of the amount of a substance emitted ina reporting period that identifies the medium to which the substance was discharged air land or water and the estimation technique used any building land or offshore site from which an NPI substance may be emitted together with any machinery plant appliance equipment implement tool or other item used in connection with any activity carried out a unique alphanumeric given to your facility by your jurisdiction to identify the facility from other facilities in your jurisdiction e g ACTO01 a flowchart of your facility process that identifies raw inputs into the facility products and by products manufactured on the site and all emission sources the Commonwealth a participating State or a participating Territory National Pollutant Inventory a publicly available Internet database of emissions of substances from industrial and non industrial sources in Australia can enter the basic elements of an NPI report however they cannot submit certify the report Consultants or contractors are restricted to reporter level access User Guide for NPI Online Reporting System 170 Version 3 2 May 2010 Reporting Period Reporting thresholds Reporting Year Tab Transfer One year usually a financial year beginning 1 July and ending 30 June It can be a calenda
3. ontained in overburden waste rock uncontaminated soil uncontaminated sediment rock removed in construction or road building or soil used for the capping of landfills Transfer Estimation Technique an estimate of the amount of a substance transferred to a final destination in a reporting period that identifies the destination to which the substance was transferred and the estimation technique used these messages are generated when there is an error in the data you have entered For example when the reported emission for Total Volatile Organic Compounds is less than the sum of the individual VOC emissions a validation message will be generated You cannot submit a report until the data has been corrected When the data is corrected the validation messages are removed User Guide for NPI Online Reporting System 172 Version 3 2 May 2010
4. r year or another 12 month timeframe If a facility uses more than 10 tonnes of selected NPI substances or consumes more than a specified amount of energy or emits more than a certain amount of total nitrogen or total phosphorus to water then it is required to estimate and report its emissions Only those facilities that exceed certain thresholds appear on the NPI The Reporting Year is the financial year that the reporting period finishes in For example if your facility reports each calendar year then for the Calendar Year 2007 the end date is 31 December 2007 As this date falls in the 2007 2008 Financial Year the Reporting Year is 2007 2008 As can be seen in this screen shot in the NPI Online Reporting System a tab refers to a round cornered rectangle near the top of the screen which is very similar to a card tab inserted in a paper file or a card index Details Location Contacts Clicking on a tab is a way of navigating between screens in a part of the system Only one tab can be open at a time This is not to confuse the term tab with the use of the tab key a means the transport or movement on site or off site of substances to a mandatory reporting transfer User Guide for NPI Online Reporting System 171 Version 3 2 May 2010 TET Transfer data Validation message destination or a voluntary reporting transfer destination but b does not include the transport or movement of substances c
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