NIC should work with Sector Leads to find and distribute any available materials from 5 NIC 1-2 weeks (in EPA Toolkit) the previous National Communication or National Inventory. Each Sector Lead should: Review the relevant section(s) of the previous national communication Review previous inventory to determine priorities for this inventory. Pay attention to discussions of problems or EPA Methods & potential future improvements. Data Review inventory sections, Documentation spreadsheets, and other relevant (MDD) Template Sector Leads files. and sector 6 1-2 months Assign staff responsibilities (i.e., working Sector Lead collecting data, developing groups Roles and estimates, coordinating Responsibilities consultant(s), working with (in EPA Toolkit) ministries providing data, etc.) Determine data availability, quality, and barriers to collection Choose methods, identify activity data, approaches for filling data gaps, emission factors, and conversion factors. Send any necessary official communication to request data EPA Methods & Determine methods and compile activity Data data and emission factors (e.g. data should Documentation include activity data, emission factors and (MDD) Template relevant uncertainty parameters). 7 Sector Leads 1-2 months Review reporting and Use MDD template to document methods documentation and data. sections of for each category Sector Lead Complete emission calculations and prepare and 8 Sector 2 months narrative text to be included in the inventory Responsibilities (in EPA Toolkit)
5 NIC should work with Sector Leads to find and distribute any available materials from the previous National Communication or National Inventory. NIC 1-2 weeks (in EPA Toolkit) 6 Each Sector Lead should: Review the relevant section(s) of the previous national communication Review previous inventory to determine priorities for this inventory. Pay attention to discussions of problems or potential future improvements. Review inventory sections, spreadsheets, and other relevant files. Assign staff responsibilities (i.e., collecting data, developing estimates, coordinating consultant(s), working with ministries providing data, etc.) Determine data availability, quality, and barriers to collection Choose methods, identify activity data, approaches for filling data gaps, emission factors, and conversion factors. Send any necessary official communication to request data Sector Leads and sector working groups 1-2 months EPA Methods & Data Documentation (MDD) Template Sector Lead Roles and Responsibilities (in EPA Toolkit) 7 Determine methods and compile activity data and emission factors (e.g. data should include activity data, emission factors and relevant uncertainty parameters). Use MDD template to document methods and data. Sector Leads 1-2 months EPA Methods & Data Documentation (MDD) Template Review reporting and documentation sections of for each category 8 Complete emission calculations and prepare narrative text to be included in the inventory Sector 2 months Sector Lead and Responsibilities (in EPA Toolkit)