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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 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 emission/removal category 8 Complete emission calculations and prepare narrative text to be included in the inventory Sector Leads 2 months Sector Lead Roles and Responsibilities (in EPA Toolkit) 9 Recalculate emission estimates for previous inventory years (if applicable) and explain changes in narrative text Sector Leads 1 month Sector Lead Roles and Responsibilities (in EPA Toolkit) 10 Complete internal quality control (QC) procedures, including additional internal reviews as described in the QA/QC plan Sector Leads, QA/QC Coordinator 1 month EPA Description of QA/QC Procedures Template 11 Complete external quality assurance (QA) procedures (e.g., stakeholders, advisory committee) including any additional external reviews as described in the QA/QC plan Sector QA/QC Coordinator 1-2 months EPA Description of QA/QC Procedures Template 12 Revise GHG estimates and narrative text based upon QA/QC reviews Sector Leads 1-2 weeks Sector Lead Roles and Responsibilities (in EPA Toolkit) 13 Complete Uncertainty Analysis (if applicable). Document Uncertainty methods using MDD Template. Sector Uncertainty Coordinator 2-4 EPA Methods & Data Documentation (MDD) Template, 14 Compile sector narratives into one document NIC 1-2 weeks NIC Roles and Qualifications (in EPA Toolkit) 15 Perform Key Category Analysis (KCA) on GHG estimates. Conduct a Level Analysis, and conduct a Trend Analysis if multiple years of data are available. NIC 1 week
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