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Use the Process Unit form to set up every process unit at your entity, such as your sources, control devices, outfalls, storage areas, emission points, disposal systems, and other environmentally significant entities. Because a process unit can be any type of entity, you MUST classify each process unit and specify the Essential modules that will be using it in the Type section. Process units can be classified as more than one type, such as a source and a control device. Classifying process units correctly is critical to using the software; in addition to allowing you to use the same process unit in more than one module, the classification controls which process units appear on other forms. For instance, only process units classified as Emission Points and assigned Water module access will be listed on the Outfalls form. For information about how to classify a process unit correctly, refer to Classifying process units.
To enter a process unit, select the entity where it is located and enter an ID for the process unit. You can also associate a process unit with a category and type, although this is optional. Categories and types allow you to identify your process units and define a list of properties for them. For example, under the Control Equipment category, a type of control device is an "Afterburner". Properties that you might define for an afterburner include "average thermal efficiency", "catalyst", and "length".
In the Type section, you MUST classify the process unit and determine in which modules you will use it. For the Compliance Manager module, the Auxiliary Units, Permits, and Compliance Categories sections are also important. Use them to identify auxiliary units, to assign process units to compliance categories, and to select any permits that apply to a process unit. For the FEMS module, use the Tags section to assign components to the process unit. In the remaining sections, you can enter general, property, location, and SCC code information for the process unit and you can open the forms used to assign the process unit to production units, emission units, and process unit areas.
Use one of the following paths in the Navigation Tree to access the Process Units list:
Air, FEMS, Task Manager, Waste modules
Click Data Entry > Process Unit Information > Process Units.
Chemical Inventory module
Click Data Entry > Storage Area Information > Process Units.
Compliance Manager module
Click Data Entry > Process Unit Compliance > Process Units.
Emergency module
Click Data Entry > Validation > Process Units.
Water module
Click Data Entry > Outfall Information > Process Units.
Process Data Manager module
Click Data Entry > Process Unit Hierarchy > Process Units.
Click the New
button.
The Process Unit form is displayed.
Select an Enterprise
Entity from the list.
If your entity is not listed, click the Ellipsis
button and add it.
Enter a Process Unit ID name.
Select a Process
Unit Category and a Process
Unit Type from the list for each field.
Note: The system
automatically displays any process unit properties that you associated
with the process unit category and type in the Properties
section. If you do not select a category and type before you save
the process unit ID, you will have to add each property individually.
If the appropriate category/type is not listed, click the Ellipsis
button next to the field and add it.
Enter an Active
Date. The Calendar
button is available to select the date.
Emission calculations cannot be performed for a process unit prior
to its active date.
Click the Save button on the form.
Add information in the General,
ID Numbers, Properties,
Location, Type,
SCC Codes, Compliance
Categories, Auxiliary Units,
Permits, References,
and Document Links sections.
Associate the process unit with other units/areas the Production
Units, Process Unit Areas,
and Emission Units sections.
Tip: Remember
that you MUST correctly classify the process unit in the Type section.
Click the Save button on the form.
Repeat steps 2 through 9 to add other process units.
In the General Information section on the Process Unit form, enter detailed information about your process unit for reporting or recordkeeping. Specify an alternate name for the process unit, a description, the manufacturer, and model and serial numbers. Keep track of the date when the equipment was last adjusted or repaired in the Last Modification Date field.
To add general
information for a process unit
Locate your process unit on the Process Units list, click the unit link to open the Process Unit form, and expand the General section if necessary.
Type an alternate Process
Unit Name.
Note: If you
generate the Federal DMR, the Discharge
Number field is populated based on the Process
Unit Name in this section. If the Process
Unit Name field is left blank, the process unit ID will be
used.
Type a Description of the process unit.
Select a Manufacturer
from the list.
This list will only contain entities that you classified as an Equipment/Supplies Vendor in the
Entity Designation section
on the Enterprise Entity form.
If an entity is not listed, click the Ellipsis
button and add it.
Enter a Model Number and Serial Number when applicable.
Enter an Installation Date when applicable; or, click the Calendar button and select the date.
Enter the Last Modification Date (when the equipment was last adjusted), if applicable; or click the Calendar button and select the date.
Select a GHGGreenhouse
gas MRRMandatory
Reporting Rule Citation from the list
if emissions are reportable under the GHG MRR.
The subparts for 40 CFR 98 are pre-defined and available for selection
in the Air module, but can be managed in the Compliance Manager module
using the Rules form.
Click the Save button on the form.
Enter one or more identification numbers for the process unit in the ID Numbers section on the Process Unit form. The same equipment may require different ID numbers when reporting emissions to multiple agencies. If the identification number was assigned by a regulatory agency, select a governing body.
To assign ID
numbers
Locate your process unit on the Process Units list, click the unit link to open the Process Unit form, and expand the ID Numbers section when necessary.
Click Add
ID Number and select the ID
Number Type from the list.
If the appropriate type is not listed, click the Ellipsis
button and add it.
Enter the ID Number.
Select the Governing
Body from the list when applicable.
If the appropriate governing body is not listed, click the Ellipsis
button and add it.
Click OK.
The ID number information is displayed as a line item in the ID Numbers section. Edit existing
ID number information using the buttons adjacent to the line item.
Repeat steps 2 through 5 to add other ID numbers.
Click the Save button on the form.
In the Properties section on the Process Unit form, define properties about a process unit for use in emission equations, applicability analyses, reports, or recordkeeping. Properties are fixed characteristics of the process unit, which may include the height of a tank, the maximum volume of a boiler, or the exit velocity of a stack.
This section may already be populated with properties if you assigned a process unit category and type that had a default list of properties associated with it. (Process unit categories, types, and default properties are established on the Process Unit Category Types form.)
For each process unit property listed in the Properties section, enter the process unit's value. If the result is a number, enter the value and select the appropriate unit of measure. The unit of measure list will only contain units of the same unit type as the process unit property's base unit (e.g., Temperature, Density, or Length) and for which there is conversion information. For example, if the process unit property is Average Wind Speed, the Unit Type is Velocity, and the base unit of measure is ft/sec; you will only be able to change the unit to mph, km/hr, m/s, or another unit that has conversion information to ft/sec.
If the Properties section contains no entries, or if you want to add or delete certain properties, you can do so in this section and then enter values. Make sure you have validated the list of process unit properties on the Process Unit Properties form before you define the values for each process unit.
The process unit properties and the values assigned can be viewed in the Process Unit Properties section on the Compliance Scenario form. For example, if you enter a boiler's fuel type as a property, you could refer to the fuel type on the Compliance Scenario form to help you determine if a particular requirement applies to the process unit.
To define properties
for a process unit
Locate your process unit on the
Process Units list, click
the unit link to open the Process
Unit form, and expand the Properties
section when necessary.
When establishing a new process unit, click the Save
button on the form before defining properties. If a process unit category
and type with a default list of associated properties has been assigned,
the properties will be automatically listed when you save.
Click Add a Property to display the Properties form.
Select a process unit Property from the list.
Enter a Text Value or a Numeric Value for the process unit property.
Associate a Unit
of measure with a numeric value entry by selecting it from the list.
If the unit of measure is not listed, click the Ellipsis
button and add it.
Click OK.
The property is added as the last line item in the Properties
section. After you save the form, the property is moved to the appropriate
alphabetical position in the list of properties. Edit existing information
using the buttons adjacent to the line item.
Repeat steps 2 through 6 to add another process unit property.
Click the Save button on the form.
In the Location section on the Process Unit form, enter location data for the process unit including entity coordinates, latitude and longitude, Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) coordinates, and a location name. Entity coordinates can be used for documenting a plant-specific coordinate scheme where equipment and other process units are located in reference to some point at the plant. Location information may be used by crews that need to locate specific equipment. The remaining location data is used for recordkeeping and reporting.
To enter location
data
Locate your process unit on the Process Units list, click the unit link to open the Process Unit form, and expand the Locations section if necessary.
Enter the X, Y, and Z Entity Coordinates.
Type Latitude and Longitude degrees, minutes, and seconds in the appropriate fields and select a directional abbreviation from the list.
Enter the UTM Zone, Northing and Easting coordinates.
Type a Location Name.
Click the Save button on the form.
In the Type section on the Process Unit form, you MUST classify a process unit as a source, control device, process device, emission point (outfall), storage area, or disposal system. You can mark a process unit as more than one type. For example, an incinerator may dispose of solid waste, but it also generates air emissions from the combustion of waste streams and auxiliary fuel. In the Air module, you can model the incinerator's abatement and generated emissions, while also selecting it as a disposal system for use in the Waste module.
For a process unit that is a source, indicate whether the process unit is a point source, such as a pipe discharging a water outfall, or a non-point source, such as a waste pile releasing fugitive air emissions. Point sources can either release to the atmosphere, water, or land, or they can be connected to another process unit.
For a process unit operating as a control device, indicate whether the control device removes emissions or neutralizes them. The Destruction/Neutralization option allows you to count the abatement of the device toward on-site treatment for SARA reporting. You can also enter other control device-specific information. The control method is a code used to identify the control device, the number of abatement points is the number of sources linked to the control device, and the determination method identifies how a control device's efficiency is evaluated.
For a process unit that is an emission point, indicate the destination of the emissions released. The destination can be a body of water, injection well, land, or waste treatment facility. If the destination is a waste treatment facility, indicate the method used to dispose of the waste. This option is important for reports such as the form R and federal and state DMRs.
For a process unit that is integral to the process, that is, if it is shut down, the whole process is shut down, mark the process unit as a process device. Marking a control device as a process device allows you to identify those control devices that you are permitted to take credit for when reporting maximum potential emissions.
For a process unit that is a designated location for storing materials at your entity, such as a fixed roof storage tank, mark the process unit as a storage area. Storage areas can also be a source of emissions. For example, an organic liquid storage vessel might emit VOC emissions.
For a process unit that disposes of materials, such as solid waste, mark the process unit as a disposal system. An example would be an incinerator.
In order to move a process unit from one entity to another, it must be marked as portable. Portability applies only to process units designated as a source, control device, or process device.
For GHGGreenhouse gas MRR reporting, select the Common Pipe check box and/or the Common Stack / Duct check box when applicable. Identify multiple sources related to the "common" process unit in the Auxiliary Units section. The common pipe option is available when the Source option is selected and the Common Stack / Duct option is enabled when the Emission Point option is selected.
You must also determine in which Essential modules you will use the process unit. For instance, to use a storage location in estimating inventory amounts and fugitive air emissions, you must make it available to both the Air and Chemical Inventory modules.
Classifying process units correctly is critical to using the software—in addition to allowing you to use the same process unit in more than one module, the classification controls which process units appear on other forms. Click the links below for the modules you use to learn how to classify process units:
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Locate your process unit on the Process Units list, click the unit link to open the Process Unit form, and expand the Type section if necessary.
Assign Module Access by clicking the check box for each module where the process unit will be used.
Designate the Process Unit Type by clicking the check box for each type that applies to the process unit.
Select a Source Type (point, non-point) if you chose the Source process unit type. Otherwise, skip to step 5.
Use the guidelines below to enter Control Efficiency Type information if you chose the Control Device process unit type. Otherwise, skip to step 6.
Click either the Removal or Destruction/Neutralization option.
Select the method by which a control device abates air, solid waste, or wastewater emissions from the list in the Control Method field. If the appropriate method is not listed, click the Ellipsis button and add it.
Type the number of sources linked to the control device in the Abatement Points field.
Select the method used to identify how a control device's efficiency is evaluated from the list in the Determination Method field. If the appropriate method is not listed, click the Ellipsis button and add it.
Use the guidelines below to enter Emission Point Destination information if you chose the Emission Point process unit type. Otherwise, skip to step 7.
Select a Destination Type from the list. Based on the destination type chosen, the software displays one or more fields for additional destination information.
For Body of Water destination points, select a body of water from the list.
For Injection Well destination points, type the name of the Injection Well and select one of the Class options.
For Land destination points, select the Land Type from list and enter the Land Name.
For Receiving Facility destination points, select the Receiving Facility and Disposal Method from the list.
For Other destination points, enter a description of the destination.
Click the Save button on the form.
In the SCC Codes section on the Process Unit form, assign SCC codes to a process unit (applicable to sources only). For example, the SCC Code 10100101 is assigned to pulverized coal boilers. SCC codes allow you to group sources based on type and industry for reporting and accounting. Before you begin, make sure you have validated a list of codes on the SCC Codes form.
To assign SCC
codes
Locate your process unit on the Process Units list, click the unit link to open the Process Unit form, and expand the SCC Codes section if necessary.
Select the applicable Available
SCC Codes and click the right
arrow button to assign the codes to the process unit.
If an SCC code is not listed, click Edit
SCC Code List and add it. Remove an assigned SCC code by selecting
it and clicking the left arrow button.
Click the Save button on the form.
Production units can join together process units that operate on the same schedule. Associate a process unit with one or more production units in the Production Units section on the Process Unit form as described below or on the Production Unit form.
To associate
production units
Locate your process unit on the Process Units list, click the unit link to open the Process Unit form, and expand the Production Units section if necessary.
Click Add
Production Units to select one or more existing production
units.
Tip: Alternatively,
you can click Add New Production
Unit to set up a new production unit that will automatically
be associated with the process unit. After establishing the new production
unit, click the Save button
on the Process Unit form to
view the production unit as a line item in the Production
Units section.
Click the check box adjacent to a production unit to select it. Remove a selection by clicking the check box to clear it. Only production units with a checkmark in the check box adjacent to the unit name will be added.
Click the Add
Production Units button.
Each production unit selected is displayed as a line item in the Production Units section. Click
the Delete button adjacent
to the line item to remove the association.
Click the Save button on the form.
Process unit areas are independent of any production units and emission units, so a process unit can belong to one or more areas at the same time. Your process unit areas could be physical locations, such as all of the process units in a plant area, or conceptual, such as all of the process units that were recently installed. Associate process units with process unit areas in the Process Unit Areas section on the Process Unit form as described below or on the Process Areas form.
To add process
unit areas
Locate your process unit on the Process Units list, click the unit link to open the Process Unit form, and expand the Process Unit Areas section if necessary.
Click Add
Process Unit Areas to select one or more existing process unit
areas.
Tip: Alternatively,
you can click Add New Process Unit
Area to set up a new area that will automatically be associated
with the process unit. After establishing the new area, click the
Save button on the Process
Unit form to view the new area as a line item in the Process Unit Areas section.
Click the check box adjacent to a process unit area to select it. Remove a selection by clicking the check box to clear it. Only process unit areas with a checkmark in the check box adjacent to the area name will be added.
Click the Add
Process Unit Areas button.
Each selected process unit area is displayed as a line item in the
Process Unit Areas section.
Click the Delete button adjacent
to the line item to remove the association.
Click the Save button on the form.
Emission units are groups of process units that fall under the same regulatory requirements. Associate a process unit to one or more emission units in the Emission Units section on the Process Unit form as described below or on the Emission Unit form.
To associate
emission units
Locate your process unit on the Process Units list, click the unit link to open the Process Unit form, and expand the Emission Units section if necessary.
Click Add
Emission Units to select one or more existing emission units.
Tip: Alternatively,
you can click Add New Emission Unit
to set up a new emission unit that will automatically be associated
with the process unit. After establishing the new emission unit, click
the Save button on the Process Unit form to view the emission
unit as a line item in the Emission
Units section.
Click the check box adjacent to an emission unit to select it. Remove a selection by clicking the check box to clear it. Only emission units with a checkmark in the check box adjacent to the unit name will be added.
Click the Add
Emission Units button.
Each selected emission unit is displayed as a line item in the Emission Units section. Click the
Delete button adjacent to
the line item to remove the association.
Click Save.
In the Compliance Categories section on the Process Unit form, you can associate your process units with logical groups of regulations and policies, called compliance categories. The Compliance Manager module uses the association to determine which regulations and policies potentially apply to a process unit.
Compliance categories can encompass equipment type, process, or another factor. To ensure that the categories are used consistently, work with your regulatory experts when you assign process units to compliance categories.
To associate
compliance categories
Locate your process unit on the Process Units list, click the unit link to open the Process Unit form, and expand the Compliance Categories section.
Click Add Compliance Categories. The Compliance Category list opens.
Select the applicable Compliance
Categories.
Note:
The
list of available Compliance Categories is limited to those categories
that are marked "Available to All Entities" and that are
available to the Entity on the Process Unit form. Use the Search tool
to quickly find the compliance categories you need.
Scroll to the bottom of the list and click Add Selected Items.
Click Save.
In the Auxiliary Units section on the Process Unit form, you can group several process units together. You can create the group by establishing a process unit that represents the group and listing the individual process units in its Auxiliary Units section. For example, a distillation column includes a re-boiler, a condenser and a receiver. After establishing the re-boiler, condenser, and receiver as individual process units, establish the distillation column as a process unit. In the Auxiliary Units section for the distillation column, select the other process units.
Assigning auxiliary units can help you to manage compliance information in the Compliance Manager module. The compliance information of an auxiliary unit applies to the unit as a whole. If you need to replace or perform maintenance on a process unit, you can trace how that affects regulatory compliance through the use of auxiliary units.
Groups of related water outfalls can also be created using the Auxiliary Units section. Outfall groups can simplify the process of setting up for a Discharge Monitoring Report because all outfalls can be added to a report by specifying just the outfall group that lists the other outfalls in its Auxiliary Units section.
For GHG MRR reporting, identify the sources related to the process unit with a Common Pipe or Common Stack / Duct designation.
To create auxiliary
units
Locate your process unit on the Process Units list, click the unit link to open the Process Unit form, and expand the Auxiliary Units section if necessary.
Click Add Auxiliary Unit and select a Process Unit from the list.
Type a Description for the selected process unit.
Click OK.
The auxiliary unit information is displayed as line item. Edit existing
information using the buttons adjacent to the line item.
Repeat steps 2 through 4 to add other auxiliary process units.
Click the Save button on the form.
In the Permits section on the Process Unit form, select the permits that cover a process unit. For the Compliance Manager module, you can evaluate the permit compliance requirements for each process unit.
To select permits
Locate your process unit on the Process Units list, click the unit link to open the Process Unit form, and expand the Permits section if necessary.
Click Add
Permits and click the check box adjacent to each permit to
be associated with the process unit. Remove a selection by clicking
the check box to clear it. Only permits with a checkmark in the check
box adjacent to the permit number will be added.
Tip: If an applicable permit is not listed, use the Add New Permit link in the Permits section to add it. Skip
to step 4.
Click Add
Permits.
Each permit selected is displayed as a line item in the Permits
section. To remove a permit, click the Delete
button adjacent to the line item.
Use the Add
New Permit link to open the Permit
form and create a new permit for selection. Otherwise, skip to step
6.
Refer to Operating
Permits for instructions.
Close the window when the new permit has been saved. Repeat steps 2 and 3 to select the new permit and associate it with the process unit.
Click the Save button on the form.
In the Reference section on the Process Unit form, document any supporting information about the process unit. For example, you might document authorization references such as a pre-construction authorization reference number.
To list references
Locate your process unit on the Process Units list, click the unit link to open the Process Unit form, and expand the Reference section if necessary.
Click Add Reference and type a Reference name
Enter a reference Description.
Click OK.
The reference is displayed as a line item. Edit existing reference
information using the buttons adjacent to the line item.
Repeat steps 2 through 4 to add other references.
Click the Save button on the form.
For the Compliance Manager module, compliance applicability records associated with a process unit can be viewed in the Applicable Requirements section on the Process Unit form. The following information is available:
Rule type
Rule name
Potential requirement impact
Citation name
Effective Date
Compliance applicability review status
Standard search capabilities based on the rule and rule type are available to locate a specific record. Ascending/descending column sorting is also available; click a column heading to sort by the values in the column. The Rule name is a link to the compliance applicability record.
Note:
At least read
permissions to the Compliance Applicability object in the Entity-dependent
Security profile for the Compliance Manager module are required to
view the section.
The following two methods are available for adding related files that exist in third-party applications, such as Microsoft Word, to a process unit:
Document Links - Set up a hyperlink to the file. Optionally, the location of an off-line reference can be specified without a link.
Document Attachments - Add a file to the record. The default maximum file upload size supported by ASP.NET is 4096 KB (4MB). The default can be modified to support larger file uploads, i.e., attaching files larger than 4MB. For instructions to increase the default value, refer to Microsoft (https://docs.microsoft.com) and view the article: httpRuntime Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema).
Each link or attachment is displayed as a line item in the Document Links section on the Process Unit form. Attachments and linked documents can be viewed by clicking the link.
Note:
In order to view a file listed in the Document
Links section, desktop access to the particular software used to
create the file must be available. For example, access to Microsoft Word
is required to view an attachment created as a Word file (.doc, .docx).
Expand the Document Links section, if necessary, on the Process Unit form.
Click Add Link.
Enter a Description of the document.
Enter the full file path to the document in the Document Location field.
Select a Document
Type from the list.
If the appropriate type is not listed, click the Ellipsis
button and add it.
Ensure the Is
Hyperlink check box is selected to establish the link.
When specifying an off-line location, ensure the Is
Hyperlink check box is not selected.
Click OK.
The document information is added as a line item in the Document
Links section. Click the link to view the file. Edit existing
attachment information using the buttons adjacent to the line item.
Click Save.
Repeat steps 2 through 8 to add other document links.
Expand the Document Links section, if necessary, on the Process Unit form.
Click Add Attachment.
Enter a file path in the File field or click Browse to locate and select a file.
Enter a Description of the attachment. A maximum of 70 characters can be entered.
Repeat steps 3 and 4 to add a second and/or third attachment.
Click OK.
Each attachment is added as a line item in the Document
Links section. Edit existing attachment information using the
buttons adjacent to the line item.
Click Save.
Repeat steps 2 through 7 to add other attachments.
Enter a date in the Inactive Date field on the Process Unit form to deactivate a process unit. Inactive process units are not listed on the Process Unit browse view unless the Show Inactive check box is selected. Emission calculations cannot be performed for a process unit after its inactive date.
Tip: A process unit can also be deactivated by moving it.
Refer to Process Unit Move/Copy Wizards
for additional information.
You cannot delete a process unit if it is associated with another process unit by a process unit link. If you try to delete a process unit with a process unit link, then a warning, which provides a reason why the process unit cannot be deleted, is displayed.
Also, if you try to delete any process unit (with or without a process unit link), then a warning, which identifies all the potential child records associated with the process unit that will be deleted, is displayed.
You are no longer prevented from deleting the following types of process units:
· Process units associated with tasks
· Process units associated with ID numbers
· Process units that do not have process unit links
Use one of the following paths in the Navigation Tree to access the Process Units list:
Air, FEMS, Task Manager, Waste modules
Click Data Entry > Process Unit Information > Process Units.
Chemical Inventory module
Click Data Entry > Storage Area Information > Process Units.
Compliance Manager module
Click Data Entry > Process Unit Compliance > Process Units.
Emergency module
Click Data Entry > Validation > Process Units.
Water module
Click Data Entry > Outfall Information > Process Units.
Process Data Manager module
Click Data Entry > Process Unit Hierarchy > Process Units.
Select an Enterprise Entity from the list.
Click Delete (
) to delete the
process unit.
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