Air Monitoring Directive Chapter 9 submissions

Overview

Submission of air data, reports and reporting forms to ETS began in 2019. Continuous Emission Monitoring System data is still submitted via Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP).

Industrial operation submissions to ETS include:

• 9 AMD reporting forms (Excel forms or XML files)
• ambient air data, including continuous, passive, intermittent and dustfall (XML file), accompanied by (as applicable):
  • PDF calibration report (for continuous ambient data)
  • PDF certified laboratory analysis report (for non-continuous ambient data)
• PDF air reports:
  • Monthly, quarterly and annual industrial air monitoring reports
  • CGA report
  • RATA report
  • SES report
  • SES and RATA combined report
  • Combined monthly, quarterly and annual reports (if air component is included)
  • Industrial Ambient Site documentation
  • Industrial Ambient Proposal
  • CEMS Monitoring Plan
  • Special Air Report
  • Notifications, including:
    • Continuous Ambient Monitoring
    • Start-up
    • Scheduled Shutdown
    • CEMS Recertification
  • QAP Plan (upon request)
  • Audit Reports (upon request)
  • CEMS CAR report

Any additional reports will continue to be emailed according to the Acceptable Formats for EPEA Approval and Code of Practice Records and Submission Coordinates.

Airshed submissions

Airshed submissions to ETS include:

• ambient air data, including continuous, passive, intermittent and dustfall data (XML file), accompanied by (as applicable):
  • PDF calibration report (for continuous ambient data)
  • PDF certified laboratory analysis report (for non-continuous ambient data)
• PDF reports:
  • monthly and annual airshed air monitoring reports
  • monitoring plan
  • site documentation
  • airshed ambient monitoring notifications (as per AMD Notification Template)

Airsheds must use the file naming conventions provided in the EPEA Approval Industrial Monitoring Documentation Submission Naming Guideline.

AMD forms and XML schemas

AMD Excel forms, XML schemas and supporting documents are provided through ETS Support and Online Learning.

All industrial operations that have an approval condition requiring monitoring and reporting of regulatory air (ambient or source) need to email [email protected] to receive unique Ambient Station Identifiers for all ambient stations (continuous, intermittent, passive, dustfall) and/or to update emission source names.

Naming conventions

The naming conventions for PDF reports and the 9 AMD Excel forms are provided in the EPEA Approval Industrial Monitoring Documentation Submission Naming Guideline. For XML submission of the AMD form data and ambient data, naming conventions are provided in the XML schemas.

ETS

Account set up

All companies and airsheds need to have an account set up in ETS in order to complete AMD submissions. Those individuals (including any contractors) that will be submitting air data and reports under the AMD will need to have a user account set up by their ETS administrator under the company or airshed’s ETS account.

If you have an existing account and you require assistance, or you are unsure as to whether an account exists, please email [email protected].

ETS account set up procedure

1. Prepare a letter on corporate/airshed letterhead, signed by an authorized person, identifying the ETS Administrator and/or optional Backup Administrator. Additional instructions are included in the Sample Authorization Letter.
2. Complete the ETS Set up Form.
3. Send the documents to [email protected].

If you have any questions on ETS account set up, please email [email protected] for assistance. Please note: Crown Land Data with Alberta Energy and Minerals manages the ETS account set up process.

ETS training

The following ETS training manuals are available through ETS Support and Online Learning:

• ETS account setup training manuals (for account setup, maintenance and assigning user roles in ETS)
• submission of air data and reports through ETS  (for step-by-step instructions on how to submit air data and reports in ETS, from the industrial operation perspective)

Accessing ETS

Refer to the ETS login page for support contacts, a listing of supported web browsers and bulletins on any planned outages. Pop-ups must be enabled in your web browser to access reports in ETS.

Log in to ETS

Annual emissions inventory

Starting January 1, 2019, all Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act approved industrial operations are required to carry out an inventory of their sources and air emissions. If specific reporting thresholds are met, industrial operations must also complete and submit an Annual Emissions Inventory Report.

The information being collected will support various business requirements of the Government of Alberta, including:

• air modelling
• Alberta’s Cumulative Effects Management System
• negotiations with the federal government on national air quality frameworks
• policy development
• regional planning
• regulatory management
• scientific assessments
• the provincial air emissions inventory

Information on the Annual Emissions Inventory Reporting Program and how to submit an Annual Emissions Inventory Report is provided on AMD resources.

Contact

ETS account setup and account support

Phone: 780-644-2300
Email: [email protected]

Other contacts

Email: [email protected] (ETS technical support or reporting logistics)
Email: [email protected] (AMD interpretation or general reporting questions)
Email: [email protected] (annual emissions inventory)
Email: [email protected] (for reporting logistics or questions on regulatory data submissions or administration module)
Email: [email protected] (for reporting logistics or questions on ambient data submission for airsheds)

Please direct questions relating to individual industrial facility reporting requirements to your approval coordinator.