This document is designed to help one use the input files provided by EPA in HD GHG 

FRM docket to run MOVES to produce the output EPA used to developed emission 

inventories for all the HD GHG alternatives.

The actual inputs for these runs can be found on DVD at the Docket Center:

EPA West Building, Room 3334

1301 Constitution Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20004

Telephone: (202) 566-1744

Code

The version of the MOVES code used is 2010-08-26. This should be available on the 

MOVES website as MOVES2010a.

http://www.epa.gov/otaq/models/moves/index.htm

Default database

MOVESDB20101006 was used at the default database. 

Input databases

The input databases are used to change the default data in MOVES to reflect HD GHG 

rule alternatives. These databases are:

Alternative 1 – Reference/baseline

 hdghg_frm_Alt1_reference

Alternative 1a – AEO baseline

 hdghg_frm_Alt1a_AEO2011_Comb2b3

 hdghg_frm_Alt1a_AEO2011_Voc

 hdghg_frm_Alt1a_AEO2011_LHD45

 hdghg_frm_Alt1a_AEO2011wroadload_Comb2018

 hdghg_frm_Alt1a_AEO2011wroadload_Comb2030

 hdghg_frm_Alt1a_AEO2011wroadload_Comb2030

Alternative 2 – 12 percent less stringent than preferred alternative

 hdghg_frm_Alt2_12pctless_MHDHHD2b3

 hdghg_frm_Alt2_12pctless _LHD45

Alternative 3 – Preferred

 hdghg_frm_Alt3_Preferred_Comb2b3

 hdghg_frm_Alt3_Preferred_Voc

 hdghg_frm_Alt3_Preferred_LHD45

Alternative 4 – 20 percent more stringent than preferred alternative

 hdghg_frm_Alt4_20pctmore_Comb2b3

 hdghg_frm_Alt4_20pctmore _Voc

 hdghg_frm_Alt4_20pctmore _LHD45

Alternative 5 – Maximum technology penetration plus trailers
 hdghg_frm_Alt5_maxhybrid_Comb2b3

 hdghg_frm_Alt5_maxhybrid _Voc

 hdghg_frm_Alt5_maxhybrid _LHD45

The samplevehiclepopulation table also needed to be modified to reflect proper sales and 

fleet distributions of the different segments of trucks. However, the version of MOVES 

we ran does not allow for this table to be used in an input database. As a result, new 

default databases were created containing the updated samplevehiclepopulation table. 

These modified default databases are:

 MOVESDB20101006_FRM_MHDHHD2b3

 MOVESDB20101006_FRM_45

 MOVESDB20110120_FRM_MHDHHD2b3 (toxics only)

 MOVESDB20110120_FRM_45 (toxics only)

These modified default databases work in concert with any input databases specified in 

the run spec. 

Copy all databases into where MOVES requires its databases (likely C:\MySQL\data).

Run Specs

Ninety-four run specs are included. Forty-two runs are for the non-GHGs and GHGs for 

calendar years 2005, 2018, 2030, and 2050. Fifty-two runs are for annual GHGs from 

2014 through 2050. CO2 and CO2eq were not explicitly run. Instead, total energy

consumption was run and post-processed to calculate CO2 (by fuel), and methane and 

N2O were run separately.

The run specs should already call up the appropriate modified default databases and user 

input databases, so no additional changes need to be made to the run specs, provided the 

names of the databases are unchanged. Feel free to edit the name of the output databases 

to better suit your need.

Air toxics are included in the gasoline runs, but not for diesel runs. Air toxics are postprocessed for diesel vehicles. 

Included are two batch files – one for GHGs and one for non-GHGs (including toxics) –

which initiate MOVES and queue up all of the run specs. You will need to edit the batch 

files so that the file paths for MOVES and the run specs match the locations on your local 

hard drives. When ready to run MOVES, simply double-clicking a batch file will start 

the runs in that file.

Not all alternatives were run explicitly in MOVES. Some alternatives are subsets of the 

alternatives run in MOVES and were therefore post-processed.

Post-processing
Post-processing was a necessary component to the inventory development for the 

following items:

 Using reference inventories and activity for pre-rule model years

 APU emission rates for extended idling for combination long-haul trucks

 Diesel air toxics

 Combining MOVES runs to produce inventories for all alternatives

Post-processing was done using SAS software. Other software can be used to postprocess if desired, but only SAS code is included. The included SAS code should 

automate most of the post-processing. 

At the top of the SAS code, you must modify the file path to define the directory where 

on your local drive you want the post-processed files to be located. Also, make sure that 

the library names for the mySQL output databases match the actual names of the 

databases.

Then, in SAS, highlight all the text in the file and run. This should complete the postprocessing. All pollutants in the FRM inventories should be represented accurately. 

Certain other pollutants may be incomplete or extraneous (e.g. NMHC). Both the annual 

and four-year runs will be in a single file. You can separate this if you wish.

Prashanth Gururaja

Gururaja.Prashanth@epa.gov