Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2014-0827-2233
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2016-10-25T04:00Z

UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
                NATIONAL VEHICLE AND FUEL EMISSIONS LABORATORY
                             2000 TRAVERWOOD DRIVE
                           ANN ARBOR, MI  48105-2498

									     OFFICE OF
									AIR AND RADIATION
August 8, 2016

MEMORANDUM

SUBJECT: 	Runspecs Model Inputs MOVES Code and Database for HD GHG Phase 2 FRM Emissions Modeling

FROM: 	Harvey Michaels and David Choi
		Assessment and Standards Division
		Office of Transportation and Air Quality, US EPA

TO:  Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles - Phase 2 - Docket EPA-HQ-OAR-2014-0827
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The purpose of this memorandum is to transmit to the HDGHG Phase 2 FRM docket a DVD containing the MOVES and NONROAD code, databases, and related files that were used to produce the inventories of emissions from onroad vehicles and nonroad equipment used in both the air quality modeling and national inventories for the Heavy-Duty Greenhouse Gas Phase 2 Rule.  The disk contains two folders  -  "FRMAQ" and "FRMNatInv".  "FRMAQ" contains the MOVES and NONROAD files used to generate emission inventories for air quality modeling.  "FRMNatInv" contains the MOVES files used to estimate the emission impacts of the Phase 2 rule on national inventories.  

The contents of the "FRMAQ" folder are described in Tables 1 through 3.   Table 1 summarizes the three onroad MOVES runs conducted to create the onroad inputs for air quality modeling.  For additional details, see Emissions Inventory for Air Quality Modeling Technical Support Document submitted to the docket. Table 2 lists the contents of the "Onroad MOVES Runs for Air Quality Modeling" folder.  Table 3 lists the contents of the "Nonroad NMIM Runs for Air Quality Modeling" folder. 

The contents of the "FRMNatInv" folder are described in Table 4.  For additional details on modeling of national inventories, see Chapter 5 of the Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA). 
Table 1.  MOVES runs used for HDGHG2 air quality modeling
Scenario
County Databases for Representing Counties
MOVES Code
MOVES Database
User Databases
base
285RepCos2012_M2014_20150521.txt

20150507a
movesdb20150515
hotellingactivitydistribution_movesdb20150414
sourceusetypephysics_movesdb20150414
fuels2011_movesdb20150515
ref
285RepCos2040_M2014_20150724.txt
20150507c
movesdb20150515b
hdghg2frmaq_2040ref_20150820_in
hdghg2frmaq_2040fuel_20150820_in
ctl
285RepCos2040_M2014_20150724.txt
20150507c
movesdb20150515b
hdghg2frmaq_2040ctl_20151007_in
hdghg2frmaq_2040fuel_20150820_in

Table 2.  Contents of folder "Onroad MOVES Runs for Air Quality Modeling"
File or Folder	
Description
CreateAndPopulateAmazonDirStructureSmokeMovesHDGHG2-2011-20150522.plx
CreateAndPopulateAmazonDirStructureSmokeMovesHDGHG2-2040-20150821.plx
CreateAndPopulateAmazonDirStructureSmokeMovesHDGHG2-2040-20151007.plx
These Perl scripts set up the runs and document them the MOVES runs. 

CreateBatchFilesForAmazonRunsSmokeMovesHDGHG2-2011-20150522.plx
CreateBatchFilesForAmazonRunsSmokeMovesHDGHG2-2040-20150821.plx
CreateBatchFilesForAmazonRunsSmokeMovesHDGHG2-2040-20151007.plx
These Perl scripts create the batch files that execute and process the MOVES runs.  They also document the code and default database for each run.

285RepCos2012_M2014_20150521.txt
285RepCos2040_M2014_20150724.txt
Lists of the representing county databases  
moves20150507a.zip (used for 2011 base)
moves20150507c.zip (used for 2040 ref and ctl)
MOVES code

movesdb20150515.zip (used for 2011 base)
movesdb20150515b.zip (used for 2040 ref and ctl)
MOVES default databases

2011RepCDBs_3Nov2015.zip
2040CDBs_285reps_061815.zip
County-specific databases

MovesRunSpecGeneratorFiles

Scripts and files used to generate MOVES runspecs and corresponding meteorology tables 
MovesUserDatabases
The user databases specified in the runspecs 

Table 3.  Contents of folder "NONROAD NMIM Runs for Air Quality Modeling"
File or Folder
Description
NCD20140620_nei2011v2.7z
NMIM County Database used for the 2011 base case run
NCD20150811_nei2040vd1.zip
NMIM County Database used for the 2040 run (same for ref and for ctl)
NMIM20090504d.zip
NMIM code (includes NONROAD)

Table 4.  MOVES runs used for HDGHG2 National Inventory
File or Folder	
Description
MOVESversion
MOVES code (MOVESGHGSource20151221) and default database (MOVESDB20160204_HDGHG2FRM)
Runspecs
MOVES runspecs for both GHG and nonGHG runs for each alternatives
InputDB
The user databases specified in the runspecs