Control Path Definition Component

This component is used to report ControlPathDefinition to the EIS. The ControlPathDefinition determines how the FacilitySiteControls relate to each other at the facility. The order of the controls must be specified. In cases where the emissions stream splits, the percentage of the emissions stream must be specified. This splitting of the emissions stream will cause the controls to be working in parallel until the stream meet later in the path definition. Due to the potential complicated configurations of controls, a given path definition may utilize site controls or other path definitions. The Control Path Definition component has the following attributes:

SequenceNumber: A user may use the same SequenceNumber within a single ControlPathDefinition to indicate that the control stream has split into multiple streams. The total of all AveragePercentApportionment values with the same SequenceNumber must add up to be 100. It should be noted that the sequence number provided does not have to be in order. You could, for example, define the sequence number as “10”, “20”, “30” instead of “1”, “2”, “3”. The only requirement is for the values to be integers appearing in numerical order.

Note: A Control Path Definition must include at least one site control or site path, however a Site Control Path can only be included once in a given Control Path Definition.

AveragePercentEmissionsFlow: The AveragePercentEmissionsFlow must be a value between 1 and 100. The sum of all AveragePercentApportionment values having the same SequenceNumber must equal 100.

Once a Control Path is defined, a user can then associate the path with a release point apportionment record using the ReleasePointApportionmentPathIdentification component. This will associate a given process and release point with a control path.

Impact of incomplete information or critical errors. If there are critical errors relating to the sequence numbers or average percent apportionment reported, or there is no site control or site path included in a definition Site Control Path is included more than once in a given Control Path Definition the data will not be stored; all other data in the record will be accepted.