Potential Duplicate Facilities
When a new facility site is received, the EIS will assign EIS identifiers. New facility sites are checked for potential duplicates in the EIS. Your new site may be flagged as a potential duplicate if, based on several matching criteria, a similar site is found in the same vicinity. If the new facility site is flagged as a potential duplicate, you will be asked to determine whether it is indeed a new facility site or a duplicate. If it is a new facility site, it will be included in the inventory. Emissions will not be accepted for potential duplicate facility sites until they have been validated. The algorithm for identifying potential duplicate sites includes checks based on comparison of the following key identifying data to the EIS: FacilitySiteName, LatitudeMeasure and LongitudeMeasure, NAICSCode, StateandCountyFIPSCode, StateandCountryFIPSCode, or TribalCode, and LocationAddressPostalCode. When adding a new facility that EIS has flagged as a potential duplicate, you will receive a message displayed on the Potential Duplicate Facilities page. Details for the Existing EIS Facility are displayed as well as the identified potential duplicate as “Your Requested Addition” on the Potential Duplicate Facility Pair Details page.
After reviewing the facility data for both facilities, click continue to navigate to the Add Facility Site form. You can choose to update your potential duplicate facility data on the form then click Save or accept the facility details as they are and click on the Save without Editing.
Once you choose one of the Save options on the form, you will see the message displayed that your facility has been added.
Click on the link for the Facility Name to view the details for your potential duplicate facility on the Potential Duplicate Facility Pair Details page. Review the facility pair details to determine if the facility is not a duplicate and request to add it as a new facility, or is a duplicate and you'd like to merge the details for the duplicate facility with the existing facility. You may also choose to delete the duplicate facility or make any edits to the facility.
Request Merge
If a user determines that the facility is a duplicate, click on the link “Request Merge” on the Potential Duplicate Facility Pair Details page. A support request will be generated for an inventory developer to merge the new facility details with the existing facility details.
Edit Requested Addition
Clicking on the Edit Requested Addition will take you to the Edit Facility Site page where you can choose to update the duplicate facility information.
Delete Requested Addition
If desired, a user can delete the entire facility that may be a potential duplicate by clicking on the Delete Requested Addition link on the Potential Duplicate Facility Pair Details page. You will receive a confirmation message asking if you are sure you want to delete the facility. Clicking Yes will delete the facility and it's details and will not be saved to EIS.
Not a Duplicate - Add as New
If a user determines that the facility is not a duplicate, click on the link “Not a Duplicate- Add as New” on the Potential Duplicate Facility Pair Details page. A support request will be generated for an inventory developer to add the new facility.
