About this Manual

The purpose of all Emission Estimation Technique (EET) Manuals in this series is to assist Australian manufacturing, industrial and service facilities to report emissions of listed substances to the National Pollutant Inventory (NPI). This Manual will deal with the activities outlined under the ANZSIC Code 2640 - Non-Metallic Mineral Product Manufacture n.e.c. ie. to the manufacture or processing of mineral products. This Manual also includes certain mineral processing activities that have been identified as not being classified elsewhere. The relevant activities are listed below the ‘Scope of activities in Manual’. Certain activities under ANZSIC Code 2640 are already covered under other NPI Manuals as indicated in Table 1 in the manual.

EET MANUAL: Non-Metallic Mineral Product Manufacture

HANDBOOK: Non-Metallic Mineral Product Manufacture

ANZSIC CODE: 2640

First published in December 1999
National Pollutant Inventory
Environment Australia

Emission Estimation Techniques Used in the Manuals

Estimates of emissions of NPI-listed substances to air, water and land should be reported for each substance that triggers a threshold. The reporting list and detailed information on thresholds are contained in the NPI Guide at the front of this Industry Handbook. In general, there are four types of emission estimation technique (EET) that may be used to estimate emissions from a facility.

The four types described in the NPI Guide are:

• sampling or direct measurement
• mass balance
• fuel analysis or other engineering calculations
• emission factors