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  • Can I Install MOVES on a Server so More than One User Can Access It?

    See More Frequent Questions about MOVES and Related Models . No, MOVES is not a multi-user product. MOVES is primarily intended for use on a Windows10 64-bit personal computer. In addition, we have run MOVES2014a, MOVES2014b and MOVES3 on Windows Server 2012 R2 very successfully for years as a single…

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  • Is There Any Documentation Available for Installing MOVES on Linux?

    See More Frequent Questions about MOVES and Related Models . MOVES is designed for the Windows operating system and the EPA MOVES Team only tests and supports MOVES in Windows environments. However, users have reported successfully installing and running MOVES in Linux. The instructions for Running MOVES from the Windows…

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  • How did states form their SERCs?

    How are States expected to form their State Emergency Response Commission (SERC) as required under Title III? States are required to establish a State Emergency Response Commission (SERC) under Title III. The SERC may consist of existing emergency response organizations or may be an entirely new mechanism to address this…

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  • Pesticide applicator quantity applied to threshold or transportation exemption

    A farmer contracts with an applicator to spray pesticides on his fields. The applicator drives a tank truck onto the farmers' field and sprays the pesticide from the truck onto the fields. For purposes of Section 302 emergency planning requirements, are the EHSs in the truck considered present at the…

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  • Section 302 notification requirements and mixtures with unknown components

    Are facilities exempt from Section 302 notification requirements if they produce, use, or store mixtures whose extremely hazardous substance component information is not available on the MSDS provided by the manufacturer? If the facility which produces, uses, or stores mixtures knows or reasonably should know the components of the mixture…

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  • State refusing to comply with the emergency planning provisions

    What will happen if a State refuses to comply with the emergency planning provisions? A governor who does not designate a State emergency response commission becomes the commission by default. While the governor could choose not to fulfill any of the Title III provisions, the public could still request information…

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  • What is a reactive and non-reactive solid EHS?

    Reactive solid means any extremely hazardous substance denoted with “a” in the “Notes” column in Appendix A or B of 40 CFR 355. Reactive solids are more likely than other solids to be dispersed into the air due to the energy or heat created from their reactivity with water or…

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  • How do I Create Scripts to run MOVES3 from the Command Line?

    See More Frequent Questions about MOVES and Related Models . While the easiest way to interact with MOVES3 is via its graphical user interface (GUI), it is sometimes useful to process MOVES RunSpecs in batches via the Windows command line. To this end, MOVES3 has a set of commands that…

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  • Can MOVES Report Output in Terms of Fuel Consumption?

    See More Frequent Questions about MOVES and Related Models . Although gallons of fuel consumed are not reported by MOVES, the factors used to convert total energy consumption (a MOVES reporting option) to gallons of fuel are contained in the FuelSubtype table (energy content, reported in kilojoules per gram of…

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  • How Can I Reduce the Time Needed to Run the Nonroad Emission Factor Post-Processing Scripts?

    See More Frequent Questions about MOVES and Related Models . Very long run times are not unusual for Nonroad emission factor post-processing scripts, particularly with a large output database. To reduce script run time, we recommend doing the following: Reduce the size of your output database by choosing just the…

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  • Why Doesn't my Output Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) Match my Input VMT?

    See More Frequent Questions about MOVES and Related Models . This problem usually occurs when the run specification does not include all possible vehicle and fuel types. MOVES internally allocates the input VMT to each of the source types and fuel types and only reports the VMT for the fuel…

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  • What does MOVES Assume for Future Year Fleet Fuel Efficiency and Emissions?

    See More Frequent Questions about MOVES and Related Models . MOVES reflects all fuel economy and emissions standards that were final as of the model release date. For a list of recent regulations accounted for in the most recent MOVES version, see the see the Overview of EPA’s Motor Vehicle…

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  • How Can I Determine the Effect of Speed on Vehicle Emissions?

    See More Frequent Questions about MOVES and Related Models . MOVES can be run in either “Inventory” or “Emission Rates” mode. With Emission Rates, MOVES reports emission rates for the 16 average speed bins used by MOVES for each hour of the day and additional emission rate output that may…

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