EPA Allowance Tracking System
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The EPA Allowance Tracking System is a federal database and accounting platform that records, tracks, and manages emissions allowances for regulated sources under U.S. air pollution control programs.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| EPA Allowance Tracking System canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1460781 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: EPA Allowance Tracking System Context triple: [Acid Rain Program, usesSystem, EPA Allowance Tracking System]
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A.
Prevention of Significant Deterioration program
The Prevention of Significant Deterioration program is a U.S. air quality permitting system that limits emissions from new or modified major pollution sources in areas that already meet national air quality standards.
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B.
Acid Rain Program
The Acid Rain Program is a U.S. federal regulatory initiative that uses a cap-and-trade system to reduce sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions from power plants in order to combat acid rain and improve air quality.
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C.
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
The National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System is a U.S. regulatory permitting program that controls water pollution by regulating point-source discharges of pollutants into waters of the United States.
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D.
Environmental Quality Incentives Program
The Environmental Quality Incentives Program is a U.S. Department of Agriculture initiative that provides financial and technical assistance to farmers and ranchers to implement conservation practices that improve soil, water, air, and wildlife habitat on working lands.
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E.
New Source Performance Standards
New Source Performance Standards are U.S. federal air pollution regulations that set emission limits and control requirements for newly built or significantly modified industrial sources.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: EPA Allowance Tracking System Target entity description: The EPA Allowance Tracking System is a federal database and accounting platform that records, tracks, and manages emissions allowances for regulated sources under U.S. air pollution control programs.
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A.
Prevention of Significant Deterioration program
The Prevention of Significant Deterioration program is a U.S. air quality permitting system that limits emissions from new or modified major pollution sources in areas that already meet national air quality standards.
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B.
Acid Rain Program
The Acid Rain Program is a U.S. federal regulatory initiative that uses a cap-and-trade system to reduce sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions from power plants in order to combat acid rain and improve air quality.
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C.
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
The National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System is a U.S. regulatory permitting program that controls water pollution by regulating point-source discharges of pollutants into waters of the United States.
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D.
Environmental Quality Incentives Program
The Environmental Quality Incentives Program is a U.S. Department of Agriculture initiative that provides financial and technical assistance to farmers and ranchers to implement conservation practices that improve soil, water, air, and wildlife habitat on working lands.
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E.
New Source Performance Standards
New Source Performance Standards are U.S. federal air pollution regulations that set emission limits and control requirements for newly built or significantly modified industrial sources.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
environmental regulatory database
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federal emissions allowance tracking system ⓘ |
| accessPolicy | regulated entities and authorized users can access account information ⓘ |
| benefit |
enables tracking of allowance ownership and use
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facilitates enforcement of emissions caps ⓘ supports integrity of emissions trading markets ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| dataType |
account information for regulated sources
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emissions allowance data ⓘ transaction histories for allowances ⓘ |
| domain |
air quality management
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emissions trading ⓘ environmental compliance ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Clean Air Act
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surface form:
U.S. Clean Air Act programs
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| legalStatus | official federal record of emissions allowance holdings ⓘ |
| manages |
allowance accounts for regulated entities
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compliance accounts for affected units ⓘ general accounts for allowance trading ⓘ |
| operator |
Clean Air Markets Division
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surface form:
U.S. EPA Clean Air Markets Division
United States Environmental Protection Agency ⓘ |
| purpose |
to manage allowance accounts for air pollution control programs
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to provide an official record of allowance holdings and transactions ⓘ to record emissions allowances for regulated sources ⓘ to support compliance with U.S. air emissions cap-and-trade programs ⓘ to track transfers of emissions allowances ⓘ |
| records |
allocation of emissions allowances
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holdings of emissions allowances ⓘ retirements of emissions allowances ⓘ serial numbers of individual allowances ⓘ transfers of emissions allowances ⓘ |
| regulates | emissions allowances for affected sources under federal air programs ⓘ |
| sector |
air emissions control
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environmental regulation ⓘ |
| supports |
compliance demonstrations for cap-and-trade programs
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market transparency for emissions allowance trading ⓘ regulatory reporting for emissions allowance programs ⓘ |
| technologyType |
database system
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electronic accounting platform ⓘ |
| usedIn |
U.S. air pollution control programs
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federal cap-and-trade programs for air emissions ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: EPA Allowance Tracking System Description of subject: The EPA Allowance Tracking System is a federal database and accounting platform that records, tracks, and manages emissions allowances for regulated sources under U.S. air pollution control programs.
Referenced by (1)
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