8.10.9. SCCDESC: Source category code descriptions

This file provides textual descriptions of the SCCs, which are used by two programs:

There are delimited and fixed formats available for the SCCDESC file shown in Table 8.89, “Delimited format for SCCDESC and Table 8.90, “Fixed format for SCCDESC. This file should not include any descriptions that have the pipe symbol (|), single quotes, or double quotes. It is okay to include dashes, slashes, semicolons, colons, commas, and periods in descriptions. The format of the SCCDESC file is shown in Table 8.89, “Delimited format for SCCDESC.

#DELIMITED
"10100101","External Combustion Boilers;Electric Generation;Anthracite Coal;Pulverized Coal"

Table 8.89. Delimited format for SCCDESC

Lines Position Description
1+ A SCC (10-character string)
  B SCC description (200-character string)
#FIXED
  10100101  External Combustion Boilers;Electric Generation;Anthracite Coal;Pulverized Coal

Table 8.90. Fixed format for SCCDESC

Lines Position Description
1+ 1-10 SCC (10-character string)
  101-300 SCC description (200-character string)