EPAs Mandatory GHG Reporting Rule passes OMB

The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Mandatory Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Reporting final rule today cleared the Office of Management and Budget. The final rule is expected to require that emissions from both upstream production and downstream sources be reported, as the EPA administrator deems appropriate. This rulemaking establishes monitoring, reporting and recordkeeping requirements on facilities that produce, import, or emit greenhouse gases above 25,000 CO2 equivalents annually.

The final rule is expected to require the first annual report to be submitted to EPA in 2011, for the calendar year 2010, except for vehicle and engine manufacturers, which will begin reporting for model year 2011.

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Here's more from Greenwire:

The White House has signed off on the Environmental Protection Agency's plan to establish a national greenhouse gas registry.

Greenwire reports in a story published in Thursday's New York Times that the Office of Management and Budget says it has completed its review of the proposal to require 13,000 facilities nationwide to report their carbon dioxide emissions. The EPA says those sources account for 85 to 90 percent of U.S. emissions.

REPORTING IN 2011

There's no word on when the agency will release the final rule. The initial draft released in March said the rule would affect facilities with direct emissions of at least 25,000 tons of carbon dioxide per year, sparing what the EPA calls the "vast majority" of small businesses.

Industries would be required to file their first reports with EPA in 2011, based on data collected next year.

Vehicle and engine manufacturers would begin reporting their data in 2012 for the 2010 model year.


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