Mandatory Green House Gas Reporting Rule Effective December 29, 2009.

The Mandatory Reporting of Green House Gas Rule by theEPA is published on 30 OCtober, 2009.  Here it is.

Categoires are the same as drafts:

Facilities operating boilers, process heaters, incinerators, turbines, and internal
combustion engines:

211 Extractors of crude petroleum and natural gas.
321 Manufacturers of lumber and wood products.
322 Pulp and paper mills.
325 Chemical manufacturers.
324 Petroleum refineries, and manufacturers of coal products.
316, 326, 339 Manufacturers of rubber and miscellaneous plastic products.
331 Steel works, blast furnaces.
332 Electroplating, plating, polishing, anodizing, and coloring.
336 Manufacturers of motor vehicle parts and accessories.
221 Electric, gas, and sanitary services.
622 Health services.
611 Educational services.
Electricity Generation ................................ 221112 Fossil-fuel fired electric generating units, including units owned by Federal and municipal
governments and units located in Indian Country.
Adipic Acid Production .............................. 325199 Adipic acid manufacturing facilities.
Aluminum Production ................................ 331312 Primary Aluminum production facilities.
Ammonia Manufacturing ........................... 325311 Anhydrous and aqueous ammonia manufacturing facilities.
Cement Production ................................... 327310 Portland Cement manufacturing plants.
Ferroalloy Production ................................ 331112 Ferroalloys manufacturing facilities.
Glass Production ...................................... 327211 Flat glass manufacturing facilities.
327213 Glass container manufacturing facilities.
327212 Other pressed and blown glass and glassware manufacturing facilities.
HCFC–22 Production and HFC–23 Destruction.
325120 Chlorodifluoromethane manufacturing facilities.
Hydrogen Production ................................ 325120 Hydrogen manufacturing facilities.
Iron and Steel Production ......................... 331111 Integrated iron and steel mills, steel companies, sinter plants, blast furnaces, basic
oxygen process furnace shops.
Lead Production ........................................ 331419 Primary lead smelting and refining facilities.
331492 Secondary lead smelting and refining facilities.
Lime Production ........................................ 327410 Calcium oxide, calcium hydroxide, dolomitic hydrates manufacturing facilities.
Nitric Acid Production ............................... 325311 Nitric acid manufacturing facilities.
Petrochemical Production ......................... 32511 Ethylene dichloride manufacturing facilities.
325199 Acrylonitrile, ethylene oxide, methanol manufacturing facilities.
325110 Ethylene manufacturing facilities
325182 Carbon black manufacturing facilities.
Petroleum Refineries ................................ 324110 Petroleum refineries.
Phosphoric Acid Production ..................... 325312 Phosphoric acid manufacturing facilities.
Pulp and Paper Manufacturing ................. 322110 Pulp mills.
322121 Paper mills.
322130 Paperboard mills.
Silicon Carbide Production ....................... 327910 Silicon carbide abrasives manufacturing facilities.
Soda Ash Manufacturing .......................... 325181 Alkalies and chlorine manufacturing facilities.
212391 Soda ash, natural, mining and/or beneficiation.
Titanium Dioxide Production ..................... 325188 Titanium dioxide manufacturing facilities.
Zinc Production ......................................... 331419 Primary zinc refining facilities.
331492 Zinc dust reclaiming facilities, recovering from scrap and/or alloying purchased metals.
Municipal Solid Waste Landfills ................ 562212 Solid waste landfills.
221320 Sewage treatment facilities.
Manure Management ................................ 112111 Beef cattle feedlots.
112120 Dairy cattle and milk production facilities.
112210 Hog and pig farms.
112310 Chicken egg production facilities.
112330 Turkey Production.
112320 Broilers and Other Meat type Chicken Production.
Suppliers of Coal Based Liquids Fuels .... 211111 Coal liquefaction at mine sites.
Suppliers of Petroleum Products .............. 324110 Petroleum refineries.
Suppliers of Natural Gas and NGLs ......... 221210 Natural gas distribution facilities.
211112 Natural gas liquid extraction facilities.
Suppliers of Industrial GHGs .................... 325120 Industrial gas manufacturing facilities.
Suppliers of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) .......... 325120 Industrial gas manufacturing facilities.
Mobile Sources ......................................... 333618 Heavy-duty, non-road, aircraft, locomotive, and marine diesel engine manufacturing.
336120 Heavy-duty vehicle manufacturing facilities.
336312 Small non-road, and marine spark-ignition engine manufacturing facilities.
336999 Personal watercraft manufacturing facilities.
336991 Motorcycle manufacturing facilities.

-Editor, GHG Management

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FCI Has GHG Emmissions Meters and Systems

FCI announces new initiative to meet emissions reporting mandate
Flow meter supplier initiates "Customer GHG Reporting Fast Track Initiative" in response to the EPA's new 40 CFR part 98 mandate that requires greenhouse gas emissions reporting effective January 1, 2010.
David Greenfield -- Control Engineering, 10/14/2009

Fluid Components International (FCI), a supplier of thermal mass gas flow meters, has launched its Customer GHG Reporting Fast Track Initiative in response to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) new mandate per 40 CFR part 98 that requires greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reporting effective January 1, 2010.

The EPA's new mandate is being enacted to provide a better understanding of GHG sources and will be used to guide development of policies and programs to reduce emissions. The collected data will also allow businesses to track their own emissions, compare them to similar facilities, and provide assistance in identifying cost effective ways to reduce emissions.

FCI's new Customer GHG Reporting Fast Track Initiative is a three-part program that includes:

• A toll free GHG Hotline at 1-800-863-8704, ext. 218 to answer flow meter questions.
• AGHG Reporting Web Page featuring FCI's AVAL gas flow meter sizing tool.
• AVAL is an online tool that assists process and plant engineers with proper flow meter selection.

Fast track order expediting is also available to ensure instrument deliveries prior to January 1, 2010.
The EPA's new reporting mandate requires more than 10,000 facilities to report the annual mass flow of greenhouse gases from their operations.
FCI's thermal dispersion technology gas flow meters are direct mass flow measuring instruments, with most said to require only a single insertion point into a pipe or stack to install. Instruments are available for installation in line sizes from 0.25 inches to more than 100 inches. In addition, FCI's meters are said to provide flow measurement accuracies of ±1% reading, ±0.5% of full scale, and exceed the stated acceptable accuracy within the EPA mandate.

Measurements available from FCI flow meters include

•  mass flow rate
• totalized flow and temperature with electronic output options for a built-in digital readout
• standard 4-20mA analog outputs and/or digital bus communications such as HART and Profibus.
• Precision calibrations matched to the application, installation conditions and gas composition are a hallmark of FCI flow meters.
•  FCI flow meters can be used to measure methane (CH4), N20, SF6, HFCs, PFCs and CO2 as required by the EPA mandate.

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