NOTIFICATION
Addendum
The following communication, dated 26 April 2024, is being circulated at the request
of the delegation of the United States of America.
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Title: Revisions and Confidentiality Determinations for Data Elements
Under the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule
Description: The
EPA is amending specific provisions in the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule to
improve data quality and consistency. This action updates the General
Provisions to reflect revised global warming potentials; expands reporting to
additional sectors; improves the calculation, recordkeeping, and reporting
requirements by updating existing methodologies; improves data verifications;
and provides for collection of additional data to better inform and be relevant
to a wide variety of Clean Air Act (CAA) provisions that the EPA carries out. This action adds
greenhouse gas monitoring and reporting for five source categories including
coke calcining; ceramics manufacturing; calcium carbide production;
caprolactam, glyoxal, and glyoxylic acid production; and facilities conducting
geologic sequestration of carbon dioxide with enhanced oil recovery. These
revisions also include changes that will improve implementation of the rule
such as updates to applicability estimation methodologies, simplifying calculation
and monitoring methodologies, streamlining recordkeeping and reporting, and
other minor technical corrections or clarifications. This action also
establishes and amends confidentiality determinations for the reporting of
certain data elements to be added or substantially revised in these amendments.
This
rule is effective 1 January 2025. The incorporation by reference of certain
material listed in this final rule is approved by the Director of the Federal
Register beginning 1 January 2025. The incorporation by reference of certain
other material listed in the rule was approved by the Director of the Federal
Register as of 1 January 2018.
Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Parts 9 and 98
This
final rule and previous actions notified under the symbol G/TBT/N/USA/1880 are identified by Docket Number EPA-HQ-OAR-2019-0424. The
Docket Folder is available from Regulations.gov at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EPA-HQ-OAR-2019-0424/document and provides access to primary and supporting documents as
well as comments received. Documents are also accessible from Regulations.gov by searching the Docket Number.
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[1] This information can be provided by including a website address, a
pdf attachment, or other information on where the text of the final/modified
measure and/or interpretive guidance can be obtained.