NOTIFICATION
Addendum
The following communication, dated 15 May 2024, is being circulated at the request of
the delegation of the United States of America.
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Title: Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule: Revisions and Confidentiality
Determinations for Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems
Description: The
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is amending requirements that apply to
the petroleum and natural gas systems source category of the Greenhouse Gas
Reporting Rule to ensure that reporting is based on empirical data, accurately
reflects total methane emissions and waste emissions from applicable
facilities, and allows owners and operators of applicable facilities to submit
empirical emissions data that appropriately demonstrate the extent to which a
charge is owed under the Waste Emissions Charge. The EPA is also amending
certain requirements that apply to the general provisions, general stationary
fuel combustion, and petroleum and natural gas systems source categories of the
Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule to improve calculation, monitoring, and reporting
of greenhouse gas data for petroleum and natural gas systems facilities. 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, except for Sec. 98.233 (amendatory
instruction 12), Sec. 98.236 (amendatory instruction 16), and Sec. 98.238
(amendatory instruction 19) which are effective 15 July 2024. The incorporation
by reference of certain material listed in this final rule is approved by the
Director of the Federal Register as of 1 January 2025.
Title 40 Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) Part 98
This
final rule and the proposed rule notified as G/TBT/N/USA/2027 identified by Docket Number EPA-HQ-OAR-2023-0234. The
Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EPA-HQ-OAR-2023-0234/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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