Revisions and Confidentiality Determinations for Data Elements Under the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule

Protection of the environment (TBT)

Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule; Environmental protection (ICS code(s): 13.020); Air quality (ICS code(s): 13.040)

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13.020 - Environmental protection; 13.020 - Environmental protection; 13.040 - Air quality; 13.040 - Air quality

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. _x000D_ Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Parts 9 and 98This 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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