EPA Accepts First GHG Reporting Data/Agency launches electronic GHG reporting too (HQ)
WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is
launching a new tool to allow 28 industrial sectors to submit their
2010 greenhouse gas (GHG) pollution data electronically. Prior to
being finalized, more than1,000 stakeholders, including industry
associations, states and NGOs tested the electronic GHG Reporting
Tool (e-GGRT) to ensure clarity and user-friendliness.
The data collected with e-GGRT will provide the public with
important information about the nation’s largest stationary
sources of greenhouse gas pollution. Industries and businesses can
also use the data to help find ways to decrease carbon pollution,
increase efficiency and save money.
EPA expects to receive 2010 GHG data from approximately 7,000
large industrial GHG emitters and suppliers, including power
plants, petroleum refineries and landfills.
EPA’s GHG Reporting Program, launched in October 2009,
requires the reporting of GHG data from large emission sources
across a range of industry sectors. Suppliers of products that
would emit GHGs if released, combusted, or oxidized are also
required to report GHG data. Under this program, covered entities
are required to submit GHG data to EPA annually and the first round
of data will be submitted electronically by September 30, 2011. EPA
plans to publish non-confidential GHG data collected through the
GHGRP by the end of 2011.
For more information on the GHG Reporting Program:
https://www.epa.gov/climate-change