EPA Delay Reporting
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On Tuesday, March 1, 2011, the Environmental Protection Agency announced by press release that they would be delaying reporting under the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule until summer. Originally reports were supposed to be due March 31, 2011. This delay is intended to help EPA seek additional industry input to make the online reporting system as user friendly as possible. EPA will spend the next few months allowing users to input data into the site and provide EPA with feedback on the process. Additionally EPA would like industry to be as familiar with the tool as possible before actual reporting begins.
EPA plans to release additional details of the reporting delay in the next few weeks.
SWANA will continue to monitor this development and will provide members with updates as they occur.
If you have any questions, you can contact Shannon Crawford at SWANA National.
Shannon Crawford (scrawford@swana.org)
Manager of Government Affairs
240-494-2241 - direct
UPDATE:
EPA Issues Extension to Greenhouse Gas Reporting Deadline:
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued a final rule that extends the deadline for reporting 2010 data under the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Reporting Program to September 30, 2011. The original deadline was March 31, 2011. EPA previously announced its intent to extend the deadline on March 1, 2011.
Under the GHG Reporting Program entities required to submit data must register with the electronic GHG reporting tool (e-GGRT) no later than 60 days before the reporting deadline. With this reporting deadline extension, the new deadline for registering with e-GGRT is August 1, 2011.
Following conversations with industry and others and in the interest of providing high quality data to the public this year, EPA is extending this year’s reporting deadline to September 30, 2011. This extension will allow EPA to further test the system that facilities will use to submit data and give industry the opportunity to test the tool, provide feedback, and have sufficient time to become familiar with the tool prior to reporting.
In addition to the nine rulemakings necessary to comply with congressional direction for the program, over the past two years EPA has established a public help center that operates through our website and efficient mechanisms for stakeholders to get answers from EPA experts to detailed technical questions. EPA has also conducted training sessions with each affected sector and held hundreds of meetings with stakeholders across the country.
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, as well as suppliers of products that would emit GHGs if released or combusted. The data will help guide policy decisions and the development of future programs which the Agency might implement to reduce these emissions. It will also help industries and businesses find ways to be more efficient and save money.
For more information on these actions:
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/extension.html
For more information on the GHG Reporting Program:
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/ghgrulemaking.html
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