US EPA has issued its final rule mandating annual reporting of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from several sectors of US industry. Effective January 1, 2010, many US industrial facilities will have to start tracking their greenhouse gas emissions. The gas emissions that will have to be tracked include carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons, sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) and others.
EPA estimates that about 13,000 industrial facilities nationwide will be regulated under this new rule. Specific industries that will be required to track and report GHG emissions include
- electric power generation,
- cement manufacturing,
- glass makers,
- iron/steel/ferroalloy producers,
- lime producers,
- oil refiners,
- petrochemical processors,
- pulp and paper,
- most suppliers of industrial gases and others.
In addition, large stationary fuel combustion sources like industrial boilers, furnaces and ovens will be affected regardless of the industry in which they are used. Affected facilities will have to submit their first reports to the EPA for the calendar year 2010 by March 31, 2011 and annually thereafter. These facilities will have to come up with estimates of their GHG emissions and most will have to speciate their emissions.
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