EPA Publishes Proposed Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule

By James Holtkamp
April 10, 2009

EPA published today a 285-page proposed rule to require reporting of greenhouse gases (“GHGs”) from all sectors of the economy. The proposed rule will require reporting of GHG emissions from sources representing approximately 85 to 90 percent of the greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. The GHGs covered by the proposed rule are carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxides, sulfur hexafluoride, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons and certain other fluorinated compounds. The proposed rules are required by the 2008 Consolidated Appropriations Act, signed by President Bush on December 7, 2007.

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