On April 12, 2010, EPA published notice of a proposal to require facilities subject to the mandatory GHG reporting rule, issued by EPA in October 2009, to report whether any of their GHG emissions come from combined heat and power generation, or “co-generation,” units at those facilities. 75 Fed. Reg. 18455. EPA explains that it is requesting this additional data because “information on the types and characteristics of facilities that employ cogeneration technologies and the performance of cogeneration units could be important to future development of greenhouse gas mitigation strategies.” The proposed rule also calls for covered facilities to report any U.S. parent companies of those facilities, and to provide the North American Industry Classification System (“NAICS”) code applicable to the facility, in their annual emissions reports. The comment period on the proposed rule will close on June 11, 2010.
The notice is available at http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/pdf/2010-6765.pdf