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Greenhouse Gas Integrated Project Team. ECOS Spring Meeting March 23 rd 2010 Kong Chiu, IPT Co-Chair, U.S. EPA. GHG Mandatory Reporting Rule. Proposed April, 2009, Finalized October 2009 31 subparts Upstream & Downstream source categories 10,000 facilities, 1,200 data elements
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Greenhouse Gas Integrated Project Team ECOS Spring Meeting March 23rd 2010 Kong Chiu, IPT Co-Chair, U.S. EPA
GHG Mandatory Reporting Rule • Proposed April, 2009, Finalized October 2009 • 31 subparts • Upstream & Downstream source categories • 10,000 facilities, 1,200 data elements • Annual facility to EPA GHG emissions reporting • 2010, first data collection & reporting year • March 2011, Deadline for 2010 annual reports • Electronic reporting only • Web-based application (web forms) • Bulk XML upload • Great Development team: TRI-me Web
State-EPA Integrated Project Team • GHG Data IPT Membership • Andy Putnam, CO, State Co-Chair • Kong Chiu, EPA Co-Chair • State Members: AZ , CA , CO, HI , IA , MA , MI, NC , NJ , NV , NM, OR , WA , WI • Technical Consultants: ECOS, Windsor, TCR, Ross • GHG Data IPT Charge • Plan, design, develop, and document a GHG Data Exchange
IPT Key Work Areas • Phase 1: Identify & Document State Requirements • State consultations- differences from federal rule • Integrate State Requirements into EPA Electronic Reporting Schema • Enhanced federal reporting tool • Expanded federal data collection • Phase 2:Plan, design, develop and document the GHG Data Exchange • Facility to EPA and EPA to State data flow(s) • Must consider: • States w/ no GHG data needs or rules • States w/ GHG data needs and/or rules <= EPA rule • States w/ GHG data needs and/or rules > EPA rule
Data Flows, Illustrated Rob Willis, Ross & Associates
Key Milestones • Timeline (tentative) • Nov, 2009: IPT Charge & Membership • Dec, 2009: IPT Kick-Off Meeting • Dec 2009-March, 2010: Phase 1 • Reporting Schema • March, 2010- April/May, 2010: Phase 2 • Exchange Schema • Flow configuration document • Data exchange template
Thank You! www.epa.gov/climatechange Kong Chiu US Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Ave NW (6207J) Washington, DC 20460 (202) 343-9309 chiu.kong@epa.gov