Rulemaking Notices for GHG Reporting
This page provides a listing of Federal Register notices and links to more information for rule changes and proposed rule changes that affect the reporting requirements for Reporting Year 2015 and beyond.
For a list of all Federal Register notices for the GHGRP, visit the Historical Rulemakings page. During the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule (Part 98) proposal phase, EPA also developed a number of supporting materials, including technical support documents and responses to comments received on the proposal, which you can find in the Proposed Rule Archive.
| Federal Register Date | Citation | Action | Description | First reporting year impacted |
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| 12/09/016 | 81 FR 89188 | Final Rule | Finalizes revisions to specific provisions covering 29 subparts of the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule to streamline implementation, improve data quality, more accurately reflect industry practices, and provide clarification. Preamble and Rule (PDF) (87 pp, 801K) Final Rule Fact Sheet Proposed Preamble and Rule (PDF) (91 pp, 890K) |
2016 2017 2018 (Varies depending on subpart) |
| 11/30/2016 | 81 FR 86490 | Final Rule | Finalizes revisions to the Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems source category (subpart W) to add new monitoring methods consistent with the New Source Performance Standard for the oil and gas industry. Also finalizes emission factors for leaking equipment to be used in conjunction with these monitoring methods and confidentiality determinations for new or substantially revised data elements. Preamble and Rule (PDF) (30 pp, 393K) Final Rule Fact Sheet Proposed Preamble and Rule (PDF) (20 pp, 352K) |
2017 |
| 05/25/2016 | 81 FR 33219 | Notice (Information Collection Request Renewal) |
Requests a renewal of the existing GHGRP Information Collection Request (ICR) from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The current ICR, which was scheduled to expire on May 31, 2016, will operate under a temporary extension during OMB’s review. |
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| 11/05/2015 | 80 FR 68534 | Notice; Information Collection Request Renewal |
Announces EPA's plan to submit a request to renew an existing Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Also solicits comments on specific aspects of the proposed ICR. The current ICR for the GHGRP is scheduled to expire on May 31, 2016. |
N/A |
| 10/22/2015 | 80 FR 64262 | Final Rule |
Finalizes new reporting requirements for onshore petroleum and natural gas gathering and boosting activities, onshore natural gas transmission pipelines, completions and workovers of oil wells with hydraulic fracturing, and well identification numbers as well as finalizes confidentiality determinations for new data elements. |
2016 |
| 11/25/2014 | 79 FR 70352 | Final Rule | Finalizes amendments to subpart W and subpart A of the GHGRP, including revisions to certain calculation methods, monitoring and data reporting requirements, terms and definitions, and corrects technical and editorial errors. Also finalizes confidentiality determinations for new or substantially revised data elements contained in these amendments, and finalizes a revised confidentiality determination for one existing data element. Preamble and rule (PDF) (75 pp, 1MB) Fact sheet Proposed Preamble and rule (PDF) (63 pp, 937K) |
2015 |