Greenhouse Gas Reporting

Thanks to Anne Blankenship for this report on greenhouse gas emmissions reporting that will now b required in WV

On March 6, 2008, regulations to implement the West Virginia Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory Program, 45 CSR 42, passed through the West Virginia Legislative Session. The regulation establishes: (1) the requirements for sources to report greenhouse gases emitted above a de minimis level; (2) an inventory for greenhouse gas emissions from stationary, area, mobile and biogenic sources, and (3) a voluntary registry for the reduction and sequestration of greenhouse gas emissions.

Only those stationary sources that are required to report air emissions of regulated pollutants by the WV DEP are required to report their greenhouse gas emissions under this rule. The reporting period for greenhouse gas emissions will be based on the reporting cycle currently used for the air emissions inventory program. In addition, the regulation requires the WV DEP to ensure that the state reporting is consistent as possible with developing regional, national or international greenhouse gas programs. EPA is developing its own emissions reporting program, which should be announced later this year, and the WV DEP has stated that it will try to avoid redundancy wherever possible.

For those interested in EPA's climate change information, and those who want to see the latest greenhouse gas inventory, which was released a couple of days ago, go to http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/