Air Resources Board (ARB or Board) staff invites you to
participate in a public workshop on February 24, 2016, to discuss
potential revisions to ARB's Regulation for the Mandatory
Reporting of Greenhouse Gas Emissions (title 17, California Code
of Regulations, sections 95100-95157) (MRR) and the Cap-and-Trade
Regulation (title 17, California Code of Regulations, sections
95800-96022) (C&T Regulation).
SUBJECT: Workshop on Potential Amendments to MRR and
Cap-and-Trade Regulation
DATE: Tuesday, February 24, 2016
TIME: 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
LOCATION: Sher Auditorium, Cal/EPA Headquarters
1001 "I" Street, Sacramento
The potential revisions would support alignment of the MRR and
C&T Regulation, and clarify and update several sections of the
regulations. In addition, staff will discuss potential
modifications to the MRR and the C&T Regulation to support
California's plan for compliance with the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency's (U.S. EPA's) Clean Power Plan, and the
regulatory schedule for potential amendments to both regulations.
These amendments may include changes to reporting and
verification deadlines and compliance periods, and changes needed
to address federal plan "backstop" requirements.
The following workshop materials will be made available:
A staff discussion paper on the draft proposal for compliance
with the Clean Power Plan will be made available on February 17,
2016, at 12 p.m. on the Cap-and-Trade Program (C&T Program) main
page:
http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/capandtrade/capandtrade.htm
The workshop agenda and presentations for the workshop will be
available on February 23, 2016, at 12 p.m. on the MRR main
webpage:
http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/reporting/ghg-rep/ghg-rep.htm
and the C&T Program main webpage:
https://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/capandtrade/capandtrade.htm
All interested stakeholders are invited to attend. A live
webcast of the meeting will be available at:
http://www.calepa.ca.gov/broadcast/?BDO=1
More information on the Mandatory Reporting Program may be found
on the MRR website:
http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/reporting/ghg-rep/ghg-rep.htm
More information on the C&T Program may be found on the
Cap-and-Trade website:
https://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/capandtrade/capandtrade.htm
Special Accommodation Request
Special accommodation or language needs can be provided for any
of the following:
• An interpreter to be available at the meeting; • Documents made
available in an alternate format or another language; • A
disability-related reasonable accommodation.
To request these special accommodations or language needs, please
contact the Stationary Source Division at (916) 322-2037 as soon
as possible, but no later than 10 business days before the
scheduled meeting. TTY/TDD/Speech to Speech users may dial 711
for the California Relay Service.
BACKGROUND
Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting Regulation
The California Air Resources Board (ARB) first approved the MRR
in 2007, with revisions in 2010, 2012, 2013, and 2014. The
upcoming 2016 amendments will clarify and update the regulation,
including changes to support the C&T Program and for compliance
with the U.S. EPA's Clean Power Plan.
Cap-and-Trade Regulation
The Board first formally adopted the C&T Regulation in October
2011, and subsequently approved limited amendments to the C&T
Regulation in June 2012, October 2013, April 2014, September
2014, and most recently June 2015. The upcoming 2016 amendments
will seek to improve C&T Program efficiency, update the C&T
Regulation using the latest information, and chart post-2020
implementation of the C&T Program.
More information about ARB's Cap-and-Trade Program is available
at:
http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/capandtrade/capandtrade.htm
Clean Power Plan
On August 3, 2015, U.S. EPA's Administrator signed its Clean
Power Plan, which sets carbon dioxide emissions limits for many
existing electric generating units. These regulations are based
on section 111(d) (42 U.S.C. § 7411(d)) of the federal Clean Air
Act. The Plan was published in the Federal Register on October
23, 2015. States must develop compliance plans to meet these
limits and compliance plans are due in September 2016 (with the
option to seek extensions). ARB is developing California's
compliance plan in consultation with the California Energy
Commission and the California Public Utilities Commission,
California's air districts, and other partners.
More information about the Clean Power Plan and related rules is
available at:
http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/powerplants/powerplants.htm
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