The California Air Resources Board (ARB) staff will hold a
workshop on June 26, 2013, at 9 am 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)(Mandatory Reporting Regulation).
The potential revisions would support potential amendments to the
California's Cap-and-Trade Program, and also update several
sections of the Mandatory Reporting Regulation. Potential
amendments to the Cap-and-Trade Program are described here:
http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/capandtrade/2013summary.pdf
The workshop is scheduled as follows:
DATE: Wednesday June 26, 2013
TIME: 09:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
PLACE: Byron Sher Auditorium at Cal/EPA Headquarters
1001 I Street, Sacramento
LIVE WEBCAST: http://www.calepa.ca.gov/Broadcast/
ADDITIONAL MATERIALS: The full workshop notice is available and
additional materials will be posted prior to the workshop here:
http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/reporting/ghg-rep/revision-2013/revision-2013.htm
Some of the topics that will be discussed include:
Mandatory Reporting Updates to support Cap-and-Trade:
Onshore Petroleum and Natural Gas Production: Update facility
definition for onshore petroleum and natural gas production to
ensure consistency with the benchmarking and allocation methods
in the Cap-and-Trade Program.
Lime Production Emissions: Modify emissions estimation method for
lime production to account for CO2 reinjected and recovered in
production.
Fuel Suppliers: Modify reporting requirements for natural gas
suppliers to support the broad-scope covered emissions
calculation.
Sub-ID level reporting: Add in reporting provisions for reporting
at the "sub-ID" level. This will ensure emissions associated
with a single facility are clear. Mainly for cogeneration
facilities.
Allowance Revenue Allocation: Add information to support the
Investor Owned Utility revenue return assessment in collaboration
with the California Public Utilities Commission.
Lead Production: Add emissions and product data reporting
requirements for lead production in California. This reporting
sector was previously excluded from the Mandatory Reporting
Regulation.
Facility Ownership: Clarify reporting obligations related to
changes of ownership of co-located, contiguous facilities.
Product Data: Additional product data reporting requirements to
support allocation of allowances.
Emissions Data Reporting Topics:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems: Update leaker emission
reporting for onshore petroleum and natural gas production in
response to stakeholder concerns; Incorporate a crude oil and
produced water flash liberation test method developed by ARB
staff for reporters to use.
Stationary Combustion: Add fuel cell emissions to the reporting
threshold to assess the amount of natural gas used in California;
Collect additional information on bio-methane producers to
increase verification transparency.
Inventory Support: Add abbreviated reporter requirement to report
fuel use by unit type to ensure reporting compatibility with
non-abbreviated reporters; Modify hydrogen production to subtract
out transferred CO2 to prevent double-counting.
Verification: Modify the product data verification statement to
reflect carbon weighted tonne (CWT) reporting for refineries, so
verification statements can differentiate between intermediate
and primary refinery products; Clarify requirements for
non-conformance.
Electric Power Entities: Clarifications to address handling of
power contracts and reporting of Asset-Controlling Supplier
power
The workshop agenda and workshop slides will be posted prior to
the workshop at
http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/reporting/ghg-rep/2013-revision/2013-revision.htm.
The current California regulation is at
http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/reporting/ghg-rep/regulation/mrr_2012_clean.pdf.
For background, the U.S. EPA mandatory reporting rule is
available via the EPA website:
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/ghgrulemaking.html.
If you require a special accommodation or need this document in
an alternate format (i.e. Braille, large print) or another
language, please contact Mary Heckman at 916-322-6021 or
mheckman@arb.ca.gov as soon as possible. TTY/TDD/Speech to
Speech users may dial 711 for the California Relay Service.
If you have questions, please contact Dr. David Edwards, Manager,
Climate Change Reporting Section, at (916) 323-4887, or
dedwards@arb.ca.gov.
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