Reconsideration of the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY <CFR>40 CFR Part 98</CFR> <DEPDOC>[EPA-HQ-OAR-2025-0186; FRL-12720-01-OAR]</DEPDOC> <RIN>RIN 2060-AW76</RIN> <SUBJECT>Reconsideration of the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program</SUBJECT> <HD SOURCE="HED">AGENCY:</HD> Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). <HD SOURCE="HED">ACTION:</HD> Proposed rule. <SUM> <HD SOURCE="HED">SUMMARY:</HD> The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to amend the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP) to remove program obligations for most source categories, including the distribution segment of the petroleum and natural gas systems source category (subpart W—Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems), and suspend program obligations for the remaining subpart W segments until reporting year 2034. </SUM> <EFFDATE> <HD SOURCE="HED">DATES:</HD> <E T="03">Comments.</E> Comments must be received on or before November 3, 2025. Comments on the information collection provisions submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) are best assured of consideration by OMB if OMB receives a copy of your comments on or before October 16, 2025. <E T="03">Public hearing.</E> The EPA will conduct a virtual public hearing on October 1, 2025. See <E T="02">SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION</E> for information on registering for the virtual public hearing. </EFFDATE> <HD SOURCE="HED">ADDRESSES:</HD> You may send comments, identified by Docket Id. No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2025-0186, by any of the following methods: • <E T="03">Federal eRulemaking Portal:</E> <E T="03">www.regulations.gov/</E> (our preferred method). Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. • <E T="03">Mail:</E> U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Docket Center, Office of Air and Radiation Docket, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460. • <E T="03">Hand Delivery or Courier:</E> EPA Docket Center, William Jefferson Clinton West Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20004. The Docket Center's hours of operations are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday-Friday (except Federal Holidays). <E T="03">Instructions:</E> All submissions received must include the Docket Id. No. for this proposed rule. Comments received may be posted without change to <E T="03">www.regulations.gov/,</E> including any personal information provided. For detailed instructions on sending comments and additional information on the rulemaking process, see the “Public Participation” heading of the <E T="02">SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION</E> section of this document. The virtual hearing will be held using an online meeting platform, and the EPA will provide information on its website ( <E T="03">www.epa.gov/ghgreporting</E> ) regarding how to register and access the hearing. Refer to the <E T="02">SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION</E> section for additional information. <FURINF> <HD SOURCE="HED">FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:</HD> Jennifer Bohman, Greenhouse Gas Reporting Branch, Climate Change Division, Office of Atmospheric Protection (MC-6207A), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 343-9548; email address: <E T="03">GHGReporting@epa.gov.</E> </FURINF> <SUPLINF> <HD SOURCE="HED">SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:</HD> <E T="03">Written comments.</E> Submit your comments, identified by Docket Id. No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2025-0186, at <E T="03">www.regulations.gov</E> (our preferred method), or the other methods identified in the <E T="02">ADDRESSES</E> section. Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or removed from the docket. The EPA may publish any comment received to its public docket. Do not submit to the EPA's docket at <E T="03">www.regulations.gov</E> any information you consider to be confidential business information (CBI), proprietary business information (PBI), or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Multimedia submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be accompanied by a written comment. The written comment is considered the official comment and should include discussion of all points you wish to make. The EPA will generally not consider comments or comment contents located outside of the primary submission ( <E T="03">i.e.,</E> on the web, cloud, or other file sharing system). Please visit <E T="03">www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets</E> for additional submission methods; the full EPA public comment policy; information about CBI, PBI, or multimedia submissions; and general guidance on making effective comments. <E T="03">Participation in virtual public hearing.</E> The virtual public hearing will be held on October 1, 2025. The hearing will convene at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time (ET) and will conclude at 6:00 p.m. ET. The EPA may close the hearing 15 minutes after the last pre-registered speaker has testified if there are no additional speakers. The EPA will provide further information about the hearing on its website at: <E T="03">www.epa.gov/ghgreporting.</E> The EPA will begin pre-registering speakers for the hearing no later than October 1, 2025. To register to speak at the virtual hearing, please use the online registration form available at <E T="03">www.epa.gov/ghgreporting</E> or contact us by email at <E T="03">GHGReporting@epa.gov.</E> The last day to pre-register to speak at the hearing will be September 29, 2025. On September 30, 2025, the EPA will post a general agenda that will list pre-registered speakers in approximate order at: <E T="03">www.epa.gov/ghgreporting.</E> The EPA will make every effort to follow the schedule as closely as possible on the day of the hearing; however, please plan for the hearings to run either ahead of schedule or behind schedule. Each commenter will have 4 minutes to provide oral testimony. The EPA encourages commenters to provide the EPA with a copy of their oral testimony electronically (via email) by emailing it to <E T="03">GHGReporting@epa.gov.</E> The EPA also recommends submitting the text of your oral testimony as written comments to the rulemaking docket. The EPA may ask clarifying questions during the oral presentations but will not respond to the presentations at that time. Written statements and supporting information submitted during the comment period will be considered with the same weight as oral testimony and supporting information presented at the public hearing. Please note that any updates made to any aspect of the hearing will be posted online at <E T="03">www.epa.gov/ghgreporting.</E> While the EPA expects the hearing to go forward as set forth above, please monitor our website or contact us by email at <E T="03">GHGReporting@epa.gov</E> to determine if there are any updates. The EPA does not intend to publish a document in the <E T="04">Federal Register</E> announcing updates. If you require the services of an interpreter or special accommodation such as audio description, please pre-register for the hearing with the public hearing team and describe your needs by September 23, 2025. The EPA may not be able to arrange accommodations without advanced notice. <E T="03">Regulated entities.</E> This is a proposed regulation. If finalized, these proposed revisions would affect entities that submit annual greenhouse gas (GHG) reports pursuant to the GHGRP (40 CFR part 98). Entities that would be affected by this action are owners or operators of facilities that are direct emitters or suppliers of GHGs or that sequester carbon dioxide (CO <E T="52">2</E> ) gas underground. Regulated categories and entities include, but are not limited to, those listed in Table 1 of this preamble: <GPOTABLE COLS="3" OPTS="L2,nj,p7,7/8,i1" CDEF="s100,15,r100"> <TTITLE>Table 1—Examples of Affected Entities by Category</TTITLE> <CHED H="1">Category</CHED> <CHED H="1" O="L">Examples of facilities that may be subject to 40 CFR part 98:</CHED> <ROW> <ENT I="01">General Stationary Fuel Combustion Sources</ENT> <ENT/> <ENT>Facilities operating boilers, process heaters, incinerators, turbines, and internal combustion engines.</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="22"> </ENT> <ENT>211</ENT> <ENT>Extractors of crude petroleum and natural gas.</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="22"> </ENT> <ENT>321</ENT> <ENT>Manufacturers of lumber and wood products.</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="22"> </ENT> <ENT>322</ENT> <ENT>Pulp and paper mills.</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="22"> </ENT> <ENT>325</ENT> <ENT>Chemical manufacturers.</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="22"> </ENT> <ENT>324</ENT> <ENT>Petroleum refineries, and manufacturers of coal products.</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="22"> </ENT> <ENT>316, 326, 339</ENT> <ENT>Manufacturers of rubber and miscellaneous plastic products.</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="22"> </ENT> <ENT>331</ENT> <ENT>Steel works, blast furnaces.</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="22"> </ENT> <ENT>332</ENT> <ENT>Electroplating, plating, polishing, anodizing, and coloring.</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="22"> </ENT> <ENT>336</ENT> <ENT>Manufacturers of motor vehicle parts and accessories.</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="22"> </ENT> <ENT>221</ENT> <ENT>Electric, gas, and sanitary services.</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="22"> </ENT> <ENT>622</ENT> <ENT>Health services.</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="22"> </ENT> <ENT>611</ENT> <ENT>Educational services.</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="01">Electric Power Generation</ENT> <ENT>2211</ENT> <ENT>Generation facilities that produce electric energy.</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="01">Adipic Acid Production</ENT> <ENT>325199</ENT> <ENT>All other basic organic chemical manufacturing: Adipic acid manufacturing.</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="01">Aluminum Production</ENT> <ENT>331313</ENT> <ENT>Primary aluminum production facilities.</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="01">Ammonia Ma ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Preview showing 10k of 194k characters. 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