[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 26 (Friday, February 7, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6450-6451]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-3063]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7449-1]


Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2001

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of document availability and request for comments.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: The Draft Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and 
Sinks: 1990-2001 is available for public review. Annual U.S. emissions 
for the period of time from 1990-2001 are summarized and presented by 
source

[[Page 6451]]

category and sector. The inventory contains estimates of carbon dioxide 
(CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide 
(N2O), Hydrofluorocarbons (HFC), perflourocarbons (PFC), and 
sulfur hexaflouride (SF6) emissions. The inventory also 
includes estimates of carbon sequestration in U.S. forests and, new 
this year, an updated assessment of emissions from the electric power 
industry. The technical approach used in this report to estimate 
emissions and sinks for greenhouse gases is consistent with the 
methodologies recommended by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate 
Change (IPCC) and reported in a format consistent with the United 
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) reporting 
guidelines. The Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks is 
the latest in a series of annual U.S. submissions to the Secretariat of 
the UNFCCC.

DATES: To ensure your comments are considered for the final version of 
the document, please submit your comments within 30 days of the 
appearance of this notice. However, comments received after that date 
will still be welcomed and be considered for the next edition of this 
report.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be submitted to Mr. William N. Irving at: 
Environmental Protection Agency, Clean Air Markets Division (6204N), 
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, Fax: (202) 565-6673. 
You are welcome and encouraged to send an e-mail with your comments to 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. William N. Irving, Environmental 
Protection Agency, Office of Air and Radiation, Office of Atmospheric 
Programs, Clean Air Markets Division, (202) 565-9065, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The draft report can be obtained by visiting 
the U.S. EPA's global warming site at http://www.epa.gov/globalwarming/publications/emissions/.

    Dated: January 30, 2003.
Robert Brenner,
Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Air and Radiation.
[FR Doc. 03-3063 Filed 2-6-03; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560-50-P