[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 26 (Wednesday, February 7, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 5422]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-02546]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9974-04-OAR]


Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2016

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of document availability and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Draft Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and 
Sinks: 1990-2016 is available for public review. EPA requests 
recommendations for improving the overall quality of the inventory 
report to be finalized in April 2018, as well as subsequent inventory 
reports.

DATES: To ensure your comments are considered for the final version of 
the document, please submit your comments by March 9, 2018. However, 
comments received after that date will still be welcomed and considered 
for the next edition of this report.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OAR-2017-0729, to the Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments. Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or withdrawn. Do 
not submit electronically any information you consider to be 
Confidential Business Information (CBI). Comments can also be submitted 
in hardcopy to GHG Inventory at: Environmental Protection Agency, 
Climate Change Division (6207A), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, 
DC 20460, Fax: (202) 343-2338. You are welcome and encouraged to send 
an email with your comments to [email protected]. EPA may publish 
any comment received to its public docket, submitted in hardcopy or 
sent via email. For additional submission methods, the full EPA public 
comment policy, information about CBI, and general guidance on making 
effective comments, please visit http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Mausami Desai, Environmental 
Protection Agency, Office of Air and Radiation, Office of Atmospheric 
Programs, Climate Change Division, (202) 343-9381, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Annual U.S. emissions for the period of time 
from 1990 through 2016 are summarized and presented by source category 
and sector. The inventory contains estimates of carbon dioxide 
(CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide 
(N2O), hydrofluorocarbons (HFC), perfluorocarbons (PFC), 
sulfur hexafluoride (SF6), and nitrogen trifluoride 
(NF3) emissions. 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: 1990-2016 
is the latest in a series of annual, policy-neutral U.S. submissions to 
the Secretariat of the UNFCCC. EPA requests recommendations for 
improving the overall quality of the inventory report to be finalized 
in April 2018, as well as subsequent inventory reports.
    The draft report is available at: https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/inventory-us-greenhouse-gas-emissions-and-sinks.

Sarah Dunham,
Director, Office of Atmospheric Programs.
[FR Doc. 2018-02546 Filed 2-6-18; 8:45 am]
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