[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 50 (Thursday, March 14, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 9412]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-04739]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


FAA's CORSIA Monitoring, Reporting & Verification Program

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of FAA's CORSIA 
Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification Program. This voluntary program 
will fulfill the responsibilities of the United States under the 
Chicago Convention to implement the ICAO Standards and Recommended 
Practices for the monitoring, reporting, and verification of 
CO2 emissions from international flights pursuant to Annex 
16, Volume IV--Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International 
Aviation (CORSIA), of the Chicago Convention.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For technical questions concerning 
this program, contact Daniel Williams, Office of Environment and 
Energy, 800 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591; telephone 
(202) 267-7988; email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CORSIA Monitoring, Reporting, and 
Verification (MRV) Program is a voluntary program for U.S. air 
carriers, commercial, and general aviation (e.g., those who operate 
under 14 CFR parts 91, 121, and 135) operators (collectively referred 
hereinafter as ``operators'') to submit certain airplane CO2 
emissions data to the FAA to enable the United States to establish 
uniformity with the CORSIA Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs). 
In June 2018, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) 
adopted SARPs to implement CORSIA in the form of Annex 16, Volume IV to 
the Convention on International Civil Aviation. The United States 
supported the decision to adopt the CORSIA SARPS based on the 
understanding that CORSIA is the exclusive market-based measure 
applying to international aviation, and that CORSIA will ensure fair 
and reciprocal commercial competition by avoiding a patchwork of 
country- or regionally-based regulatory measures that are 
inconsistently applied, bureaucratically costly, and economically 
damaging. Furthermore, continued U.S. support for CORSIA assumes a high 
level of participation by other countries, particularly by countries 
with significant aviation activity, as well as a final CORSIA package 
that is acceptable to, and implementable by, the United States.
    Under CORSIA, all ICAO Member States whose airplane operators 
undertake international flights will need to develop a MRV system for 
CO2 emissions from those international flights starting 
January 1, 2019. The requirement to monitor, report, and verify 
CO2 emissions is independent from offsetting, and the data 
reported by the States will be used for the calculation of the CORSIA's 
baselines.
    The FAA's CORSIA MRV Program is intended to be the United States' 
MRV system for monitoring, reporting, and verification of U.S. airplane 
operator CO2 emissions from international flights. The 
offsetting of emissions under CORSIA, which may require rulemaking or 
other action, will be addressed at a future time.
    An electronic version of the statement describing the CORSIA MRV 
Program is available on the FAA Office of Environment and Energy 
website at: https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/apl/research/environmental_policy/.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on March 7, 2019.
Kevin Welsh,
Executive Director, Office of Environment and Energy.
[FR Doc. 2019-04739 Filed 3-13-19; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4910-13-P