[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]
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