[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 29 (Wednesday, February 12, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 7999]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-02139]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2019-0706; FRL-10004-79-OAR]
Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2018
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: 1990-2018 is available for public review. EPA requests
recommendations for improving the overall quality of the inventory
report to be finalized in April 2020, 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 13, 2020. 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-2019-0706, 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 Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or withdrawn.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) 343-2342. 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 2018 are summarized and presented by sector,
including source and sink categories. 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:
1990-2018 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 2020, as well as subsequent inventory
reports. The draft report is available at https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/inventory-us-greenhouse-gas-emissions-and-sinks.
Christopher Grundler,
Director, Office of Atmospheric Programs.
[FR Doc. 2020-02139 Filed 2-11-20; 8:45 am]
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