Sept. 30 is the deadline for thousands of American businesses — including power plants, petroleum refineries, landfills and large engine manufacturers — to report their greenhouse gas emissions to the U.S. government for the first time.
Electronic submission of the data is supposed to make the process easier. But the reporting process is complex and cumbersome.
For starters, the EPA’s ‘Frequently-Asked Questions” Web page includes 21 sections that cover 390 FAQs. (The questions cover everything from the definition of a “facility,” to “storage tank emissions reported in Subpart Y,” to methods for measuring the “composition of the CO2 stream.”)
Individual homeowners will not be forced to report emissions, but the EPA says “some small businesses in some sectors” will be required to report. The reporting requirement is estimated to cover about 85 percent of total national U.S. emissions.
Read more: http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/epa-answers-390-frequently-asked-questio
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