Oil Group Asks EPA For Six-Month Delay For First-Time GHG Reporting

摘要

A key oil industry group is asking EPA to delay by six months the deadline for industry to report greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions over concerns that EPA delays in developing a key related electronic reporting tool mean it will not be thoroughly tested and finalized in time to comply with the first-time reporting requirements. In a Nov. 23 letter, the American Petroleum Institute (API) asks Brian McLean, director of EPA's Office of Atmospheric Programs in the air office, and Dina Kriger, director of EPA's Climate Change Division, for a six-month delay of the March 31 deadline to report 2010 GHG emissions because of EPA's delay in the testing and finalizing its electronic Greenhouse Gas Reporting Tool (e-GGRT). The letter is available on InsideEPA.com. Seepage 2 for details.