Air Quality > Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule

Chapter 173-441 WAC - Reporting of Emission of Greenhouse Gases

Purpose

This rulemaking proposes to adopt a mandatory greenhouse gas reporting rule for owners or operators of:

1. A fleet of on-road motor vehicles that as a fleet emit at least 2,500 metric tons of greenhouse gases annually in the state; or
2. A source or combination of sources that emit at least 10,000 metric tons of greenhouse gases annually in the state.

This rulemaking will establish a new chapter, Chapter 173-441 WAC – Reporting of Emissions of Greenhouse Gases.

Code Reviser Filings

• Rule proposal - CR-102 - 9/21/09 (includes proposed draft rule language) NEW
• Pre-proposal statement of inquiry - CR-101 - 7/23/08

Two public hearings on the proposed rule will be held in November:

• Nov. 3 in Spokane – 6 p.m. at Ecology’s Eastern Regional Office, 4601 N. Monroe St.
• Nov. 5 in Lacey – 6 p.m. at Ecology’s headquarters, 300 Desmond Drive SE.

Press Releases

• Reporting of greenhouse gas emissions subject of public hearings next week in Spokane and Lacey (October 30, 2009)
• Workshops around the state help explain how emitters will report their releases of greenhouse gases in Washington (October 1, 2009)
• Work starts on rules for reporting greenhouse gas emissions in Washington state (August 5, 2008)

Estimated Fee Schedule

• Fee Schedule for 2009 GHG Emissions - DRAFT (October 30, 2009)

Weblinks

Climate Change in Washington

• Chapter 14, Laws of 2008 - Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 2815, Greenhouse Gas Emissions
• Executive Order 07-02: Washington Climate Change Challenge
• Governor Gregoire’s Climate Change Challenge Policy Brief
• Department of Ecology – Climate Change
• Community, Trade and Economic Development (CTED) - Climate Change & Greenhouse Gas Emissions
• Fact Sheet on Washington's Greenhouse Gas Reporting Legislation
• Fact Sheet on Climate Change
• Economic Impacts of Climate Change on Washington’s Economy

Greenhouse Gas Reporting and Climate Change Outside of Washington

• Western Climate Initiative (WCI)
• The Climate Registry
• The Climate Registry General Reporting Protocol
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rulemaking
• U.S. EPA Climate Leaders
• Western Governors’ Association
• California Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting Rulemaking
• California Climate Action Registry
• Oregon Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rulemaking
• New Mexico Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rules
• Arizona Climate Action Initiative
• Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
• Pew Center on Global Climate Change - State Legislation from Around the Country
• Intercontinental Panel on Climate Change
• European Union - Greenhouse Gas Monitoring and Reporting
• United Kingdom Climate Change Programme
• Australia - Greenhouse and Energy Reporting