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. The EPA on Monday announced a new tool that will allow 7,000 companies in “all sectors” of the U.S. economy to submit their greenhouse gas pollution data electronically. 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.”)...more
Come on guys, its only 21 sections with 390 FAQs. And we all know the EPA will put all that data to good use. Never fear, you can trust them.
1 comment:
CO2 separated and measured? A common gas generated by all carbon based living things. No earmarks on it. So how is the fed going to measure something like this when it can't even account for its spending or where the money is for social security?
Get rid of all those carpetbaggers in 2012.
Post a Comment