Baltimore county community greenhouse gas inventory. View the workshop summary and individual presentations below. An emission inventory is an estimation of the amount of pollutants discharged into the atmosphere that can be broken down by specified source categories in a certain geographical area. You may need a pdf reader to view some of the files on this page. For the most recent report, view epa s inventory of u.
The foundation of epas approach to assisting developing countries in building their capacity to produce complete and transparent national ghg inventories is based on lessons learned over 15 years of working alongside developing country experts in many regions around the world, in addition to leading development of the u. See epa s about pdf page to learn more ghg emissions by industry ghgrp vs. Creating an inventory topics include understanding the purpose and scope of a ghg inventory, inventories vs. Greenhouse gas inventory data explorer the data explorer is an interactive tool that provides access to data from epa s annual inventory of u. Epa issues final ghg reporting rule for oil and gas industry.
Epaghg inventory targeted data collection strategies and. Epas issuance of subpart w so late in 2010 has left very little time for facilities subject to the. Unfccc ghg inventory methodological documents and training materials. While the p2 cost savings calculator produces the same cost benefits, it doesnt show your ghg reductions. When including greenhouse gas information reported by suppliers to the ghgrp, emissions coverage reaches approximately 8590% see figure 1. This traveling accounts for 2,658 tco 2 e, which is equivalent to approximately 40 % of total ghg emissions. National emissions inventory nei air pollutant emissions trends data.
Entergy corporation greenhouse gas inventory management plan. Environmental protection agency 1200 pennsylvania ave. An accurate and useful inventory can only be developed after careful attention to quality control issues and to the activity data required. However, the deadline to report the inventory for 2011 is march 31, 2012. An iclei ghg inventory and emissions reduction calculator that. Of the remaining msw that is discarded, 12% is burned at combustion facilities and 54% is landfilled. Cisco can provide a selection table that can be used to develop an inventory of affected sources for inclusion into the cedar ghg software tool. Greenhouse gas emissions and sinks referenced throughout as the inventory.
Epa continues to quality assure data and plans to release updated data periodically. This 2012 ghg inventory analyzes seattle s community emissions in 1990, 2005, 2008, and 2012. Developing a state greenhouse gas inventory climate and. Using moves for estimating state and local inventories of. Greenhouse gas emissions and sinks estimates for the year 2012, which presents national totals for different source types. Main report tables 2014 zip 10 pp, 249 k annex tables 2014 zip 7 pp, 326 k. Annex 3 methodological descriptions for additional source. Ghanas ghg inventory process, which will be updated periodically to capture the complexities of the operational aspects and activities that characterize the planning, preparation and management phases of ghg inventory in ghana. Our tools enable companies to develop comprehensive and reliable inventories of their ghg emissions. The inventory methods used here are guided by icleiusas recent u. The inventory is designed to be consistent with the 2016 u. Recordings and transcripts can be downloaded below.
You are about to view greenhouse gas ghg emissions data from large facilities. This module was chosen from amongst a small set of software ghg inventory. The results for the 2012 ghg inventory show that students and staff travels are the most important item in terms of ghg emissions. See below for summary information from the report, inventory of u. On september 14, 2012, epa held a stakeholder workshop on key aspects of the estimates of greenhouse gas emissions from the natural gas sector in the inventory of u.
Assessing air quality, greenhouse gas, and public health. Welcome to epa s electronic greenhouse gas reporting tool. The rule requires electronic reporting of greenhouse gas ghg emissions from large sources and suppliers in the united states. The gridded inventory was developed using a wide range of databases at the state, county, local, and point source level to allocate the. National epa 2006 ipcc guidelines for national ghg inventories u. Electricity emission factors for portsmouth, nh ghg inventory lbsmwh co 2 n 2 0 ch 4 2006 709. The gases covered by the inventory include carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, sulfur.
Office of air and radiation, office of atmospheric programs, u. Background marylands population has increased from 5. Develop greenhouse gas inventory climate and energy. Greenhouse gas emissions inventories are the primary means of monitoring and reporting progress toward emissionreduction goals.
In 2012, entergy decided to elevate this thirdparty verification audit to the iso standard for ghg inventory preparation and. Inventory report st tstate epa eiip g id epa st t i t t leiip guidance, epa state inventory tool local icleinacaaepa clean air and climate protection software local government protocol under icleica registryclimate registry epadvrpc local government protocol under. Greenhouse gas inventory 101 for local, regional, and state governments is available in three installments. Greenhouse gas inventory development toolkit open energy. Greenhouse gas emissions and sinks fast facts pdf 3 pp, 1 mb, april, 2020, 430f20002. Greenhouse gas inventory management plan and reporting. Approximately 80 percent of the total emissions in this inventory since 2010 have been. In 2009, 243 million tons of municipal solid waste msw was produced in the united states. This annual report provides a comprehensive accounting of total greenhouse gas emissions for all manmade sources in the united states. Epas developing a national inventory systems template workbook is useful and provides a foundation for planning and designing a national ghg inventory system, in particular institutional arrangements facilitates effective organization and management of ghg inventory.
For those facilities that will be reporting inventory for the first time, its essential they establish a ghg emissions monitoring plan to obtain and submit accurate data. The foundation of epa s approach to assisting developing countries in building their capacity to produce complete and transparent national ghg inventories is based on lessons learned over 15 years of working alongside developing country experts in many regions around the world, in addition to leading development of the u. The data explorer has not been updated with data from the draft u. From epas view, ghg cost savings sometimes appear to be overreported or underreported. The tfi is currently working on making it compatible with. Regional ghg inventory assess annual total ghg emissions from the region provide information in detail needed to inform the planning process ghg inventory protocol working group designed the protocol and reporting template to be used by all regions mohawk valley ghg inventory results regionwide totals and summary. Approximately 8,000 facilities are required to report their emissions annually, and the reported data are made available to the public in october of each year. The materials contained in this cge training package, on national greenhouse gas ghg inventories, intends to provide the reader with the best possible synthesis of all the intergovernmental panel on climate change ipcc methodologies and tools available which could be of use for nonannex i parties and experts in the. For two decades, the environmental protection agency epa has developed and published estimates of greenhouse gas ghg emissions in its annual inventory of u. References us epa ghg inventory targeted data collection strategies and software tools.
Welcome to epas electronic greenhouse gas reporting tool. Epa local greenhouse gas inventory tool this ghg emissions inventory was conducted with the assistance of the local greenhouse gas inventory tool. The 2012 inventory uses the climate registrys simple estimation method for tailpipe methane and nitrous oxide emissions via a fuels carbon dioxide content that provides a comprehensive estimation of emissions across all fuel and vehicle types. The sectorbased inventory is compiled by integrating data from deqs greenhouse gas reporting program and modeled emissions estimates from epas state inventory tool. Epa has prepared software tools for the agriculture, landuse change and forestry, and solid waste sectors that simplify the task of completing a ghg inventory. Currently, 34% of the 243 million tons of msw is recovered and recycled or composted which conserves energy and natural resources as well as avoid waste disposal. National greenhouse gas inventory manual of procedures. The ghgrp requires reporting of greenhouse gas ghg data and other relevant information from large ghg emission sources, fuel and industrial gas suppliers, and co 2 injection sites in the united states. Sites will be required to submit a ghg monitoring plan to the epa and record total facility ghg emissions starting in 2010. Community module, developed for the united states environmental protection agency us epa by the consulting firm icf. Greenhouse gas inventory 101 united states environmental. For the most recent report, view epas inventory of u. The verification statement and report are made available via the acr website and senet. Greenhouse gas ghg emissions and sinks is a comprehensive topdown assessment of national ghg emissions, and presents emissions across multiple years starting in 1990.
Measuring, reporting and verifying ghg data 20th international emissions inventory cf pg fyg c onference august 14th 2012, tampa, fl kong chiu u. Planets ghg modeling software was used to estimate fleet emissions of methane and nitrous oxide. Ghg inventory epa now publishes two data sets of economywide u. The data was reported to epa by facilities as of 08042019. Important information about this data set this data set does not reflect total u. Set up an effective greenhouse gas monitoring plan.
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