The U.S. EPA (Washington, D.C.; www.epa.gov) announced today in a statement that it is announcing its intention to extend this year’s reporting deadline — originally March 31 — and plans to have the final uploading tool available this summer, with the data scheduled to be published later this year. This extension would allow EPA to further test the system that reporters will use to submit data, and give industry the opportunity to test the tool, provide feedback and have sufficient time to become familiar with it prior to reporting.
The agency says it will provide more detail on the intended changes in the coming weeks and will ensure that this reporting extension is in effect before the original reporting deadline of March 31, 2011.
EPA encourages affected parties to check its greenhouse gas reporting program (GHGRP) website for updates:
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/extension.html
U.S. EPA extends greenhouse gas reporting deadline
| By Rebekkah Marshall