Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-1997

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 46 (Wednesday, March 10, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 11881]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-5826]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-1997

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of document availability and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Draft Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and 
Sinks: 1990-1997 is available for public review. Annual U.S. emissions 
for the period of time from 1990-1997 are summarized and presented by 
source category and sector. The inventory contains estimates of 
CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, and 
SF6 emissions, as well as estimated emissions of VOCs, 
NOX, CO, and HFCs. The approach used to estimate emissions 
for the greenhouse gases was adapted from the methodologies recommended 
by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The U.S. Greenhouse 
Gas Inventory is being prepared to provide a basis for the ongoing 
development of a comprehensive and accurate system to identify and 
quantify emissions and sinks of greenhouse gases in the U.S. It will 
serve as part of the U.S. submission to the Secretariat of the 
Framework Convention on Climate Change and to contribute to the updates 
to the U.S. Climate Action Report. To ensure your comments are 
considered for the final version of this document, please submit your 
comments prior to April 9, 1999. However, comments received after that 
date will still be welcomed and will be considered for the next edition 
of this report.

DATES: Comments are requested by April 9, 1999.

ADDRESSES: You may electronically download the document referenced 
above on the US EPA's homepage at https://www.epa.gov/globalwarming/
inventory. For those without access to EPA's homepage, please send 
requests for a copy of the document to: Environmental Protection 
Agency, Climate Policy and Programs Division (2175), 401 M Street, SW, 
Washington, DC 20460, Fax: (202) 260-6405.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Wiley Barbour, Environmental 
Protection Agency, Office of Policy, Climate Policy and Programs 
Division, (202) 260-6972.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: You may view and download the document 
referenced above on the US EPA's homepage at www.epa.gov/globalwarming/
inventory. If you wish to send an email with your comments you may sent 
the email to barbour.wiley@epamail.epa.gov.

    Dated: February 16, 1999.
David Gardiner,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Policy.
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