G/TBT/N/USA/1880/Add.3  
 
29 April 2024  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication , dated  26 April 2024, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the United States of America . 
 
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Title:  Revisions and Confidentiality Determinations for Data Elements Under the Greenhouse Gas 
Reporting Rule  
 
Reason for Addendum:  
[ ] Comment period changed - date:   
[ ] Notified measure adopted - date:  
[X] Notified measure published - date: 25 April 2024  
[X] Notified measure enters into force - date: 1 January 2025  
[X] Text of final measure available from1:  
89 Federal Register (FR) 31802, Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Parts 9 and 
98: 
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2024-04-25/html/2024 -07413.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2024-04-25/pdf/2024 -07413.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/TBT/USA/final_measure/24_02805_00
_e.pdf  
[ ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  
Relevant symbol if measure re -notified:   
[ ] Content or scope of notified measure changed  and text available from1:  
New deadline for comments (if applicable):   
[ ] Interpretive guidance issued and text available from1:  
[ ] Other:  
 
Description:  The EPA is amending specific provisions in the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule to 
improve data quality and consistency. This action updates the General Provisions to reflect revised 
global warming potentials; expands reporting to additional sectors; improves the calculation, 
recordkeeping, and reporting requirements by updating existing methodologie s; improves data 
verifications; and provides for collection of additional data to better inform and be relevant to a wide 
variety of Clean Air Act ( CAA) provisions that the EPA carries out. This action adds greenhouse gas 
monitoring and reporting for five source categories including coke calcining; ceramics 
 
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  manufacturing; calcium carbide production; caprolactam, glyoxal, and glyoxylic acid production;  and 
facilities conducting geologic sequestration of carbon dioxide with enhanced oil recovery. These 
revisions also include changes that will improve implementation of the rule such as updates to 
applicability estimation methodologies, simplifying calcula tion and monitoring methodologies, 
streamlining recordkeeping and reporting, and other minor technical corrections or clarifications. 
This action also establishes and amends confidentiality determinations for the reporting of certain 
data elements to be ad ded or substantially revised in these amendments.  
This rule is effective 1 January 2025. The incorporation by reference of certain material listed in this 
final rule is approved by the Director of the Federal Register beginning 1 January 2025. The 
incorporation by reference of certain other material listed in the rule was approved by the Director 
of the Federal Register as of 1 January 2018.  
Title 40  Code of Fede ral Regulations (CFR) Parts 9 and 98 
This final rule and previous actions notified under the symbol G/TBT/N/USA/1880  are identified by 
Docket Number EPA -HQ-OAR-2019-0424. The Docket Folder is available from Regulations.gov at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EPA -HQ-OAR-2019-0424/document  and pr ovides access to 
primary and supporting documents as well as comments received. Documents are also accessible 
from Regulations.gov  by searching the Docket Number.  
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