G/TBT/N/USA/2027/Add.1  
 
15 May 2024  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication , dated  15 May 2024, is being circulated at the request of the delegation 
of the United States of America . 
 
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Title:  Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule: Revisions and Confidentiality Determinations for Petroleum 
and Natural Gas Systems  
 
Reason for Addendum:  
[ ] Comment period changed - date:   
[ ] Notified measure adopted - date:  
[X] Notified measure published - date: 14 May 2024  
[X] Notified measure enters into force - date: 1 January 2025; except for Sec. 98.233 
(amendatory instruction 12), Sec. 98.236 (amendatory instruction 16), and Sec. 98.238 
(amendatory instruction 19) which are effective 15 July 2024.  
[X] Text of final measure available from1:  
89 Federal Register (FR) 42062, Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 98:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2024-05-14/html/20 24-08988.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2024-05-14/pdf/2024 -08988.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/202 4/TBT/USA/final_measure/24_03241_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[ ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  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 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is amending requirements that apply to 
the petroleum and natural gas systems source category of the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule to 
ensure that reporting is based on empirical data, accurately reflects total metha ne emissions and 
waste emissions from applicable facilities, and allows owners and operators of applicable facilities to 
submit empirical emissions data that appropriately demonstrate the extent to which a charge is 
owed under the Waste Emissions Charge. T he EPA is also amending certain requirements that apply 
 
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  to the general provisions, general stationary fuel combustion, and petroleum and natural gas 
systems source categories of the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule to improve calculation, monitoring, 
and repo rting of greenhouse gas data for petroleum and natural gas systems facilities. This action 
also establishes and amends confidentiality determinations for the reporting of certain data elements 
to be added or substantially revised in these amendments.  
This rule is effective 1 January 2025, except for Sec. 98.233 (amendatory instruction 12), Sec. 
98.236 (amendatory instruction 16), and Sec. 98.238 (amendatory instruction 19) which are 
effective 15 July 2024. The incorporation by reference of certain material listed in this final rule is 
approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of 1 January 2025.  
Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 98  
This final rule and the proposed rule notified as G/TBT/N/USA/2027  identified by Docket Number 
EPA-HQ-OAR-2023-0234. The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EPA -HQ-OAR-2023-0234/document  and provides 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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