MEMORANDUM UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY WASHINGTON, D.C. 20460

OFFICE OF AIR AND RADIATION

SUBJECT: Posting EPA-HQ-OAR-2012-0934 to Regulations.gov for Public Access FROM:

# RachelSchmeltz**~~~** Greenhouse Gas

## R~**~** THROUGH: Anhar Karimjee

# ~ Chief, Greenhouse Gas Reporting Branch

This memorandum authorizes the posting ofEPA-HQ-OAR-2012-0934 to Regulations.gov for public access. This docket contains documents related to the 2013 Revisions to the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule and Proposed Confidentiality Determinations for new or Substantially Revised Data Elements. The EPA is proposing to amendthe Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule and to clarify or change specific provisions. Particularly, the EPA is proposing to amend Table A-1 ofSubpart A, General Provisions, to reflect global warming potentials ofsome greenhouse gases that have beenpublished by the Intergovernmental Panel op. Climate Change and to add global warming potentials for certain fluorinated greenhouse gases not currently listed in Table A-1. This action also proposes confidentiality determinations for the reporting ofnew or substantially revised (i.e., requiring additional or different data to be reported) data elements contained in these proposed amendments to the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule. Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2012-0934, by one ofthe following methods:

• www.regulations.gov: Followthe on-line instructions for submitting comments. • Email: MRR_Corrections@epa.gov Fax: (202) 566-1741 • Mail: EPA Docket Center, Environmental ProtectionAgency, Mailcode 6102T, 1200 PennsylvaniaAve, NW, Washington, DC 20460. • Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center, Public Reading Room, EPA West Building, Room 3334, 1301 ConstitutionAvenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20004. Such deliveries are only accepted during the Docket's normal hours ofoperation, andspecial arrangements should be made for deliveries ofboxed information. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included inthe public docket without change and may be made available online at http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit informationthatyou considerto be CBI or otherwise protected through http://www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The http://www.regulations.gov Web site is an ''anonymous access'' system, whichmeans EPA will not knowyour identity or contact information unless youprovide it inthe body ofyour comment. Ifyou send an e-mail comment directly to EPA without going through http:/ /www.regulations.gov, your e-mail address will be automatically captured and included as part ofthe commentthat is placed in the public docket and made available onthe Internet. Ifyou submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you include your name and other contact information in the body ofyour comment and with any disk or CD

- ROM you submit. IfEPA cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA may not be able to consideryour comment. Electronic files should avoid the use ofspecial characters, avoid any form ofencryption, and be free ofany defects or viruses. For additional information about EPA's public docket, visit the EPA Docket Center homepage at http://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. Should you have any questions regarding this memorandum, please contact Eric Shultz at (202) 566

- 1883, or via email at schultz.eric@epa.gov

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