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 

Chief, Greenhouse 

Karimjee 

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 amend the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule and to clarify or 

change specific provisions. Particularly, the EPA is proposing to amend Table A-1 of Subpart 

A, General Provisions, to reflect global warming potentials of some greenhouse gases that have 

been published 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 of new 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: Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments. 

• Email: MRR_Corrections@epa.gov 

Fax: (202) 566-1741 

• Mail: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode 6102T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20460. 

• Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center, Public Reading Room, EPA West Building, 

Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20004. Such 

deliveries are only accepted during the Docket's normal hours of operation, and 
special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information. 

EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the 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 information that you consider to 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, which means EPA will not know your identity or contact 

information unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you 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 of the comment that is placed in the public docket 

and made available on the Internet. If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that 

you include your name and other contact information in the body of your 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 consider your comment. 

Electronic files should avoid the use of special characters, avoid any form of encryption, and be 

free of any 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.