Response to Comments: Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule: Revision to Best Available 

Monitoring Method Request Submission Deadline for Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems 

Source Category

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Summary of Public Comments and Responses for: 

Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule: Revision to Best Available Monitoring Method Request 

Submission Deadline for Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems Source Category

This document provides the EPA’s responses to public comments received on the amendments in 

the proposed rule “Revision to Best Available Monitoring Method Request Submission Deadline 

for Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems Source Category” published in the Federal Register on 

February 19, 2013 at 78 FR 11619. The verbatim text of each comment extracted from the 

original comment letter is included in this document along with the name and affiliation of the 

commenter, the document control number (DCN) assigned to the comment letter. The EPA’s 

responses to comments are provided immediately following each comment excerpt. In one case, 

EPA provided a response to a comment in the preamble to the final rule. Rather than repeating 

that responses in this document, the EPA has referenced the preamble to the final rule. Copies of 

all comment letters submitted are available at the EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room or 

electronically through http://www.regulations.gov by searching Docket ID EPA-HQ-OAR-2011-

0417. 

For additional information on EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program and this and other 

amendments to the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule, please see 

http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/ghgrulemaking.html
Response to Comments: Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule: Revision to Best Available 

Monitoring Method Request Submission Deadline for Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems 

Source Category

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Comments and Responses 

During the 30-day comment period for the proposed rule “Revision to Best Available Monitoring 

Method Request Submission Deadline for Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems Source 

Category”, the EPA received comment letters from two commenters. The comments received 

and EPA’s responses to those comments are as follows: 

Commenter Name: Torrey Braithwaite

Commenter Affiliation: Unknown

Document Control Number: EPA-HQ-OAR-2011-0417-0026

Comment: “ ‘The EPA is taking direct final action to revise the deadline by which owners or 

operators of facilities subject to the petroleum and natural gas systems source category of the 

Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule must submit requests for use of best available monitoring 

methods to the Administrator. This revision does not change any other requirements for owners 

or operators that are outlined in the best available monitoring method rule provisions.’-Federal 

Register 

Do not implement this final action as specified above.”

Response: For a complete response to this comment please see Section II. Final Amendments 

and Responses to Public Comments in the preamble to the final rule. 

Commenter Name: Anonymous Public Comment

Commenter Affiliation: Anonymous Public Comment

Document Control Number: EPA-HQ-OAR-2011-0417-0027

Comment: Why is EPA destroying America?

Response: This comment is beyond the scope of this rulemaking. Further, the commenter does 

not provide EPA with any particularized information which it can seriously evaluate in the 

context of the proposed rule and craft a further response.