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sustainability in the Federal government 

and to make reduction of greenhouse 

gas (GHG) emissions a priority for 

Federal agencies. Among other 

provisions, EO 13514 requires agencies 

to measure, report, and reduce their 

GHG emissions. 

On October 6, 2010, The White House 

Council on Environmental Quality 

(CEQ) released Guidance on Federal 

Greenhouse Gas Accounting and 

Reporting that establishes Governmentwide requirements for measuring and 

reporting greenhouse gas (GHG) 

emissions associated with Federal 

agency operations. 

On July 18, 2011, The Department of 

Energy’s (DOE’s) Federal Energy 

Management Program (FEMP), 

Department of Defense (DoD), and 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

provided recommendations for revision 

to the Federal GHG reporting and 

accounting procedures. CEQ provides 

this draft revision of the guidance for 

public review and comment to ensure 

accessibility of Federal accounting and 

reporting requirements and to enhance 

the quality of public involvement in 

governmental decisions relating to the 

environment. 

DATES: Comments should be submitted 

on or before April 11, 2012. Comments 

received after that date may not be 

considered. 

ADDRESSES: The Draft Revised 

Guidance, ‘‘Federal Greenhouse Gas 

Accounting and Reporting’’ document is 

available at http://www.whitehouse.gov/ 

administration/eop/ceq/sustainability/ 

fed-ghg. Comments on the Draft Revised 

Guidance should be submitted 

electronically to 

GHG.guidance@ceq.eop.gov, or in 

writing to The Council on 

Environmental Quality, Attn: Keith 

Dennis, 722 Jackson Place NW., 

Washington, DC 20503. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Keith Dennis, Senior Program Manager 

at (202) 456–5226. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Chair 

of the Council on Environmental 

Quality is required, under Section 5(a) 

of EO 13514, to issue guidance for 

greenhouse gas accounting and 

reporting. 

Federal agencies are required, under 

Section 2(c) of EO 13514, to establish 

and report to the CEQ Chair and Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) 

Director a comprehensive inventory of 

absolute GHG emissions, including 

scope 1, scope 2, and specified scope 3 

emissions annually for each fiscal year, 

starting in 2010. 

Section 9(c) of EO 13514 directs 

DOE’s FEMP, in coordination with EPA, 

DoD, General Services Administration 

(GSA), Department of the Interior (DOI), 

Department of Commerce (DOC), and 

other agencies, as appropriate, to 

develop and provide recommendations 

for revised Federal GHG reporting and 

accounting procedures. On July 18, 

2011, the agencies submitted final 

recommendations for revisions to 

Federal GHG reporting and accounting 

procedures to the CEQ Chair. 

The Draft Revised Guidance, ‘‘Federal 

Greenhouse Gas Accounting and 

Reporting’’ will, when finalized, 

establish updated government-wide 

requirements for Federal agencies in 

calculating and reporting GHG 

emissions associated with agency 

operations. CEQ is seeking public 

comment on this draft guidance for 30 

days. The draft guidance document is 

now available at the Council on 

Environmental Quality Web site at 

http://www.whitehouse.gov/ 

administration/eop/ceq/sustainability/ 

fed-ghg. 

Public comments are requested on or 

before April 11, 2012. Comments 

received after that date may not be 

considered. 

CEQ recognizes that this guidance is 

vital to the Federal government’s ability 

to achieve a clean energy economy that 

will increase our nation’s prosperity, 

promote energy security, protect the 

interests of taxpayers, and safeguard the 

health of our environment. CEQ further 

recognizes that in order to lead by 

example, the Federal government must 

be transparent in its processes for 

accounting and reporting of GHG 

emissions. 

The Federal government seeks to 

continually improve both the quality of 

data and methods necessary for 

calculating GHG emissions. In 

accordance with EO 13514, additional 

requirements, methodologies and 

procedures will be included in future 

revisions to this document and 

supporting documents to improve the 

Federal Government’s overall ability to 

accurately account for and report GHG 

emissions. 

February 27, 2012. 

Nancy Sutley, 

Chair, Council on Environmental Quality. 

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ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The inventions listed below 

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The following patent is available for 

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practice in the United States, the 

Government-owned invention described 

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