California Code of Regulations › Title 17 - Public Health › Division 3 - Air Resources › Chapter 1 - Air Resources Board › Subchapter 10 - Climate Change › Article 2 - Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting › Subarticle 1 - General Requirements for Greenhouse Gas Reporting › Section 95100 - Purpose and Scope

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The
						purpose of this article is to establish mandatory greenhouse gas (GHG)
						reporting, verification, and other requirements for operators of certain
						facilities that directly emit GHGs, suppliers of certain fuels and carbon
						dioxide, electric power entities, verifiers of GHG emissions data reports and
						offset project data reports submitted pursuant to the cap-and-trade regulation,
						and verification bodies. This article is designed to meet the requirements of
						section
						38530
						of the Health and Safety Code, and to support GHG emissions inventory and
						regulatory programs of the California Air Resources Board.
(b)
Organization of this
						Article
. Subarticle 1 specifies general requirements for the reporting
						of GHG emissions that apply to all reporting entities listed in section
						95101. Subarticle 2 specifies
						reporting requirements and calculation methods for specific types of facilities
						and entities. Subarticle 3 specifies additional requirements for reported data,
						including procedures for the substitution for missing data. Subarticle 4
						specifies verification requirements for GHG emissions data reports,
						requirements for those who provide verification services for GHG reporting
						entities, and accreditation requirements for verifiers of emissions data
						reports and offset project data reports. Subarticle 5 specifies reporting
						requirements and calculation methods for petroleum and natural gas production,
						processing, and storage facilities.
(c)
U.S. EPA GHG Reporting
						Rule
. This article incorporates various provisions of title 40, Code
						of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 98. These provisions are a portion of the
						U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) Final Rule on Mandatory
						Reporting of Greenhouse Gases. Unless otherwise specified, references in this
						article to 40 CFR Part 98 are to those requirements promulgated by U.S. EPA and
						published in the Federal Register on October 30, 2009, July 12, 2010, September
						22, 2010, October 28, 2010, November 30, 2010, December 17, 2010, and April 25,
						2011.
(d) Except as otherwise
						specifically provided:
(1) Wherever the term
						"Administrator" is used in the federal rules referred to in this article, the
						term "Executive Officer of the California Air Resources Board" or "Executive
						Officer" shall be substituted.
(2)
						Wherever the term "EPA" is used in the federal rules referred to in this
						article, the term "California Air Resources Board" or "ARB" shall be
						substituted.
(3) In cases where the
						owner and operator of a facility or a supplier are not the same party, the
						operator is responsible for compliance with this article.
(4) For purposes of reporting GHG emissions
						in California, reporting entities must follow the requirements of this article
						where any incorporated provisions of 40 CFR Part 98 or Part 75 appear in
						conflict with it.