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 95103 - Greenhouse Gas Reporting Requirements

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
The facilities, suppliers, and entities specified in
						  section 95101 must monitor emissions and
						  submit emissions data reports to the Air Resources Board following the
						  requirements specified in 40
						  CFR §
													98.3 and §
												98.4, except as otherwise provided
						  in this part.
(a)
Abbreviated
						Reporting for Facilities with Emissions Below 25,000 Metric Tons of
CO2e. A facility operator may submit an abbreviated
						emissions data report under this article if all of the following conditions
						have been met: the facility operator does not have a compliance obligation
						under the cap-and-trade regulation during any year of the current compliance
						period; the operator is not subject to the reporting requirements of 40 CFR
						Part 98 specified in this article; and the facility total stationary
						combustion, process, fugitives and venting emissions are below 25,000 metric
						tons of CO2e in the data year. This provision does not
						apply to suppliers or electric power entities. Abbreviated reports must include
						the information in paragraphs (1)-(7) below, and comply with the requirements
						specified in paragraphs (8)-(11) below:
(1)
						Facility name, assigned ARB identification number, physical street address
						including the city, state and zip code, air basin, air district, county,
						geographic location, natural gas supplier name, natural gas supplier customer
						identification number, natural gas supplier service account identification
						number or other primary account identifier, and annual billed MMBtu (10 therms
						= 1 MMBtu).
(2) Facility GHG
						stationary combustion emissions for all stationary fuel combustion units and
						calculated according to any method in
						40 CFR §
														98.33(a), expressed in
						metric tons of total CO2, CO2
						from biomass-derived fuels, CH4, and
						N2O. Using any applicable method in
						40 CFR §
														98.33 or
						95153 (
l
),
						reporting entities identified under section
						95101(e) for
						petroleum and natural gas systems must also quantify and report emissions of
						CO2, CO2 from biomass-derived
						fuels, CH4, and N2O resulting
						from flaring activities. If a facility includes multiple stationary fuel
						combustion units that belong to more than one unit type category listed in
						section 95115(h), the
						operator may report the multiple units in aggregate but must indicate the
						percentage of the aggregated fuel consumption attributed to each unit type
						category. In addition, if a facility includes an electricity generating unit,
						the facility operator must report the electricity generating unit separate from
						other stationary fuel combustion sources by following the unit aggregation
						provisions in sections
						95112(b) and
						95103(a)(6). The
						operator has the option of using engineering estimation or any combination of
						existing meters to meet the requirements of this paragraph.
(3) Total facility GHG process emissions
						aggregated for all process emissions sources and calculated according to the
						requirements in the following parts, expressed in metric tons of total
						CO2, CO2 from biomass-derived
						fuels, CH4, and N2O, as
						applicable:
(A)
														40 CFR §
															98.143 for glass production;
(B)
														40 CFR §
															98.163 for hydrogen production;
(C)
														40 CFR §
															98.173 for iron and steel
						production;
(D)
														40 CFR §
															98.273 for pulp and paper
						manufacturing;
(E) Subarticle 5 of
						this article for petroleum and natural gas systems.
(4) Identification of the methods chosen for
						determining emissions.
(5) Any
						facility operating data or process information used for the GHG emission
						calculations, including fuel use by fuel type, reported in million standard
						cubic feet for gaseous fuels, gallons for liquid fuels, short tons for solid
						fuels, and bone-dry short tons for biomass-derived solid fuels. If applicable,
						include high heat values and carbon content values used to calculate emissions.
						Missing fuel use or fuel characteristics data must be substituted according to
						the requirements of 40 CFR
						§
														98.35.
(6) For facilities with on-site electricity
						generation or cogeneration, the applicable information specified in section
						95112(a)-(b) of
						this article. Geothermal facilities must also report the information specified
						in section
						95112(e).
						Operators of hydrogen fuel cells must report the information specified in
						section 95112(f).
(7) A signed and dated certification
						statement provided by the designated representative of the owner or operator,
						according to the requirements of
						40 CFR §
														98.4(e)(1).
(8) Abbreviated emissions data reports
						submitted under this provision must be certified as complete and accurate no
						later than June 1 of each calendar year.
(9) Subsequent revisions according to the
						requirements of 40 CFR
						§
														98.3(h) must be
						submitted if an error is discovered after the submission of the emissions data
						report. If the error correction would cause the emissions total to exceed
						25,000 metric tons of CO2e, a report that meets the full
						requirements of this article must be submitted within ninety days of
						discovery.
(10) For abbreviated
						reports submitted under this provision, records must be kept according to the
						requirements of 40 CFR
						§
														98.3(g), except that
						a written GHG Monitoring Plan is not required.
(11) An abbreviated emissions data report is
						not subject to the third-party verification requirements of this
						article.