EPA leaves ethanol out of final GHG reporting program

Ethanol Producer Magazine October 2009
By Kris Bevill
Report posted Sept. 25, 2009, at 11:57 a.m. CST

The U.S. EPA has finalized its rule which will require greenhouse gas (GHG) emitters to collect data and report emissions levels on an annual basis, but has decided not to include ethanol producers on its initial list of emitters.

In its proposal, released in March, the EPA included the ethanol industry as one of the main categories of GHG emitters. (See “EPA proposes GHG reporting program.”) However, in response to comments submitted after the agency’s released proposal, the EPA has decided to remove ethanol from its list of source categories while it further evaluates comments and options.

According to the EPA’s final rule, many commenters agreed with the original list of source categories, but some expressed concern that the EPA would not have sufficient time to consider and address public comments for particular categories.

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