[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 71 (Tuesday, April 14, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 18194]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-9820]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5995-9]
Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-1996
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of document availability and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Review Draft of Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions
and Sinks: 1990-1996, will be made available for public review on March
30, 1998. Annual U.S. emissions for the period of time from 1990-1996
are summarized and presented by source category and sector. The
inventory contains estimates of CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, and SF6
emissions, as well as estimated emissions of VOCs, NOx, CO, and HFCs.
The approach used to estimate emissions for the greenhouse gases was
adapted from the methodologies recommended by the Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change. The U.S. Greenhouse Gas Inventory is being
prepared to provide a basis for the ongoing development of a
comprehensive and accurate system to identify and quantify emissions
and sinks of greenhouse gases in the U.S. It will serve as part of the
U.S. submission to the Secretariat of the Framework Convention on
Climate Change and to contribute to the updates to the U.S. Climate
Action Report. To ensure your comments are considered for the final
version of this document, please submit your comments prior to April
19, 1998. However, comments received after that date will still be
welcome and will be considered for the next edition of this report.
DATES: The review draft will be available for comment on March 30,
1998. Comments are requested by April 20, 1998.
ADDRESSES: Send requests for a copy of the document to: Environmental
Protection Agency, Climate Policy and Programs Division (2175), 401 M
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20460, Fax : (202) 260-6405.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Wiley Barbour, Environmental
Protection Agency, Office of Policy, Climate Policy and Programs
Division, (202) 260-6972.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: You may view the document referenced above
on the US EPA's homepage at www.epa.gov/globalwarming/inventory. If you
wish to send an email with your comments you may send the email to
barbour.wiley@epamail.epa.gov.
Dated: April 8, 1998.
Robert M. Wolcott,
Acting Assistant Administrator for Policy.
[FR Doc. 98-9820 Filed 4-13-98; 8:45 am]
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