WHO can answer my questions?
Email us at airoilandgas@arcadis-us.com to contact our experienced air experts:
- Eric Hodek, Associate Vice President/National Lead, Air Services, Oil and Gas
- Kat Galloway, Senior Air Compliance Specialist/ Texas Lead, Air Services, Oil and Gas
- Vasco Roma, Project Environmental Specialist
Greenhouse Gas Reporting Changes: Will you be Compliant?
ARCADIS Webinar - January 19, 2015
(Scroll to 9:16 for audio to begin)
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USEPA Changes May Affect Your Greenhouse Gas Reporting
On December 9, 2014, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) published proposed amendments to the Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems source category of the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program.* These changes could significantly affect your reporting requirements. ARCADIS can help you understand these changes and ensure that your needs are met as these changes occur.
WHAT are the proposed changes?
- New segment Onshore Petroleum and Natural Gas Gathering and Boosting
- New segment - Onshore Natural Gas Transmission Pipelines covering natural gas transmission pipeline blowdowns between compressor stations
- New source type for oil well completions and workovers with hydraulic fracturing added to the existing Onshore Petroleum and Natural Gas Production segment
- Requirement for inclusion of well identification numbers for Onshore Petroleum and Natural Gas Production reports
HOW will they affect us?
- Expanded coverage for upstream:
- Companies currently subject to the rule may be required to monitor and report emissions from additional sites and equipment.
- Companies not currently subject may become subject due to the broader scope of the proposed new segments.
- Reporting may be necessary for basins currently exempt due to the inclusion of the new oil well completion and workover source type.
2. Limited time frame between the announcement and the effective date of the revisions requires advance preparation.
3. Potential need for more complex applicability assessments and more detailed site and equipment inventories. 4. Additional USEPA validation of reported data will be possible by comparing reported data to other sources (e.g., states agencies) using well identification numbers.
WHEN will they occur?
- The final rule is expected to be finalized by the end of 2015.
- If final amendments are published by 12/31/2015, they will become effective on 1/1/2016.
- The first report under the amended provisions will then be due 3/31/2017.
- Comments on the proposed amendments must be received by USEPA by 2/9/2015.