On Tuesday, March 1, 2011, the Environmental Protection Agency announced that they would be delaying reporting under the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule until summer. Originally reports were supposed to be due March 31, 2011. This delay is intended to help EPA seek additional industry input to make the online reporting system as user friendly as possible. EPA will spend the next few months allowing users to input data into the site and provide EPA with feedback on the process. Additionally EPA would like industry to be as familiar with the tool as possible before actual reporting begins.
EPA plans to release additional details of the reporting delay in the next few weeks.
SWANA will continue to monitor this development and will provide members with updates as they occur.
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