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GHG Regulations - US
The nuts and bolts arrangements required to systematically regulate GHGs are being made in the US.
August was a month of quick developments on the processes design. The federal government moved
closer to regulating carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions by regulation. The US
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released two proposals in August to ensure that state
agencies will be in a position to start issuing air permits covering greenhouse gases on January 2,
2011 when a new EPA “tailoring rule” takes effect.

This rule will require developers building new power plants, factories or other “sources” of
emissions — or modifying existing sources — to get air permits before starting work if the
greenhouse gas emissions are expected to exceed certain thresholds. The rule is part of the
“prevention of significant deterioration” or PSD program that already applies under the Clean Air Act
to some other pollutants. Greenhouse gases are being added to the list.

The rule is a beginning of greenhouse gas regulation. A permit will initially be required only for
existing facilities that are already subject to the PSD program and that increase their carbon dioxide
or other greenhouse gas emissions by more than 75,000 tons per year of CO2-equivalent.

The August proposals are the first of three proposals that are needed to put the machinery in place
to regulate carbon dioxide and other greenhouse cases. Other proposals will follow to address state
authority to issue operating permits and what will be considered the “best available control
technology” or BACT that owners of power plants, factories and other sources will be required to
employ to control covered emissions.
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About Us
Agneya Carbon Ventures came into existence with the purpose of “To help our clients in
understanding, establishing sound Environment Management Systems, and pursuing sustainable
business solutions through our various services to abate direct and indirect impact on ecological
balance.”

We have expertise in the areas of carbon accounting and management, energy management
systems, voluntary/compliance carbon markets, environment management and sustainability and
carbon branding.

We have worked with companies across Private, Government and non-Government sectors enabling
them to create carbon accounting, monitoring and reporting systems.

We have undergone training in the area of sustainability reporting in the GRI framework of reporting
sustainability.

To know more about us, please visit http://www.agenya.in

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References
1. http://www.lexology.com/library/document.ashx?g=f509ef7a-016b-4ccc-9e4d-
220c3dc248fb#page=62