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* [Suppliers vs. Direct Emitters|Frequently Asked Questions]
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{panel:borderStyle=none|bgColor=#eee}The data collected under EPA's GHG Reporting Program can be used to:
* help businesses track emissions, and identify actions to increase efficiencies,
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{panel:borderStyle=none|bgColor=#eee}EPA is also providing a "File for Download" which allows advanced users to download all non-confidential data submitted to EPA in an XML file. This file contains additional data elements not featured in the data publication tool, including items such as monitoring methods used and missing data methods. {highlight}<link to File For Download>{highlight} {panel}
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In January 2012, for the first time, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the first greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions data collected under the GHG Reporting Program (40 CFR part 98).  This preliminary data accounts for. The preliminary data, which are expected to be finalized in March 2012, show 2010 U.S. GHG emissions from large industrial facilities, and from suppliers across the United States in 2010 of certain fossil fuels and certain industrial gases. Reporting entities used uniform methods for estimating emissions, which enables data to be compared and analyzed. The data confirm that among large, direct GHG emitters, the sector with the largest emissions is power plants, followed by petroleum refineries. EPA is still working with facilities to verify the preliminary data and will update periodicallythe online releaseinformation updatesregularly to provide the most accurateup-to-date information available.  

TheEPA data,developed presented through EPA's an easy-to-use [online data publication tool|http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/ghgdata/] orthat viaallows downloadableusers file {highlight}INSERT LINK{highlight}, can be used to help businesses track emissions, identify actions to increase efficiencies, inform policy at the state and local levels, and provide important information to the finance and investment communities.

Reporting facilities used uniform methods for estimating emissions, which enables data to be compared and analyzed quickly and easily. to view GHG data in a variety of ways, including by location, facility, industrial sector, or state. EPA's help desk and instructional tutorials are available to assist the public in using the tool. In the coming months EPA will add more features to the data publication tool.

The preliminary GHG data set for 2010 includes: 

* More thanGHG Reports from over {highlight}6,700{highlight} GHG reports entities.

* Information fromRoughly {highlight}28{*}80{*}{highlight} categoriespercent of facilities that directly emit GHGs to the atmosphere and information from {highlight}5{highlight} categories of suppliers of fossil fuels and industrial gases.  {highlight}Link to list of 2010 reporters>{highlight} total U.S. emissions. Among the data not covered are GHG emissions from smaller sources, and from the agricultural and land-use activities.

* Information on GHGs including carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and several types of fluorinated industrial gases.

* GHG data from facilities from specific industries that directly emit {highlight}{*}25,000{*}{highlight} metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent or more per year, roughly equivalent to the emissions from {highlight}131{highlight}burning *131* railcars of coal. <Link 
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This initial data release reflects all data reported to EPA as of December 6, 2011, except that no confidential business information is included. Twelve additional source categories will report GHG data for the first time beginning in 2012.{highlight}LINK to Track 2 Reporters list{highlight}.

h5.Accessing GHG Emissions+What the Data
EPA has developed an easy-to-use [online data publication tool|http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/ghgdata/] that allows users to view GHG data in a variety of ways, including by location, facility, industrial sector, or state.  The default view allows the user to explore data from direct emitters such as power plants, refineries, and other large direct emissions sources. Users also can view data Tells Us+

The GHG Reporting Program collects information from facilities that directly emit GHGs and from suppliers of products that wouldrelease emit GHGs if completely combusted, oxidized, or releasedused. toThe themajority environment.of direct EPA's GHG Reportingemissions Programassociated helpwith desk {highlight}INSERT LINK{highlight} and instructional tutorials {highlight}INSERT LINK{highlight} are available to assist the public in conducting searches using the tool. In the coming months, EPA will add more features to the data tool. 

EPA is also providing a "File for Download" which allows advanced users to download all non-confidential data submitted to EPA in an XML file. This file contains additional data elements not featured in the data publication tool, including items such as monitoring methods and missing data methods used. {highlight}LINK to File Download Page{highlight}

h5.What the Preliminary Data Show 
The preliminary 2010the transportation, residential and commercial sectors are accounted for by these suppliers {footnote}Some GHG emissions are accounted for both by the supplier of the product and the downstream user of the product. For this reason the emissions from the suppliers and direct emitters should not be combined to avoid double counting of emissions.{footnote}. The data publication tool has two distinct sections so the user can view these data sets separately. The default view allows the user to explore data from direct emitters revealsuch that:as 
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* {highlight}104100{highlight} facilities each reported emissions over {highlight}7 million{highlight} metric tons of CO{~}2{~}e.CO2e, including {highlight}9796{highlight} of these were power plants, {highlight}32{highlight} were iron and steel mills, {highlight}3{highlight} were refineries, and {highlight}one2{highlight} was a petrochemical plant. refineries.


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Data from suppliers can be used to estimate emissions from facilities that are not required to report to EPA (e.g., emissions associated with small facilities and the transportation, residential, and commercial sectors), Some GHG emissions are accounted for both by the supplier of the product and the user of the product. For this reason, the emissions from the suppliers and direct emitters should not be summed to estimate national emissions because some emissions would be double counted. and show that: 

* Suppliers that reported GHG information to EPA in 2010 are producers, importers, and exporters of natural gas and natural gas liquids, petroleum products, coal-based liquids, carbon dioxide, and fluorinated gases.  
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The preliminary data released in January 2012 reflect any resubmitted reports from facilities as of December 16, 2011. EPA does not release confidential business information. Twelve additional source categories will report their 2011 data for the first time beginning in 2012. {highlight}<link to Track 2 Reporters list>{highlight}
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Source: This page was derived from ththe Data Publication Factsheet dated late December 2011 


Approval / Publishing History: Version 1 based on Data Fact Sheet 12-15-11v2.docx  (attached)

Expiration : Factsheet was not final when this was extractextracted, as soon as its final this should be updated

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