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• GHG data from facilities that emit
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  railcars of coal.
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  percent of total U.S. emissions from human sources. Among the data not covered are GHG information from smaller sources, and the agriculture and land-use and land-use change sectors.
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  GHGs -carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and fluorinated gases (including reporting of individual gases such as hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, nitrogen trifluoride, sulfur hexafluoride, and other fluorinated gases).

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.

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Accessing GHG Emissions Data

EPA has developed an easy-to-use online data publication tool 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 from suppliers of products that would emit GHGs if completely combusted, oxidized, or released to the environment. EPA's GHG Reporting Program help desk

and instructional tutorials

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.

What the Preliminary Data Show

The preliminary 2010 data from direct emitters reveal that:

• 2010 emissions are broadly consistent with the estimates in the U.S. Inventory on GHG Emissions and Sinks for 2009, the most recent U.S. inventory report available.
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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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