Air EmissionsGreenhouse GasSubpart W

Th e ULTIMATE GUIDE

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 INTRODUCTION

2 AIR MANAGEMENT

3 GREENHOUSE GAS

4 SUBPART W

5 COMPANY SUCCESSES

6 CONCLUSION

INTRODUCTION

Air Emissions Management, GHG, and Subpart W

Air emissions management to comply with environmental standards is a top priority in every Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) and Sustainability professional’s agenda. Much has changed in the enviromental compliance landscape in recent times, and organizationshave had to adapt and change the way they measure, manage andreport their environmental performance.

We compiled a list of our most relevant educational resources covering Air Emissions Compliance in this e-book, creating the ultimate guide – everything you need to know to successfully manage your organization’s air emissions compliance. In the following pages you will find resources grouped in three chapters: Air Emissions Management, Carbon and Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Management and, Subpart W Compliance. Plus, practical examples of how companies have achieved environmental compliance excellence.

We hope you find this e-book informative and helpful - we wish you thebest in your environmental compliance journey!

In fewer than 50 pages, the 1970 Clean Air Act sent a compelling message to the nation: The time had come for us to get serious about protecting the environment.

William K. Reilly, Former U.S. EPA Administrator

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AIR COMPLIANCE MANAGEMENT

Successfully Manage Air Emissions Compliance Programs

Air compliance regulations have existed for more than 30 years now, but

significant new documentation demands have been created with the 1990

Clean Air Act Amendments and the recent EPA Mandatory Reporting

Requirements for Greenhouse Gases (EPA MRR). These recent demands

significantly increased the complexity of managing a successful air

emissions compliance operation and many organizations have struggled

allocating considerable time, budget and personnel towards complying

with regulations.

The resources in this section will help you sort through the main aspects

of managing an environmental air emissions compliance system, with

topics ranging from:

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4 Data collection

4 Data management

4 System efficiencies

4 System automation

4 Practical examples of how a real life

organization was able to efficiently

manage and integrate its air

emissions compliance processes

AIR COMPLIANCE RESOURCES

1. Financed Emissions: The New Disclosure Frontier For The Financial Industry [download white paper]

Recent political, economic and regulatory developments have fundamentally altered the approach the financial industry must take in order to comply with the greenhouse gas (GHG) risk disclosure requirements imposed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).

2. Digital Demands: Meeting Air Emissions Electronic Reporting Requirements [download white paper]

Electronic reporting of air emissions inventory is the new norm, but creating and managing a successful system can be complicated and overwhelming. Learn more about how to succeed at this task.

3. The Emissions Trifecta: Title V, Air Emissions and GHG Reporting [download white paper]

Learn more about how to effectively track, manage and report data for Title V, air emissions inventory and the EPA’s mandatory GHG reporting.

4. Developing a Reporting Solution for Mandatory & Voluntary Obligations [download webinar]

Get a closer look at how PG&E developed and implemented a GHG reporting solution to meet mandatory Federal and California AB32 reporting obligations, as well as voluntary reporting to the Climate Registry, the Dow Jones Sustainability Index and the Carbon Disclosure Project.

Accurate and Verifiable Emissions Inventory

Effective carbon and GHG management starts with tracking your data. But it

doesn’t end there. You also need:

4 Standardized GHG emissions accounting and quantification

methodologies that facilitate accurate and verifiable emissions inventory

across your entire organization

4 Easy reporting mechanisms

4 A centralized, online data repository across the entire organization,

providing relevant, consistent, transparent and accurate data

Read through our selection of resources below and uncover the most important

features and components of designing and implementing solutions and

processes to meet the demanding challenges of your organization’s carbon and

GHG emissions management.

CARBON AND GHG MANAGEMENT3

By having the data in one place we are able to rapidly get reports that give us a good profile of both individual facilities, as wellas the company as a whole.Senior Environmental Scientist, PG&E

CARBON AND GHG RESOURCES

1. Dirty Work Made Clean: Volatile Organic Compound Recordkeeping [download white paper]

Picture this scenario: three facilities - two operating under Title V that are major sources of NOx emissions; situated in the second most populated urban area in the United States and one of the smoggiest; heavily regulated by state air quality control agencies; having to comply with stringent monitoring of gases and chemicals on a daily basis.

2. Stop the Sleuthing: Designing An Incident Management System That Works [download white paper]

Designing an incident management system that meets not only regulatory requirements, but a company’s current and future business needs, calls for strategic thinking and planning throughout multiple layers of the organization.

3. One Company’s Journey to Realizing Greater Value [download white paper]

Go beyond environmental compliance and create an opportunity to evolve your GHG emissions data to drive greater value from environmental data.

4. Meeting the GHG Challenge: Developing the Right Reporting Solution [download white paper]

Excel spreadsheets and homegrown solutions simply don’t meet the needs of today’s complex GHG reporting environment. This white paper explores the challenges businesses face in GHG reporting, as well as best practices in developing and using a reporting solution.

Petroleum and Natural Gas Industry Required to Report

The EPA Subpart W Rule (40 CFR Part 98), under its GHG Reporting Program

requires petroleum and natural gas facilities that emit 25,000 metric tons or

more of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) per year to report annual methane

(CH4) and CO2 emissions from a series of sources. The Subpart W Rule is a

broad and complex set of regulations that has required significant effort by the

petroleum and natural gas industries.

Since its first publication, the EPA has made substantial changes to this rule,

both technical and editorial that drastically changed calculation, monitoring

and data reporting requirements under the rule. Browse through the list of

resources in this section and take a closer look at:

4 Subpart W regulation background and overview

4 Compliance strategies and reporting tips for Subpart W

4 Recently proposed changes in the Subpart W regulation

SUBPART W COMPLIANCE4

Document as much as you can, make sure you can justify it, and assume things are going to changein the next few years!

Environmental Compliance Specialist – Air Quality, Red Cedar Gathering

SUBPART W COMPLIANCE RESOURCES

1. Change Agents: Making Sense of the Subpart W Revisions [download white paper]

Answer your questions about changes made by the EPA regarding its Subpart W regulation and how they affect your reporting requirements.

2. Understanding the Revised Subpart W Regulation [download webinar]

Learn more about the recent revisions made by the EPA to the rule, correcting technical and editorial errors and addressing issues identified as a result of questions received from reporting organizations.

3. Practical Considerations for Subpart W GHG Compliance [download webinar]

Hear field experts sharing their candid recommendations and functional information on how to interpret the rule, collect and prepare data to assure your organization is compliant with the EPA’s Subpart W regulation.

4. Leveraging GHG Data for Compliance with Subpart 0000 [download webinar]

If your company is a producer of oil and natural gas and you are facing the new requirements of Subpart OOOO, this webinar is for you! Subpart OOOO (a series of modifications to existing federal air emissions rules) has many new recordkeeping and reporting requirements.

COMPANY SUCCESSES5

American Electric Power [download]Learn how AEP is able to enter its GHG and environmental compliance data once and use it for multiple reporting requirements across a widerange of compliance programs.

Clyde Companies [download]Learn how Clyde Companies directly integrated their production systems, enabling the company to understand their emissions in relation to their limits.

First Energy [download]Discover how FirstEnergy Corp. achieved 100% of environmental reporting deadlines while effectively managing compliance obligations, maintaining institutional knowledge and ensuring regulatoryresponsibilities aren’t forgotten.

Koch Fertilizer [download]See how Koch Fertilizer relies on a one-stop shop environmental compliance system for documentation of tasks and calculations that allows for easy roll-up reports and compliance assurance across businessunits and locations.

Los Angeles World Airports [download]

Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) is required

to regulate and monitor the use of products that

contain Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) on a

daily basis for each of its three airports.

NCRA [download]

NCRA easily integrated a new GHG Program into

their existing air emissions inventory solution.

This centralized all their compliance requirements

creating more efficient data management and

reporting.

PPL [download]

PPL Corporation needed a solution that could

centrally manage compliance data and integrate

with existing systems and corporate processes.

TECO [download]

TECO Energy initially needed a software solution

providing Title V compliance calendar capabilities

and quickly expanded into needing a robust solution

to manage all of their environmental programs.

CONCLUSION6Some organizations are subject to mandatory air emissions regulations,

whereas other organizations embrace voluntary reporting or have to

answer to increasing pressures from stakeholders – internal and external

– to disclose and manage their air emissions environmental impact.

Moreover, predictions from industry pundits signal that the need to track,

monitor, manage and report air emissions data is not going away any time

soon.

Whether your organization is taking the first steps towards implementing

an air emissions environmental compliance system or has been using a

system for quite some time, we hope you found the list of resources

curated in this e-book valuable.

Please feel free to send us your feedback or share your experience

working with air emissions compliance. We would love to hear from you!

Give us a call at 866-368-4262.

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