The Recently Implemented U.S. GHG-MRR:

A Report from the 2010 ABA-SEER Annual Conference on Environmental Law

WANG Jin

 Professor of PekingUniversityLawSchool. Director of Environment and Resources law Professional committee of All China Lawyers Association.

I、the overview

A、Legislative Background

B、.GHG-MRR

II、             The content of the GHG-MRR

A、Reporters

B、Report & Record Keeping Requirement

C、Pollutants Covered

D、Required Information (electronic submission)

E、Records Must Be Retained by Reporters (for 3 years)

F、Monitoring Plan

III、          Legal Issues Involved in the GHG-MRR Implementation

A、The definition of a “facility”

B、Once In Not Always In”

C、Emissions Verification Approach & Making Correctionsto Annual Reports

D、 Interface with the CAATitle V

E、Compliance and Enforcement

IV、         Conclusions and Reflections