ENVIRONMENTAL LAW SEMINAR:
The Final Rule on Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gases

McAfee & Taft and Cardinal Engineering, Inc. present "Environmental Law Seminar: The Final Rule on Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gases" on October 13, 2009 at Presbyterian Health Foundation Conference Center in Oklahoma City. Registration starts at 8:30am. A complimentary lunch will be provided by Iguana Mexican Grill. The program will wrap up and professional development hour certificates will be provided at 4pm, with open discussion from 4pm to 5pm.

This complimentary full-day seminar will address general legal and technical issues in the first half of the day targeted specifically for managers. The information is also critical for supervisory technical staff as the seminar will include issues related to scope of the rule, applicability, reporting, timelines, enforceability, documentation, and managing confidential business information.  The seminar will include a general overview for managers of the subpart with the broadest applicability, general stationary fuel combustion. The second half of the day will begin with a more detailed review of the stationary fuel combustion subpart, with breakout sessions for three general categories of sources, including general manufacturing, electricity and fuel suppliers, and waste management.

Specifically, the first half of the day will cover a comprehensive overview of the rule, addressing:

1. Background on the Final Rule 
2. Legal Authority
3. Relation of rule to EPA and U.S. government climate change efforts and state and regulation programs and regional programs
4. General Requirements of the Rule 
   • Summary of the General Requirements of the Final Rule 
   • Summary of the Major Changes Since Proposal 
   • Source Categories that Report Now and those That May Report Later
   • Thresholds 
   • Level of Reporting 
   • Initial ReportingYear and Best Available Monitoring Methods 
   • Frequency of Reporting and Provisions to Cease Reporting 
   • General Content of the Annual GHG Report
   • Submittal Date and Making Corrections to Annual Reports 
   • De minimis Reporting 
   • General Monitoring Requirements
   • General Recordkeeping Requirements
   • Emissions Verification Approach
   • Role of States and Relationship of this Rule to Other Programs
   • Collection, Management, and Dissemination of GHG Emissions Data
   • Confidential Business Information
   • Compliance and Enforcement
   • Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements for SpecificSource Categories
     • Overview
     • General Stationary Fuel Combustion Sources

The second half of the day will cover specific subpart for stationary fuel combustion, as well as the three general categories of manufacturing, electricity and fuel suppliers, and waste management: (specific subparts will be determined based on audience or RSVPs)

1. Determination of applicability
2. Changes to specific subparts from proposed rule
3. Methods of GHG calculation
4. Requirements:
   • Monitoring
   • QA/QC
   • Recordkeeping
   • Data reporting
5. Options for facilities on the borderline of the reporting threshold.
6. Verification process

Presenting will be McAfee & Taft counsel Mary Ellen Ternes, Bob Dace and Jeremiah Buettner, and from Cardinal Engineering, Steve Mason, Deanne Hughes, Kristine Baranski and Adrienne Burchett. 

If you have any questions or need additional information about the content of the seminar, please contact Kristine Baranski or Mary Ellen Ternes.  For questions about the venue or reservations, please contact Catherine Warren. To reserve your seat please, click on the "Register for this event online" link below.