2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 22a-200b. Greenhouse gas registry. Reporting of emissions of greenhouse gases. Greenhouse gas emissions inventory. Regulations.

      Sec. 22a-200b. Greenhouse gas registry. Reporting of emissions of greenhouse gases. Greenhouse gas emissions inventory. Regulations. (a) The Commissioner of Environmental Protection shall work to establish a regional greenhouse gas registry for greenhouse gas emissions and a regional reporting system in conjunction with other states or a regional consortium.

      (b) Not later than April 15, 2006, and annually thereafter, the owner or operator of any facility that is required to report air emissions data to the Department of Environmental Protection pursuant to Title V of the federal Clean Air Act and that has stationary emissions sources that emit greenhouse gases shall report to the regional registry direct stack emissions of greenhouse gases from such sources. The owner or operator shall report all greenhouse gas emissions in a type and format that the regional registry can accommodate.

      (c) The commissioner shall consider, on an annual basis, requiring the expansion of reporting to the regional greenhouse gas registry to include, but not be limited to, other facilities or sectors, greenhouse gases, or direct and indirect emissions. A decision for or against an expansion of reporting and an explanation of such decision shall be included in the annual report required pursuant to subsection (d) of section 22a-200a.

      (d) Not later than July 1, 2006, the commissioner shall provide for the voluntary reporting of emissions of greenhouse gas to the regional greenhouse gas registry by entities and facilities that are not required to submit information pursuant to subsections (b) and (c) of this section but which do so on a voluntary basis. The greenhouse gas emissions reported shall be of a type and format that the regional greenhouse gas registry can accommodate.

      (e) If a regional greenhouse gas registry is not developed and implemented by April 15, 2007, the commissioner shall evaluate the feasibility of establishing and administering a state-wide greenhouse gas registry for the collection of emissions data pursuant to subsections (b) and (c) of this section. If a regional greenhouse gas registry is developed after the commissioner establishes a state-wide greenhouse gas registry, then the reporting requirements in subsections (b) and (c) of this section shall revert back to the regional greenhouse gas registry in accordance with said subsections (b) and (c).

      (f) Not later than July 1, 2006, and triennially thereafter, the commissioner shall publish a state greenhouse gas emissions inventory that includes comprehensive estimates of the quantity of greenhouse gas emissions in the state for the last three years in which data is available.

      (g) The commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to implement the provisions of this section. Nothing in section 4a-67h, 22a-200, 22a-200a or this section shall limit a state agency from adopting any regulation within its authority in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54.

      (P.A. 04-252, S. 3.)