Revised Program Guidelines Finalized
General Guidelines Finalized April 21, 2006
DOE Issues Final Revised 1605(b) Program General Guidelines: The Final General Guidelines were released to the public on April 17, 2006. The Revised Guidelines became effective June 1, 2006. (Federal Register Notice, April 21, 2006.)
PDF files of the Final Revised General Guidelines are available:
General Guidelines
Technical Guidelines Finalized April 2, 2007
On January 31, 2007, DOE published an interim final rule to correct, update, and make clarifying changes to the Technical Guidelines used for the Voluntary Reporting of Greenhouse Gases Program. On April 2, 2007, DOE issued a final rule that adopts the January 2007 Technical Guidelines as final without change.
PDF files of the April 2 Federal Register notice and the January 2007 Technical Guidelines are available at:
April 2 Federal Register Notice
January 2007 Technical Guidelines
Appendices to the Technical Guidelines:
Part H Appendix: Estimating Carbon Fluxes from Agricultural Lands
Part I Appendix: Forestry
Background
For more information and background on the Revised Guidelines, please refer to the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Policy and International Affairs' website.
Background Information on the Proposed Revised Guidelines to the 1605(b) Voluntary Reporting of Greenhouse Gases Program:
Department of Energy's Notice of Inquiry (NOI) (May 6, 2002), available in
HTML or PDF 
President Bush's Climate Change Initiative (February 14, 2002)
Revised Reporting Forms and Instructions
OMB approved the revised Form EIA-1605 on July 13, 2007. Information on the revised reporting form, instructions, and Simplified Emissions Inventory Tool (SEIT) can be found on the Revised Program Form and SEIT Tool page.
Contact the Voluntary Reporting of Greenhouse Gases Program
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