1. REGULATIONS & LEGISLATION BIG TEN ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP GROUP STEVE MARUSZEWSKI – PENN STATE SXM37@PSU.EDU Greenhouse Gases

2. EPA Reporting Rule Mandatory Reporting of GHG  Annual Reporting  Facility based – contiguous property  25,000 mt CO 2 e threshold  No de-minimus  Research & Emergency generator exemption  Tiered approach for calculations  Aggregate units (<250 mmbtu/hr)  Formalize data collection – GHG Monitoring Plan

3. EPA Reporting Rule University Park Campus Contiguous Property

4. EPA Tailoring Rule (proposed) PSD & Title V GHG Tailoring Rule  Tailors reporting threshold for GHGs to 25,000 tons  Requires operating permit for applicable facilities  New Source Review and major modifications of existing facilities must obtain a PSD permit demonstrating the best available control technologies to be used

5. Boiler MACT Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) for industrial boilers  Emission standards for solid fuel sources  “MACT Hammer” has fallen, which means that states are required to begin implementing MACT on a case-by-case basis in the absence of federal rules  New EPA regulation currently expected 4/2010 for comment, compliance by 12/2013

6. Legislation House  American Clean Energy & Security Act (Waxman-Markey)  Passed in House 219/212 on 6/26/09  Goal: 17% by 2020, 83% by 2050  Higher Ed excluded – by definition of industrial source Senate  Clean Energy Jobs & American Power Act (Kerry-Boxer)  In Environment & Public Works Committee  Goal 20% by 2020, 83% by 2050 Both establish a cap & trade system for GHG emissions

7. Penn State University GHG Emissions

8. Penn State University GHG Emissions Compared to Reduction Goals of Cap & Trade Proposals University Park Campus - Steam Plant and other Stationary Sources