October 5, 2009
Washington State’s Proposed Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rules Differ from Federal Government’s Rules – Which Will Prevail?
Businesses operating in the state of Washington might be understandably confused as a result of the Washington Department of Ecology’s (“Ecology”) release on October 2 of its draft greenhouse gas emission (“GHG”) reporting rules, which differ in some material ways from the federal Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) reporting rules released on September 22.