                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS INVENTORY (§ 10.1-1307.04)

A. The Department shall conduct a comprehensive statewide baseline and
projection inventory of all greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and shall update such
inventory every four years. The Board may adopt regulations necessary to collect
from all source sectors data needed by the Department to conduct, update, and
maintain such inventory.

B. The Department shall include the inventory in the report required pursuant to
subsection H of &#xA7; 10.1-1307, beginning with the report issued prior to
October 1, 2022, and every four years thereafter. The Department shall publish
such inventory on its website, showing changes in GHG emissions relative to an
estimated GHG emissions baseline case for calendar year 2010.

C. Any information, except emissions data, that is reported to or otherwise
obtained by the Department pursuant to this section and that contains or might
reveal proprietary information shall be confidential and shall be exempt from
the mandatory disclosure requirements of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act
(&#xA7; 2.2-3700 et seq.). Each owner shall notify the Director or his
representative of the existence of proprietary information if he desires the
protection provided pursuant to this subsection.

HISTORY: 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 98; 2022, c. 356.