WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday extended the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule deadline for reporting year 2025 from October 30, 2026, to March 10, 2027. The extension allows the agency additional time to consider comments on the GHGRP Reconsideration Proposal and ensures regulated entities have sufficient time to prepare reports or adjust compliance efforts based on future final actions.

Approximately 8,200 facilities, suppliers, and CO2 injection sites submit data each year under the program. The rule applies to facilities emitting at least 25,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents annually. The EPA received over 50,000 comments on the reconsideration proposal.

A previous final rule had extended the reporting year 2025 deadline from March 31, 2026, to October 30, 2026. In 2024, the EPA updated global warming potentials and expanded the GHGRP to new source categories, as outlined in the Federal Register on April 25, 2024. Primary source: epa.gov

The interim final rule is effective on the date of publication in the Federal Register. Comments on the rule must be received on or by 45 days after that date. If anyone contacts the EPA requesting a public hearing on or before five days after the date of publication, the agency will hold a virtual public hearing.

The last day to pre-register to speak at the hearing is October 26, 2026, and special accommodation requests must be made by October 21, 2026. Each commenter will have four minutes to provide oral testimony, and the EPA may close the hearing 15 minutes after the last pre-registered speaker has testified if there are no additional speakers. The agency does not intend to publish a document in the Federal Register announcing updates to the hearing schedule.

Why It Matters

The shift ensures these private sector participants have sufficient time to prepare reports without exceeding $100 million in annual requirements.