On July 15, 2009, the Western Climate Initiative (WCI) issued the first version of its Final Essential Requirements of Mandatory Reporting (ERMR). The WCI is a collaboration of seven U.S. states and four Canadian provinces including British Columbia (B.C.), Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec participating as partners, along with Saskatchewan as an observer. The ERMR establishes general provisions for greenhouse gas (GHG) reporting, requirements for third-party verification and quantification methodologies for the following source categories:

• general stationary combustion
• refinery fuel gas combustion
• electricity generation
• electricity generation
• electricity imports
• primary aluminum manufacturing
• cement manufacturing
• coal storage
• hydrogen production
• iron and steel manufacturing
• lime manufacturing
• petroleum refining
• pulp and paper manufacturing
• soda ash production
• petrochemical production; and
• adipic acid manufacturing

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