New York Codes Rules Regulations (Last Updated: March 27,2024) |
TITLE 6. Department of Environmental Conservation |
Chapter IV. Quality Services |
Subchapter I. Climate Change |
Part 496. Statewide Greenhouse Gas Emission Limits |
Sec. 496.4. Statewide greenhouse gas emission limits
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- (a) For the purposes of this Part, the estimated level of statewide greenhouse gas emissions in 1990 is 409.78 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent, using a GWP20 as provided in section 496.5 of this Part.(b) For the purposes of this Part, the table below establishes statewide emission limits for the year specified, as a percentage of estimated 1990 statewide greenhouse gas emissions of 60 percent and 15 percent, respectively, measured in millions of metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent gas using a GWP20 as provided in section 496.5 of this Part.
Year Statewide greenhouse gas emission limit (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) 2030 245.87 2050 61.47