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Subpart FF – Underground Coal Mines

This page provides resources for subpart FF reporters, including implementation information as well as supporting documents for relevant rulemakings.

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Summary

This source category consists of both underground coal mines under development and underground mines categorized by the Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA) as active (where coal is currently being produced or has been produced within the previous 90 days). It includes all underground coal mines that have operational pre-mining and post-mining degasification systems. Abandoned (closed) mines, surface coal mines, and post-coal mining activities are not included in this source category.

This source category consists of the following emission points:

  • Each ventilation shaft.
  • Each degasification system well, including degasification systems deployed before, during, or after mining operations.

Reporter Resources

  • Subpart FF Information Sheet
  • Subpart FF Monitoring Checklist
  • Training Presentations

Subpart FF Regulatory History

40 CFR Part 98.320
Federal Register Date Citation Action Description First reporting year impacted
4/25/2024 89 FR 31802 Final Rule

Updates global warming potentials (GWPs), expands the GHGRP to new source categories, and revises the requirements for certain sectors to improve the data collected and program implementation.
Final Preamble and Rule (4/2024) (pdf) (3.4 MB)
Response to Comments 2024 (pdf) (5.05 MB)
Final Rule Fact Sheet (April 2024) (pdf) (343.73 KB)
Fact Sheet about Updated GWPs (pdf) (166.87 KB)
Supplemental Preamble and Rule (5/22/2023) (pdf) (1 MB)
Proposed Preamble and Rule (6/21/2022) (pdf) (2.2 MB)
Rulemaking Docket

2024 (updated GWPs for existing reporters)
2025 (all other changes)
12/09/2016 81 FR 89188 Final Rule Revises 29 subparts to streamline implementation, improve data quality, provide flexibility, and clarify the rule. Establishes confidentiality determinations for new or substantially revised data elements. Final action in response to a Petition for Reconsideration.
Final Preamble and Rule (12/2016) (pdf) (87 pp, 801K)
Response to Comments (12/2016)
Final Rule Fact Sheet (12/2016) (pdf) (210 KB)
Memo: Table of Final 2015 Revisions to the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule
Proposed Preamble and Rule (1/15/2016) (pdf) (91 pp, 890K)
2017
11/29/2013 78 FR 71904 Final Rule Updates global warming potentials (GWPs) to reflect IPCC AR4 values, and amends 27 subparts to improve and clarify reporting requirements. Establishes confidentiality determinations for new and revised data elements.
Final Preamble and Rule (11/2013) (pdf) (79 pp, 935K)
Correction Notice (11/2013) (pdf) (2 pp, 248K)
Response to Comments (11/2013)
Fact Sheet (11/2013) (pdf) (37.6 KB)
Memo: Table of Final 2013 Revisions to the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule (pdf) (1 MB)
Proposed Preamble and Rule (4/2/2013) (pdf) (77 pp, 909K)
2014
08/13/2012 77 FR 48072 Final Rule Establishes confidentiality determinations for most data elements to be reported under subparts I, W, DD, FF, II, QQ, RR, SS, TT, and UU; defers the deadline for reporting certain recently added data elements that are inputs to emission equations in subparts W, FF, and TT; finalizes amendments to subpart I to remove the requirement for a facility using Best Available Monitoring Methods (BAMM) to recalculate the previous reporting years’ emissions and resubmit to EPA.
Final Preamble and Rule (8/2012) (pdf) (88 pp, 287K)
Response to Comments (8/2012)
Fact Sheet (8/2012) (pdf) (44 KB)
Proposed Preamble and Rule (1/10/2012) (pdf) (19 pp, 230K)
Proposed Preamble and Rule (2/22/2012) (pdf) (17 pp, 212K)
Proposed Preamble and Rule (2/24/2012) (pdf) (23 pp, 261K)
More Information on 8/2012 Final Rule
2011
11/29/2011 76 FR 73866 Final Rule Amends subparts A, W, FF, II, OO, RR, and TT to clarify reporting requirements and correct technical and editorial errors.
Final Preamble and Rule (11/2011) (pdf) (25 pp, 341K)
Response to Comments (11/2011)
Fact Sheet (11/2011) (pdf) (48 KB)
Proposed Preamble and Rule (8/4/2011) (pdf) (30 pp, 427K)
More Information on Technical Corrections
2011
05/26/2011 76 FR 30782 Final Rule Finalizes confidentiality determinations for 34 subparts for data elements that are not inputs to emissions equations. Finalizes amendments to 40 CFR 2 governing CBI obtained under 40 CFR 98.
Final Preamble and Rule (5/2011) (pdf) (37 pp, 330K)
Proposed Preamble and Rule (7/07/2010) (pdf) (40 pp, 366K)
Correction Notice (10/2011) (pdf) (6 pp, 167K)
Response to Comments (5/2011)
Proposed Preamble and Rule (7/27/2010) (pdf) (4 pp, 164K)
Fact Sheet for CBI Rule (pdf) (43 KB)
Memo: Final Data Category Assignments and Confidentiality Determinations for Part 98 Reporting Elements (pdf) (1.8 MB)
More Information on CBI Rule (pdf) (96 KB)
2011
07/12/2010 75 FR 39736 Final Rule Adds the following subparts to 40 CFR Part 98: T (Magnesium Production), FF (Underground Coal Mines), II (Industrial Wastewater Treatment), and TT (Industrial Waste Landfills); also finalizes harmonizing changes to subpart A.
Final Preamble and Rule (7/2010) (pdf) (43 pp, 388K)
Response to Comments (7/2010)
Withdrawal Notice (pdf) (133 KB)
Direct Final Rule (3/16/2010) (pdf) *(8 pp, 165K)
Proposed Preamble and Rule (3/16/2010) (pdf)(3 pp, 140K)
Proposed Preamble and Rule (4/10/2009) (pdf) (3 MB)
Technical Support Document: Underground Coal Mines (pdf) (109 KB)
More Information on Subparts T, II, TT
* The direct final rule received adverse comment and was subsequently withdrawn.
2011

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