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		Enhancing 1605b: Site Map  | Enhancing 1605b: Key Documents and Links Enhancing DOE's Voluntary Reporting of Greenhouse Gases (1605(b)) Program Update: On April 17, 2006, DOE released the final revised guidelines for the Voluntary Reporting of Greenhouse Gases (1605b) Program. A notice containing the General Guidelines, and DOE�s response to the latest round of public comments, was published in the Federal Register on April 21, 2006. DOE�s Energy Information Administration (EIA) has initiated the development of the forms and software necessary to implement the revised guidelines. Draft forms are expected to be made available for public review and comment during the summer of 2006. Final forms are expected to be issued before the end of 2006.  EIA expects to complete the software necessary for electronic reporting by spring or summer 2007, in time to permit full implementation of the revised program during 2007. For more information, use the following links: Press Release on Final Revised Guidelines Federal Register Notice, with Final General Guidelines Final Technical Guidelines For more information on EIA�s efforts to implement the revised guidelines, please see http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/1605/aboutcurrent.html For more information on the Presidential directive that initiated these revisions and on the previous versions of the guidelines made available for public comment, the public comments received and the records of the public workshops held, see Background.   DOE�s Office of Policy and International Affairs intends to review and update the guidelines approximately every three years.  In the meantime, DOE will consider other possible changes only if necessary to correct errors, add new emission inventory methods, or to make other time-critical updates.    Proposed corrections or other modifications to the guidelines may be e-mailed to: [email protected]   Add Yourself to DOE Mailing List: Receive e-mail notices regarding further developments affecting DOE's voluntary greenhouse gas reporting guidelines.