INFLATION REDUCTION ACT (IRA) – COMPREHENSIVE FACILITY TO BASIN SCALE METHANE EMISSIONS MEASUREMENTS AND MEASUREMENT INFORMED INVENTORY DEVELOPMENT IN THE NORTHEAST UNITED STATES THE OBJECTIVES OF THE PROPOSED WORK ARE TO COLLECT, SYNTHESIZE, AND MAKE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE MULTI-SCALE METHANE EMISSIONS DATA FROM THE NORTHEAST UNITED STATES. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES INCLUDE: DESIGN AND DEPLOY CONSISTENT, ACCURATE, GRANULAR AND TRANSPARENT MULTI-SCALE METHANE EMISSIONS MEASUREMENTS ACROSS VARIED SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL SCALES, TO INFORM STATE AND FEDERAL METHANE EMISSION INVENTORIES, CONSTRUCT MEASUREMENT-INFORMED EMISSION INVENTORIES THAT INTEGRATE SITE-LEVEL (“BOTTOM-UP APPROACHES”) AND REGIONAL (“TOP-DOWN APPROACHES”) MEASUREMENTS WITH OPERATIONAL DATA, DEVELOP MODELS FOR COMPREHENSIVE MULTI-SCALE EMISSIONS RECONCILIATION INCLUDING RECONCILING TOP-DOWN APPROACHES WITH BOTTOM-UP APPROACHES, AND MEASUREMENT INFORMED INVENTORIES WITH OFFICIAL INVENTORIES (E.G., GHGI), COORDINATE WITH OTHER REGIONAL MEASUREMENT CAMPAIGNS TO DEVELOP NATIONALLY CONSISTENT EMISSIONS INVENTORIES AND ENABLE SUPPLY CHAIN ANALYZES, AND CREATE COMPREHENSIVE EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS FOR STAKEHOLDERS IN THE REGION (INDUSTRY, CIVIL SOCIETY, AND GOVERNMENT) THROUGH PROJECT PARTNERS.