EPA Begins Oil & Gas Methane Standards Rollback With Deadline Delay Rule

EPA is taking a first step toward rolling back oil and gas sector methane standards, submitting a draft proposal to the White House that would extend compliance deadlines in current rules for new and existing emissions sources amid expectations that officials will develop a subsequent rule to ease the limit themselves. The Office of Management & Budget (OMB) on June 4 began reviewing a proposal focused on deadline extensions for “new, reconstructed and modified sources,” as well as existing sources,...