EPA Touts Supplemental Methane Plan As Chance For Tighter Controls

A top EPA official is touting the agency’s planned 2022 supplemental proposal on oil and gas methane as opening the door to a novel plan for community monitoring that could trigger remedial actions at facilities as well as tighter controls on flaring and other emissions sources after a recent proposal declined to address the issue. Joe Goffman, who serves as EPA’s acting air chief, highlighted the issues during a Nov. 11 side event at the Glasgow climate conference, where he...