Key GOP Senator Questions EPA’s Community Monitoring Methane Plan

A key Republican senator is ramping up criticism of EPA’s pending efforts to consider a greater role for community monitoring in detecting and remediating oil and gas facilities’ methane leaks, highlighting potential political or legal roadblocks to the approach officials are weighing as they develop tougher methane regulations. The objections by Senate Environment & Public Works Committee ranking member Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) surfaced during a July 13 hearing on several air monitoring bills, during which she critiqued the preliminary...