Oil & Gas Groups Outline Early Legal Claims Against EPA Methane Rule

Several industry groups are offering initial details of legal arguments against EPA’s final oil and gas sector methane standards, including concerns about the rule’s provisions on flaring, storage vessels, and “super emitter” events -- even as the agency is reviewing at least some of the industry’s concerns via administrative reconsideration petitions. The early legal claims surface in multiple statements of issues filed by a June 7 deadline in State of Texas, et al. v. EPA -- consolidated litigation in...