White House Begins Review Of Draft EPA Oil & Gas Methane Proposal

The White House has begun formal interagency review of EPA’s draft proposal to strengthen methane controls for the oil and gas sector, signaling that Biden administration officials could publicly release the closely watched proposal in the coming weeks. The Office of Management & Budget (OMB) began reviewing EPA’s draft plan Sept. 13, according to OMB’s website. The agency’s latest Unified Agenda of planned regulations says the proposal could be released in October, though President Joe Biden’s January climate executive order...