EPA extends scope of streamlined oil and gas air permitting

EPA is proposing to extend the scope of its federal implementation plan (FIP) for streamlined Clean Air Act “minor source” permitting for oil and gas production on tribal lands to cover a newly created ozone “nonattainment” area in the Uinta Basin, UT, that would apply until the agency crafts an area-specific plan to reduce ozone emissions. In a May 8 Federal Register notice , the agency explains that an existing FIP for minor oil and gas sources on tribal...