EPA oil & gas NSPS plan could preclude future rules

August 1, 2019
EPA’s forthcoming proposal to review the Obama administration’s first-time methane rule for new oil and gas facilities will tee up several threshold issues that could ultimately allow the agency to preclude further regulation for existing sources in the sector. EPA will be issuing the proposal in the “near future,” according to EPA Region 6 official Erin Chancellor, who spoke during an Aug. 1 session of the Texas Environmental Superconference, filling in for acting air chief Anne Idsal. She added that...


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