API Faults EPA 'Next Generation' Compliance Plan For Oil & Gas Air Policy

The American Petroleum Institute (API) is faulting EPA's proposal to use "Next Generation" compliance tools in its proposed methane emissions rule for new oil and gas drilling, saying the tools -- including third-party verification and electronic reporting -- are unnecessary and that the agency lacks the legal authority to mandate them. "The general Next Generation compliance topics for which EPA is seeking input" in the preamble to the proposed new source performance standards (NSPS) air rule "are broad issues that...