EPA Agrees To Weigh State Requests To Align Audit Policy But Doubts Need

A senior EPA official says the agency will consider state requests for pacts allowing new oil and gas facility owners that comply with voluntary state audit programs to also qualify for penalty relief under a recently issued federal policy, though the official said EPA's past enforcement history makes such agreements largely unnecessary. “Why would we waste resources on” pollution problems that state regulators have already addressed, EPA deputy enforcement chief Patrick Traylor told the Environmental Council of the States (ECOS)...