EPA Ends Pennsylvania’s Highway Sanctions Threat Over Oil, Gas Air Limits

EPA has lifted the threat of withholding nearly $1 billion in federal highway funds from Pennsylvania, and ended the requirement for air pollution “offsets” from oil and gas drilling operations, after the state sent the agency a “complete” package of measures to impose reasonably available control technology (RACT) on the sector. In a Dec. 14 letter , Christina Fernández, director of the air and radiation division at EPA Region 3, informs air officials in the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection...