EPA Eyes Oil & Gas Sector Relief With CTGs Withdrawal, NSPS Revisions

EPA is moving ahead with several steps to grant regulatory relief to the oil and gas sector, withdrawing Obama-era control techniques guidelines (CTGs) for how existing drilling operations can reduce ozone-forming emissions and methane as a co-benefit, and finalizing a rule making “narrow” revisions to a methane rule for new drilling operations. Environmentalists in recent meetings with EPA and White House officials urged against withdrawing the guidelines, claiming they represent an efficient route for both industry and states to manage...