GOP States Call On Pruitt EPA To Scrap Obama-Era Oil & Gas Methane ICR

GOP state officials are calling on EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt to scrap an Obama-era information collection request (ICR) seeking data on oil and gas sector methane emissions to inform a potential rule to curb methane from existing drilling operations, with states saying the ICR is “harassment” and opposing such a regulation. The methane ICR should “be suspended and withdrawn. The [final] information request was issued on November, 10, 2016, and requires oil and natural gas companies to provide voluminous information...