Oil And Gas Sector Attacks Legality Of EPA Plan To Remove Air Rule Waiver

The oil and gas industry is attacking the legality of EPA’s plan to strip “affirmative defense” provisions shielding the industry from civil liability for malfunctions in the production and transmission sector, saying the agency’s interpretation of legal precedent on the issue is flawed. If the industry’s views are supported by the courts, it would undermine EPA policy requiring removal of such waivers in rules governing a variety of industrial sectors following a 2014 ruling that found them unlawful in a...