SAB Finalizes Critiques Of Proposed Oil & Gas GHG Reporting Updates

EPA’s Science Advisory Board (SAB) is finalizing its warnings that EPA’s proposed updates to oil and gas sector greenhouse gas reporting requirements could either miss large emissions releases or overestimate the size of the events that are detected, while urging EPA to consider alternatives that could boost accuracy of reported emissions. In what appears to be new language aimed at achieving more accurate reporting, the board’s Jan. 17 final report urges EPA to “convene a group of experts to advise...