Methane NSPS Delay Faces Same High Bar As Vacated Effort, EPA Critics Say

August 16, 2017
EPA's proposal to delay implementation of Obama-era methane rules for new oil and gas facilities for two years faces the same legal problems as the agency's earlier 90-day pause that was vacated by an appellate court, according to formal comments from former agency officials, environmentalists and legal experts. Part of the problem for EPA, these sources say, is that it might have to overhaul the legal justification for its proposal to pause major parts of the methane rule, an effort...


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