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Tuesday, September 11, 2018

EPA proposes rollback of Obama-era laws on methane leak inspections and repairs

The Environmental Protection Agency released a proposal Tuesday that relaxes requirements for how energy companies monitor and repair methane leaks, rolling back an Obama-era regulation. The draft proposal on the EPA's website, which will be published in the Federal Register, would weaken a 2016 rule requiring energy companies to conduct leak inspections on their drilling equipment as regularly as every six months. Under the EPA's proposal, companies would perform a leak inspection at least once a year, in most cases, and every two years for low-producing oil and gas wells. Oil and gas drillers are currently required to fix methane leaks within 30 days, but the new rules give a company 60 days to fix leaks...MORE

2 comments:

Anonymous said...: The only place methane leaks are a problem is in congress and the only repair possible is to throw them out of office!; 8:45 PM
soapweed said...: Oh, my goodness.....What an unchristian-like comment above.... YES, and I'll bring the popcorn and the whiskey, brother.; 5:28 AM