Thirteen AGs Submitted Comments Opposing EPA’s Proposed Stay of Oil and Gas New Source Performance Standards
AUGUST 9, 2017
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra led a coalition of 13 attorneys general in submitting comments opposing the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) “proposed 27-month compliance delay of an important public health rule put forward during the Obama Administration. The methane new source rule now in place limits emissions of this powerful greenhouse gas by encouraging the use of emerging technology in leak monitoring and setting a fixed schedule for monitoring leaks at all well sites and compressor stations.”
- Documents: CommentsCA Press Release
- Document Type: Comment Letters Press Releases/Statements
- States: California Illinois Iowa Maine Maryland Massachusetts New Mexico New York Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island Vermont Washington, D.C.
- Agencies: Environmental Protection Agency
- Issues: Clean Air & Climate Clean Air Act Climate Fossil Fuels Greenhouse Gas Emissions Methane Oil and Gas Ozone Public Health
- Era: Trump Administration
- Action Type: Rulemaking & Other Federal Administrative Proceedings