Administrative Watch
On May 12, 2016, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) unveiled final rules intended to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the oil and natural gas sector and to clarify when pollutant-emitting activities are considered “adjacent” for air permitting purposes. The rules finalized on May 12 will impact primarily new, modified, and reconstructed sources, including but not limited to sources at well sites, processing plants, and compressor stations. In conjunction with these final rulemakings, EPA also took the first step in the process of developing a proposed rule to reduce methane emissions from existing sources.