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EPA Issues Expansive, Costly New Source Performance Standards for Oil and Gas Sector

By Mike Mills, Shannon Morrissey and Allison Smith on May 15, 2016 Posted in Oil & Gas

Widely anticipated on both sides of the aisle, on May 12, 2016, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released final regulations to curb emissions of methane and volatile organic compounds (“VOC”) from additional new, modified, and reconstructed sources in the oil and gas industry. The Final Rule, titled, ‘Oil and Natural Gas Sector: Emission Standards … Continue Reading