New EPA rules being adopted Thursday would rescind regulations for methane-gas emissions adopted in 2016 and could make it harder to impose climate-change regulations
The Environmental Protection Agency plans to use new methane rules to help set a higher bar for regulating other emissions that contribute to climate change, according to people familiar with the situation and an excerpt of the new rule.for methane-gas emissions adopted in 2016, including ending requirements that oil-and-gas producers have procedures to detect and fix methane leaks in their systems.
The EPA contends that state and other federal regulations already cover methane emissions, and that the Obama administration never legally proved a significant public health threat from methane. The agency is looking to adopt that same stance when it comes to regulations for other industrial pollutants, according to final draft excerpts of the methane regulations reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.
“The EPA intends to begin rulemaking shortly to identify thresholds and/or criteria and to apply them in future significance determinations,” the 200-page methane rule states.
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