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April 18, 2012 By TXsharon

The EPA has issued new air rules for the oil & gas industry.

And we have issued a response.

Here is a great summary of the new rules.

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Sharon Wilson is considered a leading citizen expert on the impacts of shale oil and gas extraction. She is the go-to person whether it’s top EPA officials from D.C., national and international news networks, or residents facing the shock of eminent domain and the devastating environmental effects of natural gas development in their backyards.

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Comments

  1. Don Young says

    April 18, 2012 at 6:09 pm

    The 2-year delay is heartbreaking news. More importantly, I want to know about enforcement and penalties for violations of these new rules. Have you heard anything on that?

    • TXsharon says

      April 20, 2012 at 5:08 pm

      Enforcement information coming soon.

  2. Nick says

    April 19, 2012 at 10:35 am

    Nick April 19, 2012 at 10:33 am

    There will be audits and fines for non-compliance but, that hasn’t been released. The new regs seem to be focused on oil & gas operators that have many wells concentrated in a single “basin” AND/OR drilling and completion operations (2015).

    They have broken up the USA into maybe a 100 basins. Not geologic, not air basins but, something else? If an oil/gas operator operates a number of wells in one of these basins AND has a bit of gas in their production stream, they will need to report their emissions to a website.. If no gas, no emissions, no reporting problem.

    I’m sure this will help somehow. It will at least increase the cost of operating the lease & provide “actual theoretical” emission information for more review. I guess that’s a good thing?

  3. Tad Ghost Hole says

    April 19, 2012 at 5:06 pm

    Doesnt cover existing wells or compressors?! 2 year delay?! Thanks for protecting everyone else EPA but I guess DFW is so beyond saving why even bother applying the rules to the people who have actually suffered through natural gas pollution.

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