EPA Eyes Broader Use Of Guide To Cut Emissions From Existing Drill Sites

摘要

EPA's top air official is asking states if they plan broader use of agency guidelines for cutting volatile organic compounds (VOCs) at existing drilling operations - a measure that is likely to have a co-benefit of also reducing methane, the potent greenhouse gas (GHG) - than in the air quality non-attainment areas for which it is intended. Speaking March 16 to state environmental regulators at the spring meeting of the Environmental Council of the States (ECOS) in Washington, D.C., acting EPA air chief Janet McCabe asked state officials if they intend to use the upcoming "control techniques guidelines" (CTGs) in areas that attain the agency's ozone air quality standards, as well as the non-attainment areas for which it is generally intended.