Colorado's Landmark Oil And Gas Rules May Address Gaps In EPA's NSPS

摘要

Colorado is proposing a suite of air rules for oil and gas operations in an effort that appears likely to fill gaps that EPA left open when it issued regulations for the sector, floating a regulatory package that includes first-time leak detection and repair requirements for methane, the potent greenhouse gas (GHG), as well as similar mandates for aspects of the production and supply chain that the federal agency declined to address. The state's proposed rules, released Nov. 18 by Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE), would fully adopt EPA's recently amended new source performance standard (NSPS) for the oil and natural gas sector but also incorporate a series of precedential measures aimed at curbing GHG and other emissions from the industry given its rapid expansion in the state.