Oil-Gas Sector, EPA Clash Over Reach Of GHG Reporting Rules In Gulf

摘要

EPA and the oil and gas sector are clashing over the reach of the agency's authority to require greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reporting from offshore energy production facilities in the Gulf of Mexico, with industry claiming the agency's proposed rule, which asserts broad Clean Air Act authority to collect information, intrudes on Department of Interior (DOI) authority in the central and western Gulf.rnThe clash is part of a broader debate over a supplemental proposal issued by EPA in April to extend the scope of its GHG reporting requirements to the oil and gas industry.