Methane emissions limits for the oil and gas industry must take effect even as a federal appeals court mulls legal challenges to the rule, indicating a decision could come soon. In an unsigned 9-2 decision, the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denied requests from states and the petroleum industry to halt implementation of the Environmental Protection Agency's rule. The states and industry had asked the court to rehear challenges to the first-ever federal methane standards (Clean Air Council v. Pruitt, D.C. Cir. en banc, No. 17-1145, 7/31/17).
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机译：即使联邦上诉法院考虑该规则的法律挑战，也必须对石油和天然气行业的甲烷排放限额生效，这表明可能很快做出决定。在一项未签署的9-2裁决中，美国哥伦比亚特区巡回上诉法院全面驳回了各州和石油行业要求中止执行环境保护局规定的请求。各州和工业界已要求法院对有史以来第一个联邦甲烷标准提出质疑（Clean Air Council诉Pruitt，D.C. Cir。en banc，第17-1145号案，7/31/17）。
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