Nine States, Environmental Groups Back EPA In Legal Battle Over Methane Regulations

摘要

States and environmental groups separately sought to intervene Aug. 15 on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency in a federal appeals court battle over the agency's first-ever methane emissions standards for new oil and gas infrastructure (North Dakota v. EPA, D.C. Cir. , No. 16-1242, motions filed 8/15/16). More than a dozen states, as well as oil and gas industry groups, have previously challenged the EPA's new source performance standards (RIN:2060-AS30) for new and modified oil and gas wells in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.