Methane Rule Relief Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-7231
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-5]
Introduced: 2018-12-10
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Air quality

Climate change and greenhouse gases

Energy

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Environmental regulatory procedures

Oil and gas
Latest action: action_date: 2018-12-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-12-10
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Methane Rule Relief Act of 2018 </b></p> <p>This bill exempts certain marginally-producing oil and natural gas wells, including emission sources associated with such wells, from the Environmental Protection Agency's rule titled "Oil and Natural Gas Sector: Emission Standards for New, Reconstructed, and Modified Sources" and the document titled &quot;Control Techniques Guidelines for the Oil and Natural Gas Industry.&quot;</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7231 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 10, 2018 Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To provide regulatory relief for conventional marginally producing oil and gas wells from the Environmental Protection Agency’s Methane Rule .

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Methane Rule Relief Act of 2018 . 2. Application of methane rule The final rule titled Oil and Natural Gas Sector: Emission Standards for New, Reconstructed, and Modified Sources (81 Fed. Reg. 35824, June 3, 2016), and the document titled Control Techniques Guidelines for the Oil and Natural Gas Industry (October 2016), published by the Environmental Protection Agency, shall not apply with respect to— (1) any oil well that has a maximum daily average oil production, during any 12-month consecutive time period, that does not exceed 15 barrels of oil per day; (2) any natural gas well that has a maximum daily average gas production, during any 12-month consecutive time period, that does not exceed 90,000 cubic feet per day; or (3) any emissions source covered by the rule that is associated with an oil well described in paragraph (1) or a natural gas well described in paragraph (2).