Marginal Well Protection Act

Bill: 117-s-3400
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS]
Introduced: 2021-12-15
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Latest action: action_date: 2021-12-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-12-15
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Marginal Well Protection Act</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits the Environmental Protection Agency from imposing fees or reporting requirements for methane emissions from wells that produce fewer than 15 barrels of oil per day and less than 90,000 cubic feet of natural gas per day.</p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 3400 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 15, 2021 Mr. Marshall (for himself, Mr. Moran , Mr. Lankford , Mr. Daines , Mr. Cruz , and Mr. Inhofe ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works A BILL To prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from imposing a fee or reporting requirements on certain facilities for methane emissions.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Marginal Well Protection Act . 2. Methane fee and reporting requirements for petroleum and natural gas systems Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the owner or operator of a facility that produces fewer than 15 barrels of oil per day and less than 90,000 cubic feet of natural gas per day shall not, with respect to that facility, be subject to any fee or reporting requirements imposed by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency in connection with reporting methane emissions pursuant to subpart W of part 98 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations).