Marginal Well Protection Act

Bill: 118-hr-246
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Estes, Ron [R-KS-4]
Introduced: 2023-01-10
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Latest action: action_date: 2023-01-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-01-10
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Marginal Well Protection Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Clean Air Act to exclude certain facilities from reporting and payment requirements related to methane waste emissions. Under the bill, the requirements do not apply to facilities that produce less than 15 barrels of oil per day and less than 90 thousand cubic feet of natural gas per day.</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 246 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 10, 2023 Mr. Estes introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend the Clean Air Act to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from imposing a fee on certain facilities for methane emissions.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Marginal Well Protection Act . 2. Methane emissions and waste reduction incentive program for petroleum and natural gas systems Section 136(d) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7436(d) ) is amended— (1) by striking section, and inserting section: ; (2) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (9) as subparagraphs (A) through (I), respectively; (3) by striking the term and inserting the following: (1) The term ; and (4) by adding at the end the following: (2) The term applicable facility does not include a facility that produces less than 15 barrels of oil per day and less than 90 thousand cubic feet of natural gas per day. .