Oil & Gas Regulation Developments

“A recently created task force in EPA Region III is exploring options to use existing tools such as targeted enforcement and permit objections to impose stricter environmental protection standards on fossil fuel extraction in the key energy states of Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia -- which include growing natural gas drilling operations and a heavy coal mining presence.”

EPA Resource Extraction Task Force article


An article from InsideEPA.com focusing on Texas vs. EPA differences in aggregating O&G facilities. It includes a link to TCEQ’s proposed rule (also linked below) which contains a wealth of information about O&G field operations and much detail regarding proposed regulations. There’s a lot there in 121 pages. One thing I noted that seemed a little strange is that any refined modeling would be done using ISC.

Proposed TCEQ OG Rules Article

TCEQ proposed OG rules