PA IRRC Approves Onerous VOC/Methane Regulation for Shale Ops

Against the wishes of the Pennsylvania House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee, the PA Independent Regulatory Review Commission (IRRC) voted 5-0 to approve Part I of the final Environmental Quality Board (EQB) regulation that supposedly will capture every last molecule of stray methane that leaks from shale drilling operations. The onerous new regulation, adding new layers of reporting and new equipment requirements (that won't change a thing), now goes into effect.

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