
In October, the Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP) and its Environmental Quality Board (EQB) rammed through (in a rush) a set of regulations to control volatile organic compounds (VOCs), and by extension methane, for conventional drilling sites throughout the state (see
PA EQB Rams Through VOC Reg to Control Conventional Well Emissions). The DEP has had SIX YEARS to get these regulations done and has missed deadline after deadline. With a Dec. 16 deadline approaching to finish up the regs or risk losing half a billion dollars in federal highway funds, the DEP tried to bully the conventional drilling industry into accepting its onerous regulations with no comment period, no feedback, no nothing. Yesterday, the Republicans on the House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee voted to send a letter to the Independent Regulatory Review Commission (IRRC) disapproving of the EQB's final, rushed regulation. Let the blame game begin.
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