PA DEP Decrees Onerous VOC Reg for Conventional O&G in Effect Now

Last week the Pennsylvania Environmental Quality Board (EQB), a part of the PA Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP), voted to adopt a last-minute, rushed-through-in-a-hurry regulation to control volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions (and by extension, methane emissions) from conventional oil and gas operations in the state (see PA EQB Approves Onerous VOC/Methane Reg for Conventional O&G). The DEP, attempting to beat a Dec. 16 deadline from the federal government, declared the rushed "emergency" regulation was officially in force as of Friday, Dec. 2. Nothing like the heavy hand of government to beat you over the head, eh?

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