PA DEP Backs Off Draconian Methane Reg for Conventional Drillers

Both conventional and unconventional (shale) drillers in Pennsylvania were supposed to submit a new annual report to the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) on December 10, 2023, detailing volatile organic compound (VOC) and methane emissions from their operations over the previous one-year period. Shortly before that deadline, the DEP suspended the due date and set a new due date of June 1, 2024 (see Due Date for PA DEP Report re Methane Emissions Slips 6 Months). Shale drillers mostly complied (86% filed the report), but conventional drillers did not (less than 1% filed). Conventional drillers sued to block the onerous new reg requiring the report.

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