PA DEP Issues New Deadline re Methane Reports for Conventional Wells

Both conventional and unconventional (shale) drillers in Pennsylvania were required 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 year. 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 new regulation, which required the report. The two sides have finally settled their differences, and the DEP has set a new deadline for conventional drillers to file the report: June 1, 2025.

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