Federal court pauses EPA’s rollback of Obama-era methane regulations
Tuesday, September 22, 2020
Last week a federal court halted an U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rollback of Obama-era methane emission regulations for the oil and gas industry, according to Natural Gas Intelligence.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ordered an administrative stay of the rollback, pending review of a request by 10 environmental groups led by the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) for summary vacatur.
EPA was given 10 days to respond to the administrative stay.
Learn more: Natural Gas Intelligence > EPA’s rollback of oil, gas methane rules paused by court amid multiple lawsuits
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