Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar is speaking out against a proposal from the Environmental Protection Agency to classify the Permian Basin as out of compliance...
of the basin in recent months to survey oil and gas operations and identify large emitters of methane and other excess emissions of volatile organic compounds. The agency said while those compounds have potential short- and long-term health effects on their own, they also contribute to the formation of ground-level ozone, a harmful air pollutant, when they combine with nitrogen oxides in the presence of sunlight.
“The Permian Basin … has produced large quantities of dangerous VOCs and methane over the years, contributing to climate change and poor air quality,” said Region 6 Administrator Earthea Nance. “The flyovers are vital to identifying which facilities are responsible for the bulk of these emissions and therefore where reductions are most urgently needed.”
In a letter sent to the Office of Management and Budget and the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs requesting input and additional economic reviews of the EPA’s proposal, Hegar said the ruling would “impose burdensome permitting requirements on any facility that emits ozone, including oil and gas production facilities.”
“The EPA’s proposal would also require Texas to make multiyear plans to reduce ozone in the region, and its proposal would impose costly new requirements on businesses in the Permian Basin that would reduce oil and gas production, delay new construction projects and deter job creation,” he wrote.
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