The U.S Interior Department's Bureau of Land Management on Monday proposed rules to limit methane leaks from oil and gas drilling on public lands, the latest move by the Biden administration to crack down on the potent greenhouse gas.
The proposal would place monthly limits on flaring and require oil and gas companies to undertake methane leak detection programs on federal land.
The Interior Department said venting and flaring activity from production on public lands has significantly increased over several decades. The proposed rule would require each applicant for a drilling permit to submit a plan detailing how it would minimize methane waste. BLM could hold up the permit application if it finds the plan inadequate.
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