The EPA is withdrawing its request that owners and operators in the oil and natural gas industry provide information on equipment and emissions at existing oil and gas operations. The withdrawal is effective immediately, meaning owners and operators — including those that have received an extension to its due dates for providing the information — are no longer required to respond.
Under the previous administration, the EPA sent letters to more than 15,000 owners and operators in the oil and gas industry, requiring them to provide information. The information request comprised two parts: an “operator survey” that asked for basic information on the numbers and types of equipment at all onshore oil and gas production facilities in the U.S., and a “facility survey” on sources of methane emissions and emission control devices or practices used by a representative sampling of facilities in the oil and gas industry. The EPA is withdrawing both parts of the information request.
For more information, visit www. epa.gov or call (202) 272-0167.
