Despite Rollback, CARB Urges EPA To Retain Oil & Gas Reporting Rules

California officials are pressing the Trump administration to retain several recordkeeping and reporting mandates for oil and gas transmission and storage facilities, arguing EPA has failed to justify scrapping them in its broader rollback of methane requirements in its 2016 new source performance standards (NSPS). The request, offered after the state’s last-minute advocacy on the rollback earlier this month in a meeting with White House and EPA officials, elaborates on prior comments from the state arguing EPA has not justified...