EPA Amends Two Air Toxics Standards to Remove Affirmative Defense Provisions
Oct. 16, 2024 - EPA has issued final amendments to two air toxics standards that apply to oil and natural gas operations: the National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for oil and natural gas production facilities and the NESHAP for natural gas transmission and storage facilities. The final amendments remove affirmative defense provisions from the rules to make them consistent with 2014 decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.