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CATEGORIES:Environmental Justice, Special Events, Community Events
CREATED:20191009T130453
SUMMARY:EPA Hearing on Rolling Back Methane Rules
LOCATION:Earle Cabell Federal Courthouse
URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.dpjc.org/dpjc-in-the-news/previous-events/2019/epa-hearing-on-m
ethane-rules/eventdetail/554/-/epa-hearing-on-rolling-back-methane-rules?tm
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DESCRIPTION:
There is an important EPA hearing re: the Trump rollback of metha
ne rules, also known as the New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for the
oil and natural gas industry next Thur, Oct, 17 - and it is the ONLY heari
ng for the entire country to be held in Dallas. We need as many organi
zations and individuals to sign up for a time slot and participate ASAP.&nb
sp; The sooner you email the EPA coordinator, the more likely you are to ge
t the time slot you desire.
Methane is a product
of fracking. It is an odorless gas that is 87 times more potent
than carbon dioxide during the time it remains in the atmosphere. &nb
sp;It is a precurser of ozone and a climate disrupter. Along wit
h other pollutants (including smog and soot-forming volatile organic compou
nds (VOCs) and carcinogens like benzene), methane escapes into the atmosphe
re during oil and fracked gas drilling, pumping, processing, and transmissi
on. These leaks not only harm the health of our families and com
munities, and industry workers -- but also is devastating for the climate.&
nbsp;
Please spread the word on this.  
;
Time/Location: Earle Cabell Federa
l Courthouse, 1100 Commerce Street, Dallas, Texas in the Red River and Live
Oak conference rooms on the 7th floor from 8 am to 6 pm.
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Assigned speaking times are available through October 14.&
nbsp; But sign up right away for the best available slots. We al
so want to fill up the meeting with citizens instead of industry ASAP. 
; To sign up to speak at the hearing, go to:
To learn m
ore about the proposed rules go to:
For questions regarding oral testimony at the hearing, you can also cont
act EPA rep Virginia Hunt no later than October 14, 2019, by email: This email address is being protected from sp
ambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (
preferred); or by telephone: (919) 541-0832.
&nb
sp;
BACKGROUND
The Trump administratio
n’s newly proposed methane rollback rule will sabotage the safeguards to co
ntrol methane pollution from the fracked oil and gas industry that the Obam
a administration put in place. During the Obama years, the EPA approved two
methane and volatile organic compound control rules known as “New Source P
erformance Standards,” (NSPS). The rule applied to new oil and gas wells an
d associated midstream equipment like gas processing plants, storage tanks,
and compressor stations. The standards required things like “green complet
ions” at well sites and low-bleed or no-bleed pneumatic devices to redirect
gas back to the pipelines that would otherwise have been leaked into the a
ir. The standards also had established a leak detection and repa
ir (LDAR) program that required operators to look for methane and volatile
organic compound (VOC) leaks from their equipment using specialized cameras
and also required operators repair those leaks.
The newly proposed Trump rule is a major gutting of these NSPS requirement
s in two major ways:
1) The new rule would redef
ine the industry rule to entirely exclude equipment in the transmission and
storage segment from the NSPS program’s emission control requirements. Thi
s would leave in place methane and VOC limits for equipment in the producti
on and processing segments only. In other words, compressor stations and st
orage tanks located along interstate pipelines would be free to emit unlimi
ted amounts of methane along with other harmful pollutants.
2) Th
e proposed rule eliminates any specific controls on methane in the production and processin
g segments, and is leaving only controls on VOCs to help clean up any fugit
ive methane.
This rule is particularly bad for T
exas as we are the leading oil and gas producer in the nation - and unlike
some states like Pennsylvania and Colorado, we have no state-specific stand
ards to control methane pollution.
If finalized,
the EPA has noted that methane emissions could increase by 370,000 tons, V
OC emissions by 10,000 tons, and hazardous air pollutant emissions by 300 t
ons by 2025. However, other research suggests that emissions could be 60–10
0% higher (600,000–750,000 additional tons) than EPA estimates.
The EPA finds that the new rule would save oil
and gas companies up to $155 million in avoided compliance costs through 20
25, but industry would also lose up to $32 million in revenue due to gas lo
st into the atmosphere.
WE NEED YOU AT THIS MEET
ING... You don’t need to be an expert to comment on this rule rollback
. We need people that just care enough to say these rules don’t safeguard y
ou or your family. If you want some info to add to your talking
points, we can provide some. We want you to express your concerns for yours
elf, your family, and your community. If you have someone in the
family with asthma or a respiratory ailment, talk about the fears you have
for those family members.
Written comments can
be submitted to
https://www.regulat
ions.gov/docket?D=EPA-HQ-OAR-2017-0757 on or before November 25 to
the EPA -- but please consider attending this meeting. Let the Admin
istration know that we understand what these new rules will do - and they a
re simply not acceptable.
Thanks for any help or
participation you can give. Please contact Rita Beving at This email address is being protected from spambots. You
need JavaScript enabled to view it. and let you know w
hat slot the EPA has given you. We are trying to gauge how many citiz
ens versus industry people are signing up and when. You can also call
Rita at 214.557.2271 with your questions.
Addit
ional details and updates on Facebook:
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