Oil and Natural Gas Sector: Reconsideration of Additional Provisions of New Source Performance Standards
other · Rule · Published 2014-12-31 · Effective 2014-12-31 · 79 FR 79018
Document
Document number
2014-30630
Federal Register citation
79 FR 79018
CFR reference
40 CFR 60
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
other
Publication date
2014-12-31
Effective date
2014-12-31
EPA docket
EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0505
Abstract
This action finalizes amendments to new source performance standards (NSPS) for the oil and natural gas sector. On August 16, 2012, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published final NSPS for the oil and natural gas sector. The Administrator received petitions for administrative reconsideration of certain aspects of the standards. Among issues raised in the petitions were time-critical issues related to certain storage vessel provisions and well completion provisions. On July 17, 2014 (79 FR 41752), the EPA published proposed amendments and clarifications as a result of reconsideration of certain issues related to well completions, storage vessels and other issues raised for reconsideration as well as technical corrections and amendments to further clarify the rule. This action finalizes these amendments and corrects technical errors that were inadvertently included in the final standards.