Sec. 211. Methane regulation
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The goal of this section is to reduce steadily the quantity of United States methane emissions from the oil and natural gas sector such that the quantity of methane emissions in calendar year 2030 from the oil and natural gas sector is at least 90 percent below the quantity of methane emissions in calendar year 2012 from such sector. Using existing authority of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Administrator shall issue regulations pursuant to section 111 of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7411 ) to control methane emissions from the oil and natural gas sector to achieve the national goal established in subsection (a).
The regulations promulgated pursuant to this section shall apply to sources of methane from every segment of oil and natural gas systems, including oil and natural gas production, processing, transmission, distribution, and storage. Not later than December 31, 2023, the Administrator shall promulgate final regulations under section 111 of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7411 ) to achieve the national goal established in subsection (a). The regulations required by paragraph
(1)shall provide for the establishment, implementation, and enforcement of standards of performance for new sources and existing sources, and guidelines for States, that include requirements for— new and existing natural gas transmission and distribution pipelines to reduce methane emissions by application of the best system of venting and leakage reduction; new sources, and existing sources, with equipment that handles liquefied natural gas to reduce methane emissions from that equipment by application of the best system of emission reduction; and new and existing offshore petroleum and natural gas production facilities to reduce methane emissions by application of the best system of emission reduction. In this section: The term Administrator means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. The terms existing source , new source , and standard of performance , have the meaning given such terms in section 111(a) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7411(a) ).
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