This bill would add a new subsection to Section 111 of the Clean Air Act to exclude "marginal wells" from certain standards of performance and related regulatory requirements. The exclusion would cover requirements such as monitoring, reporting, record-keeping, fugitive emission surveys, leak detection and repair, and estimating or measuring emissions for marginal wells and their owners or operators. The bill bars the Environmental Protection Agency (Administrator) from requiring State implementation plans to include standards for marginal wells. If a State revises a plan to make a standard inapplicable to marginal wells, the Administrator must act on that revision within 180 days or the revision is deemed approved. The bill defines "marginal well" using production thresholds (oil: 15 barrels per day or less, or 15 barrels of oil equivalent per day using 6,000 cubic feet per barrel of oil equivalent; natural gas: 90,000 cubic feet per day or less). It also defines associated equipment and limits the definition of a well site to the point of custody transfer. The bill requires the EPA to revise regulations and guidance within 180 days after enactment and directs termination of pending enforcement actions against marginal wells as of the enactment date.
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The bill text and title indicate sponsors aim to protect small domestic oil and gas producers by exempting low‑producing "marginal wells" from certain Clean Air Act performance and monitoring requirements.
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