GPA Midstream Association filed 2 comments on this docket between Dec 12, 2022 and Jan 20, 2023. 28 other organizations filed here. The comment window closed 1287d ago.
Attached pleased find the comments of GPA Midstream Association on EPA's Request for Information, "Methane Emissions Reduction Program," Docket ID Nos. EPA-HQ-OAR-2022-0875, EPA-HQ-OAR-2022-0875-0002. If you have any questions, please contact Aaron Flynn at aflynn@mcguirewoods.com or 202-857-2422.
Please see the attached comment filed on behalf of GPA Midstream Association.
EPA received $1.55 billion to reduce methane emissions through financial assistance (grants, rebates, contracts, loans, and other activities) and technical assistance as well as to implement a statutorily required waste emissions charge. Eligible recipients for these funds include, but are not limited to, air pollution control agencies, other public or nonprofit private agencies, institutions, and organizations, and to individuals. The grant program specifies thatIRA allocates at least $700 million must be used for methane mitigationfor activities at marginal conventional wells. Section 60113 also requires EPA to implement a waste emission charge on methane emitted from applicable facilities that emit report over 25,000 metric tons of CO2e to the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program petroleum and natural gas systems source category and that exceed statutorily specified waste emissions thresholds beginning in 2024. The fee will waste emissions charge starts at $900 and increases to $1,500 per metric ton.
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