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DoulUnleashed OP t1_iykub1i wrote

Reply to comment by YamPsychological9471 in EQB Adopts Emergency Air Quality Regulation for Existing Conventional Oil and Gas Sources by DoulUnleashed

That's a good question. I guess it depends what the details written down are.

The Federal Clear Air Act mentions "Major sources" which would cover any similar areas. But hard to say with what Wolf put out.

I have no doubt it's all still milk toast and should be beefed up for actual environmental hard prevention. I think the most charitable position is Wolf is possibly improving emissions control slightly, while also preventing PA from losing a huge payout needed for improving infrastructure (mainly highways so it's meh).

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YamPsychological9471 t1_iykvtjj wrote

Yeah, that’s a fair assumption, I’d agree. Just thought it was odd to exclude the unconventional play in the state. From my understanding, that’s the vast majority of new activity going on now…

A much more intensive process too… so perhaps too much to be practical under this reg?

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DoulUnleashed OP t1_iykx8gc wrote

Perhaps.

I think the elephant in the room is the fact this is a last minute "oh shit" action. Since the current council didn't push for anything to get done for 6 years (I think). So it may just be rushed honestly.

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