IPAA and Independent Producer Trade Associations Petition for Review to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Final Rule on Methane Emissions for the Oil and Natural Gas Sector

IPAA and Independent Producer Trade Associations Petition for Review to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Final Rule on Methane Emissions for the Oil and Natural Gas Sector

Pursuant to Section 307(b)(1) of the federal Clean Air Act (CAA), 42 U.S.C. § 7607(b)(1), the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) and a number of industry trade partners and state independent producer associations hereby petition this Court for review of final agency action that respondent United States Environmental Protection Agency took under Sections 111(b)(1)(B) and 112(d)(2) of the CAA, 42 U.S.C. §§ 7411(b)(1)(B) and 7412(d), entitled Oil and Natural Gas Sector: Emission Standards for New, Reconstructed, and Modified Sources, 81 Fed. Reg. 35824 (June 3, 2016) (the Oil and Natural Gas New Source Performance Standards).