Jul 25, 2025 DEPA IPAA Extension Request for Deadlines in EPA’s Oil and Gas Methane Rule
RE: RIN:2060-AW261: Extension of Deadlines in Standards of Performance for New, Reconstructed, and Modified Sources and Emissions Guidelines for Existing Sources: Oil and Natural Gas Sector Climate Review.
Dear Administrator Zeldin and Deputy Administrator Fatouhi,
We are writing on behalf of the Domestic Energy Producers Alliance (DEPA) and the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA). Our member companies urgently request that EPA promptly extend the compliance deadline for submitting the annual report under EPA’s Oil and Gas Methane Rule, which is currently due on August 5, 2025. The EPA can accomplish this by promptly issuing a Federal Register notice extending the current annual reporting deadline, or by issuing a direct final rule to extend the annual reporting deadline for one year under its general authorities.
This extension is not only necessary but also crucial to enable the EPA to align its plans for the Methane Rule with other related actions taken by the Agency and Administration regarding the growth of the energy sector and the return of power to the States. It would also be consistent with the stay of the litigation challenging the Methane Rules in the D.C. Circuit, Court of Appeals, obtained by EPA based on EPA’s announcement that it is reconsidering the Methane Rule.
The first annual report under the Methane Rule is due August 5. However, the process of collecting the data and preparing these reports is highly onerous and resource-intensive, imposing significant burdens on American energy producers. …
