Could EPA Regulate Methane And Ethane As Volatile Organic Compounds Under The Clean Air Act?

On April 6, 2021, more than 400 environmental non-governmental organizations (ENGOs) submitted to EPA a “Petition for Rulemaking to Remove Methane and Ethane from ‘Negligibly Reactive’ Volatile Organic Compounds List.” If granted, the petition could have greater consequence for Clean Air Act regulation than has the “endangerment finding” EPA issued for greenhouse gases in 2009 following Massachusetts v. EPA......
By: Vinson & Elkins LLP

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