The Environmental Protection Agency will allow oil and gas operators to continue flaring past a Biden-era deadline to phase out the practice at new wells on May 7, according to a statement released Friday.
After operators “raised concerns that scenarios outside their control could require flaring past that deadline,” the EPA said it determined “current regulations for oil and natural gas already provide flexibility” to continue flaring in limited circumstances.
The Clean Air Act rule known as OOOOb/c—finalized in 2024 under the Biden administration—established the deadline in an effort to curb methane emission leaks through heightened detection and control requirements ...
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