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GAO-12-1012R 1 (2012-08-30)

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          GAO
        Accountability * Integrity * Reliability
United States Government Accountability Office
Washington, DC 20548

          B-323830


          August 30, 2012

          The Honorable Barbara Boxer
          Chairman
          The Honorable James M. Inhofe
          Ranking Member
          Committee on Environment and Public Works
          United States Senate

          The Honorable Fred Upton
          Chairman
          The Honorable Henry A. Waxman
          Ranking Member
          Committee on Energy and Commerce
          House of Representatives

          Subject: Environmental Protection Agency: Oil and Natural Gas Sector: New Source
                  Performance Standards and National Emission Standards for Hazardous
                  Air Pollutants Reviews

          Pursuant to section 801 (a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, this is our report on a
          major rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), entitled Oil
          and Natural Gas Sector: New Source Performance Standards and National
          Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants Reviews (RIN: 2060-AP76). We
          received the rule on July 13, 2012. It was published in the Federal Register as a
          final rule on August 16, 2012. 77 Fed. Reg. 49,490.

          The final action finalizes the review of new source performance standards (NSPS)
          for the listed oil and natural gas source category. In this action the EPA revised the
          new source performance standards for volatile organic compounds from leaking
          components at onshore natural gas processing plants and new source performance
          standards for sulfur dioxide emissions from natural gas processing plants. The EPA
          also established standards for certain oil and gas operations not covered by the
          existing standards. In addition to the operations covered by the existing standards,
          the newly established standards will regulate volatile organic compound emissions
          from gas wells, centrifugal compressors, reciprocating compressors, pneumatic
          controllers and storage vessels. This action also finalizes the residual risk and
          technology review for the Oil and Natural Gas Production source category and the
          Natural Gas Transmission and Storage source category. This action includes


GAO-12-1012R

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