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B-334866 Dec 19, 2022 1 (2022-12-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaoobo0001 and id is 1 raw text is: U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Washington, DC 20548 B-334866 December 19, 2022 The Honorable Thomas R. Carper Chairman The Honorable Shelley Moore Capito Ranking Member Committee on Environment and Public Works United States Senate The Honorable Frank Pallone, Jr. Chairman The Honorable Cathy McMorris Rodgers Republican Leader Committee on Energy and Commerce House of Representatives Subject: Environmental Protection Agency: Federal Implementation Plan for Managing Emissions From Oil and Natural Gas Sources on Indian Country Lands Within the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation in Utah 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 Federal Implementation Plan for Managing Emissions From Oil and Natural Gas Sources on Indian Country Lands Within the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation in Utah (RIN: 2008-AA03). We received the rule on November 9, 2022. It was published in the Federal Register as a final rule on December 8, 2022. 87 Fed. Reg. 75334. The effective date is February 6, 2023. According to EPA, this final rule establishes volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions control requirements for oil and natural gas production and processing on Indian country lands within the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation (U&O Reservation). EPA stated that these requirements are consistent with those in place in areas within the Uinta Basin where EPA has approved Utah to implement the Clean Air Act (CAA), codified at 42 U.S.C. § 7401, and will help ensure that new development of oil and natural gas sources in the Basin will not interfere with attainment of the ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS). In the rule, EPA recognized that VOC emissions control requirements for existing oil and natural gas sources have already been established in areas within the Basin where EPA has approved Utah to implement the CAA, but such requirements did not exist for most sources on Indian country lands within the U&O Reservation. Additionally, EPA stated that the rule helps demonstrate that new development on Indian country lands within the U&O Reservation will not necessarily cause or contribute to an ozone NAAQS violation. Enclosed is our assessment of EPA's compliance with the procedural steps required by section 801(a)(1)(B)(i) through (iv) of title 5 with respect to the rule. If you have any questions about this report or wish to contact GAO officials responsible for the evaluation work relating to the

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