Administration completes update of federal offshore air regulations without big changes

Oil & Gas Journal: The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) released a final rule May 14 that updates air pollution controls for most offshore oil and gas operations—but without the extensive changes proposed in 2016 by the Obama administration.

The final rule makes a few changes in specifications, such as replacing the old standard for total suspended particulate matter (PM) with the PM2.5 and PM10 standards of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). It also revises a table of “significance levels” used to determine the limits placed on emission levels.

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