3.0.0 2801 2023-01-11T13:48:36Z 2023-01-11T13:48:36Z House HR 2021-04-22 117 [Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 70 (Thursday, April 22, 2021)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. PETERS:H.R. 2801.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8[Page H2109]]]> hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif18 Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee Referred to 2021-04-23T17:24:09Z Referred to 2021-04-22T13:07:10Z hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee House Standing Referred to 2021-04-22T13:07:15Z 2021-04-23 hsif18 Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change. Committee 2021-04-22 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee 2021-04-22 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2021-04-22 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2021-04-22 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress P000608 Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52] Scott Peters D CA H. 52 N Environmental Protection Administrative law and regulatory procedures Air quality Climate change and greenhouse gases Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Environmental regulatory procedures Environmental technology Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Industrial facilities Oil and gas Pollution liability Technology assessment Environmental Protection 00 2021-04-22 Introduced in House 2021-10-07T18:31:54Z Methane Emissions Technology to Help Achieve Net-zero Emissions Act of 2021 or the METHANE Act of 2021

This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish standards and related requirements to reduce methane emissions from certain oil and gas facilities.

Specifically, the EPA must establish methane intensity standards that become increasingly stringent over time. Initial standards must be established within four years. For purposes of establishing the standards, the EPA must categorize the facilities and base the standards on the types of methane emissions from those categories.

As part of the process of establishing methane intensity standards, the EPA must establish regulations that prohibit routine flaring of natural gas from the facilities such that greenhouse gas emission from nationwide routine flaring are (1) reduced by at least 80% below 2017 levels by 2028, and (2) eliminated by 2030.

In addition, the EPA must determine whether commercially available detection and measurement technologies are sufficiently robust to provide the frequency and accuracy of methane emissions monitoring, detection, and measurement to support a tradable methane intensity credit program. If the EPA determines the technologies are sufficient, then it must establish such a program. Under the program, facilities that emit more than the standards may obtain (e.g., purchase) emission credits from those that emit less. Finally, the EPA must set forth requirements concerning efforts to measure and verify the emission reductions.

]]> METHANE Act of 2021 Display Title METHANE Act of 2021 Official Title as Introduced To establish a durable framework for achieving long-term reductions in methane emissions from the oil and gas sector through advanced detection, measurement, and abatement technologies and practices, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced METHANE Act of 2021 Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Methane Emissions Technology to Help Achieve Net-zero Emissions Act of 2021 Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117hr2801ih/xml/BILLS-117hr2801ih.xml 2021-04-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.