117 S3400 IS: Marginal Well Protection Act U.S. Senate 2021-12-15 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.

II117th CONGRESS1st SessionS. 3400IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESDecember 15, 2021Mr. Marshall (for himself, Mr. Moran, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Daines, Mr. Cruz, and Mr. Inhofe) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public WorksA BILLTo prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from imposing a fee or reporting requirements on certain facilities for methane emissions.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Marginal Well Protection Act.

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Methane fee and reporting requirements for petroleum and natural gas systems

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the owner or operator of a facility that produces fewer than 15 barrels of oil per day and less than 90,000 cubic feet of natural gas per day shall not, with respect to that facility, be subject to any fee or reporting requirements imposed by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency in connection with reporting methane emissions pursuant to subpart W of part 98 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations).