The Control of Methane and Voc Emissions from Oil and Gas Operations in the Western United States

Authors

Arnold W. Reitze Jr., S.J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-2018

Abstract

This article discusses the regulation of hydrocarbon emissions, including the emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, from the oil and gas industry in the western United States. It covers the regulations of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Bureau of Land Management, and other Federal agencies. It also discusses the state laws of the major oil and gas producing western states: California, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. It covers operations on public, state, and private lands, but it does not cover oil and gas operations on Indian lands that are the subject of the author’s previous article.

Recommended Citation

Reitze, Arnold W., The Control of Methane and Voc Emissions from Oil and Gas Operations in the Western United States (March 2018). Idaho Law Review, Vol. 54, No. 213, 2018.