Legal Institute: Rescission Of Methane Rule ‘Rests On Erroneous Conclusion’

Mealey's (December 31, 2020, 11:06 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Institute for Policy Integrity at the New York University School of Law on Dec. 14 filed an amicus curiae brief in the District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals contending that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to rescind the 2016 Methane Waste Prevention Rule “rests on the erroneous conclusion that the 2016 Rule unlawfully defined the oil and gas source category to include transmission and storage equipment.”...