On January 20,
2016, U.S. EPA suggested that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) review
its recently updated Guidance Manual for Environmental Report Preparation for
Applications filed under the Natural Gas Act to be more up-to-date with
regulatory information on methane emissions.
The primary
purpose of this guidance manual is to provide regulatory information to energy
companies in order to help them prepare the environmental documentation that is
submitted to the FERC for approval of natural gas projects. FERC released its
revised version in December 2015; the manual had not been updated since 2002.
According to a media report, “EPA urged FERC to include a separate detailed
section advising applicants on reporting a range of information related to
climate change impacts and GHG emissions, including mitigation measures and a
discussion of both ‘emissions from the construction and operation of the
project’ as well as ‘emissions associated with the production, transport, and
combustion of the natural.’”
Written by Chloe Marie - Research Fellow
01/27/2016
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