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API Urges the Senate to Repeal the Bureau of Land
Management's Methane Rule
Statement from Erik Milito--API's group director for upstream and
industry operations--in:
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(92 seconds)
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(MILITO):
"WE URGE THE SENATE TO FOLLOW THE HOUSE'S LEAD--AND VOTE TO REPEAL THE
'BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT'S' METHANE-RULE. THIS
RULE--WHICH WENT INTO EFFECT IN THE FINAL DAYS OF THE
OBAMA-ADMINISTRATION--IS REDUNDANT, FLAWED, AND UNNECESSARY. IT COULD STIFLE INNOVATIONS THAT HAVE LED TO THE INCREASED USE OF CLEANER-BURNING NATURAL-GAS; THAT INCREASE IS THE MAIN REASON WHY ENERGY-RELATED CARBON-EMISSIONS, IN THE U-S, HAVE FALLEN TO LEVELS NOT SEEN SINCE THE EARLY
'90S. ACCORDING TO AN ANALYSIS BY 'ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES
MANAGEMENT', THE ADDED COST OF COMPLIANCE COULD RESULT IN AS MANY AS 40-PERCENT OF FEDERAL-WELLS BEING SHUT-IN
PERMANENTLY--AS THEY WOULD BECOME UNECONOMICAL TO PRODUCE. AND, ACCORDING TO THE
'OFFICE OF NATURAL-RESOURCES REVENUE', EVEN A ONE-PERCENT LOSS OF ROYALTIES WOULD RESULT IN LOST FEDERAL-REVENUES OF OVER
14-MILLION DOLLARS--FAR MORE THAN THE THREE-MILLION TO 10-MILLION DOLLARS, IN REVENUE-SAVINGS, PROJECTED BY THE
'BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT'. THESE DECLINING REVENUES WOULD DIRECTLY IMPACT STATE- AND LOCAL-GOVERNMENTS.
AND, SUCH A DROP IN PRODUCTION WOULD REDUCE THE AVAILABILITY OF AFFORDABLE ENERGY TO CONSUMERS.
THE 'BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT'S' RULE IS ALSO DUPLICATIVE OF REGULATORY-PROGRAMS THAT ARE ALREADY IN
PLACE--BOTH FROM THE E-P-A, AND AT THE STATE-LEVEL: THEY POSSESS THE LEGAL-AUTHORITY TO REGULATE
AIR-QUALITY--WHILE THE 'BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT' DOESN'T. AND, THAT AUTHORITY IS BEING USED."
