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EPA delays decision on declaring Permian counties non-attainment areas

February 17, 2023 by PBOG

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said last month it has delayed a decision on whether to declare the Permian Basin a non-attainment area for ozone.  Houston Chronicle called the announcement “a break for oil and gas drillers that faced potentially severe restrictions on the amount of pollution they release into the air.”

EPA said last year it was considering whether to declare counties in west Texas and eastern New Mexico in violation of federal limits on ozone pollution after air monitors in eastern New Mexico showed increased ozone levels.  An EPA official told the Chronicle the EPA had not ended the inquiry but rather delayed it.

Last year Texas Oil and Gas Association called EPA’s move an attempt to undermine domestic production that would kill jobs and threaten U.S. security.

Filed Under: PBOG Newsletter

Comments

  1. Lawrence Rayburn says

    February 17, 2023 at 5:04 pm

    Ozone is not harmful to the environment. It is O3, oxygen ion. It is charged by sunlight and becomes an energetic ionic gas that goes up to the ozone layer of the
    atmosphere just below the ionosphere where it helps block harmful UV
    rays from the sun. When it absorbs UV radiation, it breaks down into O2
    replenishing the 21 percent of the atmosphere we need to breathe. Liquified ozone is burned with liquified hydrogen or
    methane to give SpaceX rocket engines MORE thrust.
    The RRC should learn basic chemistry.

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