EPA extends deadline on air pollution data
Tuesday January 26, 2016
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has extended the deadline for oil and gas companies to turn over data on the emission of cancer-causing air pollution from their drilling, pipeline and storage operations.
Companies had until today to submit that information. But earlier this month, both the Texas Pipeline Association and the American Petroleum Institute complained to the agency that because of holidays and other EPA requests for information they did not have time to comply.
The EPA has now extended the deadline until March 11.
The agency is currently studying emission levels of what it terms hazardous air pollutants,†a category that includes 187 compounds including benzene, a chemical found in gasoline.