Plans to tighten rules on air pollution from offshore oil and gas operations have been laid out by the Obama administration.
The move would see the US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s (BOEM) air quality rules be updated for the first time since 1980.
BOEM director Abigail Ross Hopper said:”Informed by our longstanding relationship with operators, this proposal incorporates key aspects of today’s practices into our regulations, while also bringing our regulations up to speed with the best available science.”
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