EPA and NMED Inspections Identify Widespread Emissions at Oil and Gas Facilities in the Permian Basin Area
July 06, 2024
July 06, 2024
DALLAS, Texas, July 6 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release:
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 and the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) recently posted the reports for 124 facilities the two agencies inspected in the New Mexico Permian Basin area in April. Fourteen EPA inspectors and five NMED inspectors took part in these joint inspections and concluded a total of 75 of the facilities--60 percent--had emissions of Volatile . . .
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 and the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) recently posted the reports for 124 facilities the two agencies inspected in the New Mexico Permian Basin area in April. Fourteen EPA inspectors and five NMED inspectors took part in these joint inspections and concluded a total of 75 of the facilities--60 percent--had emissions of Volatile . . .