Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Marginal Well Protection Act”.
Marginal Well Protection Act
A BILL
To amend the Clean Air Act to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from imposing a fee on certain facilities for methane emissions.
Sec. 2 Methane emissions and waste reduction incentive program for petroleum and natural gas systems
Section 136(d) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7436(d)) is amended—
by striking “section,” and inserting “section:”;
by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (9) as subparagraphs (A) through (I), respectively;
by striking “the term” and inserting the following:
“(1) The term”
by adding at the end the following:
“(2) The term applicable facility does not include a facility that produces less than 15 barrels of oil per day and less than 90 thousand cubic feet of natural gas per day.”