Barrasso Statement on BLM's Final Venting and Flaring Rule

Statement

Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) released the following statement on the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) final rule regarding methane emissions from oil and gas operations on federal land and Indian land.

"The midnight regulations begin. Unwilling to listen to the message that the American people sent last week, the Obama administration continues down its destructive path. Today, it finalized an unnecessary rule that will only drive oil and natural gas jobs off federal land and out of the West.

"The Republican majority in Congress will not let this rule stand. We will work with President-elect Trump to revoke this rule either administratively or through the use of the Congressional Review Act.

"We will offer better ways to reduce natural gas flaring and venting on federal land, such as speeding up the permitting process for natural gas pipelines. More pipelines means additional jobs and less flaring. It also means more revenue, as it would help American natural gas producers ship their product to market. I look forward to working with the new Trump administration to make this commonsense solution a reality in the next Congress."
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