Oil field hazards: Venting, flaring and leaks
By Talli NaumanNative Sun News Today
Health & Environment Editor
nativesunnews.today MANDAREE, NORTH DAKOTA – Mandan Hidatsa and Arikara Nation residents, who live at the center of the oil fracking fields in the Bakken Formation here, were among the first on a raft of critics to scorn recently unveiled federal schemes for reducing regulations on toxic methane pollution at wellheads. On September. 18, the Bureau of Land Management announced its rollback of the 2016 regulations for Waste Prevention, Production Subject to Royalties, and Resource Conservation, commonly called the Methane Rule. That action came on the heels of the Environmental Protection Agency’s September 11 proposal to gut the 2016 New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for the Oil and Natural Gas Industry, a document that will be open to public comment for 60 days after its upcoming publication in the Federal Register. Responding to the about-face, Fort Berthold Protectors of Water and Earth Rights (POWER) Chair Lisa DeVille, a member of the MHA Nation and resident of Mandaree, noted, “Our tribal communities are directly impacted by the Methane Rule. “I see venting, flaring, and leaks of natural gas every day on the Fort Berthold Reservation, where I live. I know that our air is polluted from oil and gas extraction. I see how much gas is wasted and have experienced health effects from the emissions. “It is our people who breathe in the toxins that can be prevented from spilling into our atmosphere. It is our children, my grandchildren, that are breathing it in.” She vowed to defend the safeguards for the sake of health, environment and climate impact.
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Waste Prevention, Production Subject to Royalties, and Resource Conservation; Rescission or Revision of Certain Requirements
(To Be Published September 28, 2018)
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