S 514 · in committee · significant
MERP Clarifications Act of 2025
- climate
What this bill does
- The bill modifies the EPA's methane emissions reduction program by exempting small facilities and changing fee collection rules.
- Small oil and gas facilities with fewer than 2,500 employees and low emissions are exempted from reporting and fees.
- The EPA must distribute grants before collecting fees and establish an appeals process for disputed fee amounts.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
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How would exempting small oil and gas facilities from methane reporting affect the EPA's ability to measure total emissions reductions across the industry?
- 02
What criteria should determine which facilities qualify for exemption, and how might those thresholds change the program's environmental impact?
- 03
If the EPA must distribute grants before collecting fees, how would that sequence affect funding availability and program sustainability?
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Sponsor · R-OK
James Lankford
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Introduced 2025-02-11
Legislative timeline
2025-02-11 · senate · IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
2025-02-11 · IntroReferral
Introduced in Senate
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