{"abstract":"This action announces how the EPA proposes to address the reviews of the new source performance standards for volatile organic compound and sulfur dioxide emissions from natural gas processing plants. We are proposing to add to the source category list any oil and gas operation not covered by the current listing. This action also includes proposed amendments to the existing new source performance standards for volatile organic compounds from natural gas processing plants and proposed standards for operations that are not covered by the existing new source performance standards. In addition, this action proposes how the EPA will address the residual risk and technology review conducted for the oil and natural gas production and natural gas transmission and storage national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants. This action further proposes standards for emission sources within these two source categories that are not currently addressed, as well as amendments to improve aspects of these national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants related to applicability and implementation. Finally, this action addresses provisions in these new source performance standards and national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants related to emissions during periods of startup, shutdown and malfunction.","action":"Proposed rule.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2011/08/23/2011-19899.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":60,"title":40},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":63,"title":40}],"citation":"76 FR 52738","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":"2011-10-24","correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"Comments must be received on or before October 24, 2011.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0505","FRL-9448-6"],"dockets":[{"supporting_documents":[{"title":"March 23 2017 Meeting with Noble Energy","document_id":"EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0505-7732"},{"title":"EO 12866/13563: E-mail to EPA from OMB transmitting questions and comments on the Working Draft of the Oil and Natural Gas Sector Final NSPS Preamble and Rule. RIN 2060-AS30. May 7, 2016","document_id":"EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0505-7645"},{"title":"Leak Detection and Repair Cost-Effectiveness Analysis. (Prepared December 4, 2015; Revised May 2, 2016). Presentation prepared by ICF International for Environmental Defense Fund (EDF). E-mail transmitting this presentation from EDF to the EPA is attached.","document_id":"EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0505-7633"},{"title":"Email from GHG Inventory to Alex Macpherson, et al., EPA, EDF superemitter comment on GHGI, February 4, 2016, 2 pages","document_id":"EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0505-7614"},{"title":"Information from the North Dakota Department of Health, Division of Air Quality (prepared by Adam M. Miller, Environmental Scientist) related to optical gas imaging at oil and natural gas facilities.","document_id":"EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0505-7608"},{"title":"Email from Bruce Moore, EPA, to Russell Randle, Squire Patton Boggs LLP, representing Atlas Copco North America, LLC, regarding the request for an extension of the comment period on the proposed new source performance standard for the oil and natural gas sector, November 4, 2015.","document_id":"EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0505-7607"},{"title":"Methane Emission Reduction: An Application of FUND, Tol, Richard S. J. et al., Climatic Change 57: 71-98, 2003.","document_id":"EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0505-7603"},{"title":"Multi-Gas Emission Reduction for Climate Change Policy: An Application of FUND, Tol, Richard S. J., June 7, 2004.","document_id":"EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0505-7602"},{"title":"Calculating the Social Cost Of Carbon, Hope, Chris and Newberry, David  May 3, 2006.","document_id":"EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0505-7601"},{"title":"Memo to Oil and Natural Gas Sector Docket: EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0505,  Summary of the September 18, 2015 call between EPA and States, November 5, 2015, 1 page.","document_id":"EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0505-7594"}],"agency_name":"EPA","documents":[{"comment_count":252725,"comment_start_date":"2011-08-23","updated_at":"2025-10-25T00:55:35.967-04:00","comment_url":"https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0505-0002","allow_late_comments":false,"id":"EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0505-0002","comment_end_date":"2011-12-01","regulations_dot_gov_open_for_comment":false}],"supporting_documents_count":648,"id":"EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0505","title":"Oil and Natural Gas Sector -- New Source Performance Standards, National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants, and Control Techniques Guidelines"}],"document_number":"2011-19899","effective_on":null,"end_page":52843,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2011/08/23/2011-19899.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2011/08/23/2011-19899/oil-and-natural-gas-sector-new-source-performance-standards-and-national-emission-standards-for","images":{"EP23AU11.005":{"large":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EP23AU11.005/EP23AU11.005_large.png","medium":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EP23AU11.005/EP23AU11.005_medium.png","original_size":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EP23AU11.005/EP23AU11.005_original_size.png"},"EP23AU11.004":{"large":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EP23AU11.004/EP23AU11.004_large.png","medium":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EP23AU11.004/EP23AU11.004_medium.png","original_size":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EP23AU11.004/EP23AU11.004_original_size.png"},"EP23AU11.003":{"large":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EP23AU11.003/EP23AU11.003_large.png","medium":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EP23AU11.003/EP23AU11.003_medium.png","original_size":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EP23AU11.003/EP23AU11.003_original_size.png"},"EP23AU11.002":{"large":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EP23AU11.002/EP23AU11.002_large.png","medium":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EP23AU11.002/EP23AU11.002_medium.png","original_size":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EP23AU11.002/EP23AU11.002_original_size.png"},"EP23AU11.001":{"large":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EP23AU11.001/EP23AU11.001_large.png","medium":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EP23AU11.001/EP23AU11.001_medium.png","original_size":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EP23AU11.001/EP23AU11.001_original_size.png"},"EP23AU11.000":{"large":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EP23AU11.000/EP23AU11.000_large.png","medium":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EP23AU11.000/EP23AU11.000_medium.png","original_size":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EP23AU11.000/EP23AU11.000_original_size.png"},"EP23AU11.007":{"large":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EP23AU11.007/EP23AU11.007_large.png","medium":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EP23AU11.007/EP23AU11.007_medium.png","original_size":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EP23AU11.007/EP23AU11.007_original_size.png"},"EP23AU11.006":{"large":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EP23AU11.006/EP23AU11.006_large.png","medium":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EP23AU11.006/EP23AU11.006_medium.png","original_size":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EP23AU11.006/EP23AU11.006_original_size.png"}},"images_metadata":{"EP23AU11.005":{"large":{"identifier":"EP23AU11.005","content_type":"image/png","size":1520,"width":197,"sha":"427c98154855e329a4cbfa3e5f5cd5ab","url":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EP23AU11.005/EP23AU11.005_large.png","height":53},"medium":{"identifier":"EP23AU11.005","content_type":"image/png","size":570,"width":92,"sha":"ee1401cb3078d7ad28539bd7d4cf29cc","url":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EP23AU11.005/EP23AU11.005_medium.png","height":25},"original_size":{"identifier":"EP23AU11.005","content_type":"image/png","size":1892,"width":701,"sha":"bb19a1bea1fddb5365b17512a8b0859e","url":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EP23AU11.005/EP23AU11.005_original_size.png","height":190}},"EP23AU11.004":{"large":{"identifier":"EP23AU11.004","content_type":"image/png","size":2260,"width":269,"sha":"524ab7b663135df9bbf918fff79630e0","url":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EP23AU11.004/EP23AU11.004_large.png","height":77},"medium":{"identifier":"EP23AU11.004","content_type":"image/png","size":959,"width":126,"sha":"77aaa3d91935d678a70203ddf21e0ea7","url":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EP23AU11.004/EP23AU11.004_medium.png","height":36},"original_size":{"identifier":"EP23AU11.004","content_type":"image/png","size":4243,"width":958,"sha":"39ac72533af75f40691ce6d13707920b","url":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EP23AU11.004/EP23AU11.004_original_size.png","height":274}},"EP23AU11.003":{"large":{"identifier":"EP23AU11.003","content_type":"image/png","size":2339,"width":270,"sha":"9ff8feb525b54d0cf6ec324b7dc983b8","url":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EP23AU11.003/EP23AU11.003_large.png","height":77},"medium":{"identifier":"EP23AU11.003","content_type":"image/png","size":922,"width":126,"sha":"772a2bdeb4e2ef0ca18b5f45fa31b9ea","url":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EP23AU11.003/EP23AU11.003_medium.png","height":36},"original_size":{"identifier":"EP23AU11.003","content_type":"image/png","size":3613,"width":968,"sha":"4e9f4dd05bb0deba7d14bccec8dd8447","url":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EP23AU11.003/EP23AU11.003_original_size.png","height":276}},"EP23AU11.002":{"large":{"identifier":"EP23AU11.002","content_type":"image/png","size":5066,"width":809,"sha":"314f0e684754e6d5990bc0f1f7e08821","url":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EP23AU11.002/EP23AU11.002_large.png","height":51},"medium":{"identifier":"EP23AU11.002","content_type":"image/png","size":1764,"width":377,"sha":"29b48fb5fd34d3a09bf61fe86069742f","url":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EP23AU11.002/EP23AU11.002_medium.png","height":24},"original_size":{"identifier":"EP23AU11.002","content_type":"image/png","size":8568,"width":2878,"sha":"a9b99c7e54f0a6aaf6e663dabe652ee6","url":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EP23AU11.002/EP23AU11.002_original_size.png","height":183}},"EP23AU11.001":{"large":{"identifier":"EP23AU11.001","content_type":"image/png","size":38190,"width":823,"sha":"e92fda0d8699073cf3cf356c0acc746f","url":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EP23AU11.001/EP23AU11.001_large.png","height":1076},"medium":{"identifier":"EP23AU11.001","content_type":"image/png","size":16670,"width":437,"sha":"fed6cea33297829163598264cc2d01e2","url":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EP23AU11.001/EP23AU11.001_medium.png","height":571},"original_size":{"identifier":"EP23AU11.001","content_type":"image/png","size":86273,"width":3298,"sha":"931a4567ce3b55a4220b57f1f3cf4391","url":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EP23AU11.001/EP23AU11.001_original_size.png","height":4313}},"EP23AU11.000":{"large":{"identifier":"EP23AU11.000","content_type":"image/png","size":887,"width":101,"sha":"d283d78d7dd3b1754be271740617b98a","url":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EP23AU11.000/EP23AU11.000_large.png","height":54},"medium":{"identifier":"EP23AU11.000","content_type":"image/png","size":358,"width":47,"sha":"43a5c8da141e58aa9890135d51a05d45","url":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EP23AU11.000/EP23AU11.000_medium.png","height":25},"original_size":{"identifier":"EP23AU11.000","content_type":"image/png","size":1304,"width":359,"sha":"1be85f4b0df906c00494e7790225e9d7","url":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EP23AU11.000/EP23AU11.000_original_size.png","height":191}},"EP23AU11.007":{"large":{"identifier":"EP23AU11.007","content_type":"image/png","size":4461,"width":823,"sha":"12c13e2f1153179eb19a977b166fa32c","url":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EP23AU11.007/EP23AU11.007_large.png","height":49},"medium":{"identifier":"EP23AU11.007","content_type":"image/png","size":2240,"width":490,"sha":"39613a36543e5a3aec9ed0c21b92d106","url":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EP23AU11.007/EP23AU11.007_medium.png","height":29},"original_size":{"identifier":"EP23AU11.007","content_type":"image/png","size":9825,"width":3701,"sha":"84e084d99fe434f8ad176730666ac3d2","url":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EP23AU11.007/EP23AU11.007_original_size.png","height":221}},"EP23AU11.006":{"large":{"identifier":"EP23AU11.006","content_type":"image/png","size":1134,"width":120,"sha":"d2cce99c478d5ab266d61dd429df6b32","url":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EP23AU11.006/EP23AU11.006_large.png","height":61},"medium":{"identifier":"EP23AU11.006","content_type":"image/png","size":477,"width":56,"sha":"5ed77d20e033678b96f7f68805fe5b36","url":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EP23AU11.006/EP23AU11.006_medium.png","height":28},"original_size":{"identifier":"EP23AU11.006","content_type":"image/png","size":1517,"width":424,"sha":"707946a6d41ed6b5c778eaf9b2e03210","url":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EP23AU11.006/EP23AU11.006_original_size.png","height":215}}},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2011-19899?publication_date=2011-08-23","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2011-08-23/2011-19899/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":106,"page_views":{"count":12139,"last_updated":"2026-10-23 10:15:04 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2011-08-23/pdf/2011-19899.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":null,"publication_date":"2011-08-23","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2011/08/23/2011-19899.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{"2060-AP76":{"issue":"201110","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/regulations/2060-AP76/oil-and-natural-gas-sector-new-source-performance-standards-and-national-emission-standards-for-haza","title":"Oil and Natural Gas Sector--New Source Performance Standards and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants","xml_url":"http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaViewRule?pubId=201110&RIN=2060-AP76&operation=OPERATION_EXPORT_XML","priority_category":"Economically Significant"}},"regulation_id_numbers":["2060-AP76"],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"supporting_documents":[{"title":"March 23 2017 Meeting with Noble Energy","document_id":"EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0505-7732"},{"title":"EO 12866/13563: E-mail to EPA from OMB transmitting questions and comments on the Working Draft of the Oil and Natural Gas Sector Final NSPS Preamble and Rule. RIN 2060-AS30. May 7, 2016","document_id":"EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0505-7645"},{"title":"Leak Detection and Repair Cost-Effectiveness Analysis. (Prepared December 4, 2015; Revised May 2, 2016). Presentation prepared by ICF International for Environmental Defense Fund (EDF). E-mail transmitting this presentation from EDF to the EPA is attached.","document_id":"EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0505-7633"},{"title":"Email from GHG Inventory to Alex Macpherson, et al., EPA, EDF superemitter comment on GHGI, February 4, 2016, 2 pages","document_id":"EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0505-7614"},{"title":"Information from the North Dakota Department of Health, Division of Air Quality (prepared by Adam M. Miller, Environmental Scientist) related to optical gas imaging at oil and natural gas facilities.","document_id":"EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0505-7608"},{"title":"Email from Bruce Moore, EPA, to Russell Randle, Squire Patton Boggs LLP, representing Atlas Copco North America, LLC, regarding the request for an extension of the comment period on the proposed new source performance standard for the oil and natural gas sector, November 4, 2015.","document_id":"EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0505-7607"},{"title":"Methane Emission Reduction: An Application of FUND, Tol, Richard S. J. et al., Climatic Change 57: 71-98, 2003.","document_id":"EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0505-7603"},{"title":"Multi-Gas Emission Reduction for Climate Change Policy: An Application of FUND, Tol, Richard S. J., June 7, 2004.","document_id":"EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0505-7602"},{"title":"Calculating the Social Cost Of Carbon, Hope, Chris and Newberry, David  May 3, 2006.","document_id":"EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0505-7601"},{"title":"Memo to Oil and Natural Gas Sector Docket: EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0505,  Summary of the September 18, 2015 call between EPA and States, November 5, 2015, 1 page.","document_id":"EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0505-7594"}],"regulatory_plan":{"html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/regulations/2060-AP76/oil-and-natural-gas-sector-new-source-performance-standards-and-national-emission-standards-for-haza","title":"Oil and Natural Gas Sector--New Source Performance Standards and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants"},"comments_count":252725,"agency_id":"EPA","comments_url":"https://www.regulations.gov/docketBrowser?rpp=50&so=DESC&sb=postedDate&po=0&dct=PS&D=EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0505","supporting_documents_count":648,"docket_id":"EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0505","document_id":"EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0505-0002","regulation_id_number":"2060-AP76","title":"Oil and Natural Gas Sector -- New Source Performance Standards, National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants, and Control Techniques Guidelines","checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2025-10-26T07:55:03Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":true,"signing_date":null,"start_page":52738,"subtype":null,"title":"Oil and Natural Gas Sector: New Source Performance Standards and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants Reviews","toc_doc":"New Source Performance Standards and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants Reviews","toc_subject":"Oil and Natural Gas Sector:","topics":["Air pollution control","Environmental protection","Reporting and recordkeeping requirements","Volatile organic compounds"],"type":"Proposed Rule","volume":76}