Introduce legislation to exempt stripper wells from federal methane reporting and emissions control requirements for small, independent energy producers.

Lummis introduced the Protect Domestic Oil and Gas Small Business Act to safeguard small, independent energy producers from federal methane reporting and emissions control requirements, writing a clear exclusion for stripper wells into law.

She introduced legislation to create a statutory exclusion for stripper wells from methane reporting and emissions control rules affecting small, independent energy producers.

Lummis, Pfluger Work to Protect Small Energy Producers
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The report says Sen. Cynthia Lummis and Rep. August Pfluger introduced the Protect Domestic Oil and Gas Small Business Act, which would exempt marginal wells from federal monitoring, reporting, leak-detection, and related emissions requirements.

This is the clearest available evidence that Lummis took the promised action to introduce legislation aimed at exempting small/stripper wells from methane reporting and emissions-control requirements.

delivered same_term A for effort

Bill would ease emissions rules for small Permian Basin oil producers
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