BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20181104T010000 RDATE:20190310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:America/Chicago CST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20191103T010000 RDATE:20200308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:America/Chicago CST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T010000 RDATE:20210314T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:America/Chicago CST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20211107T010000 RDATE:20220313T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:America/Chicago CST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20221106T010000 RDATE:20230312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:America/Chicago CST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T010000 RDATE:20240310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:America/Chicago CST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241103T010000 RDATE:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:America/Chicago CST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 RDATE:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:America/Chicago CST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261101T010000 RDATE:20270314T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:America/Chicago CST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20271107T010000 RDATE:20280312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:America/Chicago CST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20281105T010000 RDATE:20290311T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:America/Chicago CST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20291104T010000 RDATE:20300310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:America/Chicago CST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20181016T080000 RDATE:20181104T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:America/Chicago CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20190310T030000 RDATE:20191103T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:America/Chicago CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T030000 RDATE:20201101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:America/Chicago CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20210314T030000 RDATE:20211107T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:America/Chicago CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20220313T030000 RDATE:20221106T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:America/Chicago CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230312T030000 RDATE:20231105T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:America/Chicago CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T030000 RDATE:20241103T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:America/Chicago CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 RDATE:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:America/Chicago CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 RDATE:20261101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:America/Chicago CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20270314T030000 RDATE:20271107T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:America/Chicago CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20280312T030000 RDATE:20281105T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:America/Chicago CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20290311T030000 RDATE:20291104T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:America/Chicago CDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:e3322e3e62a8483e560896d5ce6ecb9e CATEGORIES:Environmental Justice, Special Events, Community Events CREATED:20191009T130453 SUMMARY:EPA Hearing on Rolling Back Methane Rules LOCATION:Earle Cabell Federal Courthouse URL;VALUE=URI:https://dpjc.org/events/eventdetail/554/-/epa-hearing-on-rolling-back-metha ne-rules?tmpl=component DESCRIPTION:There is an important EPA hearing re: the Trump rollback of methane rules, also known as the New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for the oil and n atural gas industry next Thur, Oct, 17 - and it is the ONLY hearing for the entire country to be held in Dallas. We need as many organizations and ind ividuals to sign up for a time slot and participate ASAP. The sooner you e mail the EPA coordinator, the more likely you are to get the time slot you desire. Methane is a product of fracking. It is an odorless gas that is 87 times more potent than carbon dioxide during the time it remains in the at mosphere. It is a precurser of ozone and a climate disrupter. Along with other pollutants (including smog and soot-forming volatile organic compound s (VOCs) and carcinogens like benzene), methane escapes into the atmosphere during oil and fracked gas drilling, pumping, processing, and transmission . These leaks not only harm the health of our families and communities, an d industry workers -- but also is devastating for the climate. Please spre ad the word on this. Time/Location: Earle Cabell Federal Courthouse, 1100 Commerce Street, Dallas, Texas in the Red River and Live Oak conference ro oms on the 7th floor from 8 am to 6 pm. Assigned speaking times are availab le through October 14. But sign up right away for the best available slots . We also want to fill up the meeting with citizens instead of industry AS AP. To sign up to speak at the hearing, go to:https://www.epa.gov/controll ing-air-pollution-oil-and-natural-gas-industry/forms/public-hearing-propose d-policy To learn more about the proposed rules go to:https://www.federalregister.gov/do cuments/2019/09/20/2019-20242/oil-and-natural-gas-sector-emission-standards -for-new-reconstructed-and-modified-sources-review For questions regard ing oral testimony at the hearing, you can also contact EPA rep Virginia Hu nt no later than October 14, 2019, by email: This email address is being pr otected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (preferred); or by telephone: (919) 541-0832. BACKGROUND The Trump administration’s ne wly proposed methane rollback rule will sabotage the safeguards to control methane pollution from the fracked oil and gas industry that the Obama admi nistration put in place. During the Obama years, the EPA approved two metha ne and volatile organic compound control rules known as “New Source Perform ance Standards,” (NSPS). The rule applied to new oil and gas wells and asso ciated midstream equipment like gas processing plants, storage tanks, and c ompressor stations. The standards required things like “green completions” at well sites and low-bleed or no-bleed pneumatic devices to redirect gas b ack to the pipelines that would otherwise have been leaked into the air. T he standards also had established a leak detection and repair (LDAR) progra m that required operators to look for methane and volatile organic compound (VOC) leaks from their equipment using specialized cameras and also requir ed operators repair those leaks. The newly proposed Trump rule is a major g utting of these NSPS requirements in two major ways: 1) The new rule would redefine the industry rule to entirely exclude equipment in the transmissi on and storage segment from the NSPS program’s emission control requirement s. This would leave in place methane and VOC limits for equipment in the pr oduction and processing segments only. In other words, compressor stations and storage tanks located along interstate pipelines would be free to emit unlimited amounts of methane along with other harmful pollutants.2) The pro posed rule eliminates any specific controls on methane in the production an d processing segments, and is leaving only controls on VOCs to help clean u p any fugitive methane. This rule is particularly bad for Texas as we are t he leading oil and gas producer in the nation - and unlike some states like Pennsylvania and Colorado, we have no state-specific standards to control methane pollution. If finalized, the EPA has noted that methane emissions c ould increase by 370,000 tons, VOC emissions by 10,000 tons, and hazardous air pollutant emissions by 300 tons by 2025. However, other research sugges ts that emissions could be 60–100% higher (600,000–750,000 additional tons) than EPA estimates. The EPA finds that the new rule would save oil and g as companies up to $155 million in avoided compliance costs through 2025, b ut industry would also lose up to $32 million in revenue due to gas lost in to the atmosphere. WE NEED YOU AT THIS MEETING... You don’t need to be an e xpert to comment on this rule rollback. We need people that just care enoug h to say these rules don’t safeguard you or your family. If you want some info to add to your talking points, we can provide some. We want you to exp ress your concerns for yourself, your family, and your community. If you h ave someone in the family with asthma or a respiratory ailment, talk about the fears you have for those family members. Written comments can be submit ted to https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=EPA-HQ-OAR-2017-0757 on or befo re November 25 to the EPA -- but please consider attending this meeting. L et the Administration know that we understand what these new rules will do - and they are simply not acceptable. Thanks for any help or participation you can give. Please contact Rita Beving at This email address is being pr otected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and let you know what slot the EPA has given you. We are trying to gauge how many citi zens versus industry people are signing up and when. You can also call Rit a at 214.557.2271 with your questions. Additional details and updates on Fa cebook:https:// www.facebook.com/events/2549287541828635/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: