U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
HB8990: Protect Domestic Oil and Gas Small Business Act of 2026
Status: In committee, May 21, 2026
To amend the Clean Air Act to exclude marginal wells from certain standards of performance and other requirements under such Act, and for other purposes.
What the bill says
To amend the Clean Air Act to exclude (k) (1) No standard of performance or guideline prescribed by the Administrator under subsection (b) or (d)(2), including in any regulation issued by the Administrator under either such subsection, and no requirement for monitoring, reporting, record-keeping, conducting a fugitive emission survey, detecting or repairing leaks, estimating or measuring emissions, or any other related requirement prescribed in regulations issued by the Administrator under this section, shall apply with respect to any (A) The term associated equipment , with respect to.
From the introduced text, May 21, 2026:
A BILL To amend the Clean Air Act to exclude (k) (1) No standard of performance or guideline prescribed by the Administrator under subsection (b) or (d)(2), including in any regulation issued by the Administrator under either such subsection, and no requirement for monitoring, reporting, record-keeping, conducting a fugitive emission survey, detecting or repairing leaks, estimating or measuring emissions, or any other related requirement prescribed in regulations issued by the Administrator under this section, shall apply with respect to any (A) The term associated equipment , with respect to an oil or natural gas well site, includes any multiphase separator, treater, knockout, gun barrel, test vessel, pump, storage vessel, compressor, process controller, dehydrator, gas shack, meter, heater, methanol pump, natural gas liquid loadout or storage vessel, gathering line, flowline, dump line, transmission line, water tank, oil tank, gunbarrel, or storage tank, or any other equipment used in association with such well site. (B) The term marginal well means a well site the average daily production of which, over the preceding calendar year, is-- (i) in the case of an oil well site-- (I) 15 barrels of oil per day per well or less; or (II) 15 barrels of oil equivalent per day per well or less, using a conversion factor of 6,000 cubic feet per barrel of oil equivalent; or …