EPA chief extends emergency fuel waivers in Pennsylvania
US Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew R. Wheeler extended temporary emergency fuel waivers on June 12 for Allegheny County, Pa. The waivers were due to expire on June 17.
US Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew R. Wheeler extended temporary emergency fuel waivers on June 12 for Allegheny County, Pa. The waivers were due to expire on June 17.
The new waivers are scheduled to expire on July 1 at midnight.
The agency issued the temporary waivers on May 29 after determining that damage to the Buckeye Laurel pipeline, which supplies low volatility gasoline to the area near Pittsburgh, continue to create extreme and unusual fuel supply circumstances there (OGJ Online, May 31, 2019). Wheeler extended the waivers after determining the extreme and unusual fuel supply circumstances still exist, EPA said.
NICK SNOW covered oil and gas in Washington for more than 30 years. He worked in several capacities for The Oil Daily and was founding editor of Petroleum Finance Week before joining OGJ as its Washington correspondent in September 2005 and becoming its full-time Washington editor in October 2007. He retired from OGJ in January 2020.
