The South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) announced yesterday that it expects to release a draft of Rule 1148.2 during the week of January 7, 2013. Rule 1148.2 — “Notification and Reporting of Pre-Production Operations and Reworks of Oil and Gas Wells” — will address various aspects of oil and gas well operations, including the […]

The South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) will conduct a meeting on December 12, 2012, to discuss a proposed new rule addressing the air quality impacts of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in Southern California. The proposed new rule, Rule 1148.2, has been under development by AQMD staff for several months. As we previously reported […]