SenateS. 4619119th Congress
Protect Domestic Oil and Gas Small Business Act of 2026
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[S. 4619 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 4619
To amend the Clean Air Act to exclude marginal wells from certain
standards of performance and other requirements under that Act, and for
other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 21, 2026
Ms. Lummis (for herself, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Daines, Mr.
Moran, Mr. Ricketts, and Mr. Lee) introduced the following bill; which
was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public
Works
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A BILL
To amend the Clean Air Act to exclude marginal wells from certain
standards of performance and other requirements under that Act, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Protect Domestic Oil and Gas Small
Business Act of 2026''.
SEC. 2. EXCLUSION OF MARGINAL WELLS FROM STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE AND
OTHER CLEAN AIR ACT REQUIREMENTS.
(a) Exclusions.--Section 111 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7411)
is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(k) Exemption for Marginal Wells.--
``(1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
``(A) Associated equipment.--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 that well site.
``(B) Marginal well.--The term `marginal well'
means an oil or natural gas 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
``(ii) in the case of a natural gas well
site, 90,000 cubic feet of natural gas per day
per well or less.
``(C) Well site.--The term `well site' includes any
well located at a given site, and associated equipment,
but does not extend beyond the point of custody
transfer of natural gas or oil produced from such a
well.
``(2) Exemption.--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 subsection, and no requirement for monitoring,
reporting, recordkeeping, 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 marginal well or, as
applicable, the owner or operator of a marginal well.
``(3) No requirement in state plans.--The Administrator may
not require any plan submitted by a State to the Administrator
under subsection (d)(1) to include a standard of performance
applicable to marginal wells or, as applicable, owners or
operators of marginal wells.
``(4) Expedited consideration.--
``(A) In general.--If a State makes a revision to a
plan submitted to the Administrator under subsection
(d)(1) to make a standard of performance inapplicable
to marginal wells or, as applicable, owners or
operators of marginal wells, the Administrator shall,
not later than 180 days after the date on which the
revision is submitted, approve, disapprove, approve in
part, or disapprove in part that revision without
further review.
``(B) Deemed approval.--If the Administrator fails
to act on a revision described in subparagraph (A) by
the end of the 180-day period described in that
subparagraph, the revision shall be considered
approved.''.
(b) Implementation.--
(1) Conforming revisions.--Not later than 180 days after
the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency shall revise such regulations
and guidance as may be necessary to implement subsection (k) of
section 111 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7411) (as added by
subsection (a)).
(2) Pending enforcement actions.--Any action to enforce a
standard of performance or requirement described in subsection
(k)(2) of section 111 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7411) (as
added by subsection (a)) with respect to marginal wells that is
pending on the date of enactment of this Act shall be
terminated.
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