What is U.S. EPA’s definition of “oil and gas exploration, production, processing, or treatment operations or transmission facilities”?
For the purpose of the U.S. EPA’s rule, the term “oil and gas exploration, production, processing, or treatment operations or transmission facilities” includes all field activities or operations associated with exploration, production, processing, or treatment operations or transmission facilities, including activities necessary to prepare a site for drilling and for the movement and placement of drilling equipment, whether or not such field activities or operations may be considered to be construction activities.
