Pre-plugging methane emissions for grant eligibility

Section 349 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15907) is amended— (1) in subsection (c)(2), by adding at the end the following: (C) Activities not required Nothing in this section requires a State to measure methane emissions or conduct other activities described in subparagraph (A), which are activities a State may conduct but is not required to conduct, as a condition of eligibility for a grant under this subsection.; and (2) in subsection (f)(2), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting, which may include estimates derived from pre-plugging or post-plugging monitoring data that States may, but are not required to, collect using funding from grants awarded under this section, after estimate.