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Interior opposed to well-plugging bill over methane testing
A senior Interior Department official expressed opposition Tuesday to legislation that backers say would allow states to plug more abandoned and orphaned oil and gas wells. Steve Feldgus, Interior’s principal deputy assistant secretary for land and …