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Austin sustainability panel unanimously backs stronger methane leak-detection, reporting language for gas franchise
Summary
The Joint Sustainability Commission voted to recommend that Texas Gas Service adopt industry-leading leak detection and repair technologies, report LDAR performance for the Austin Metropolitan Area, and pursue third‑party validation to reduce self-reporting conflicts of interest.
The Joint Sustainability Commission on an otherwise routine meeting unanimously adopted a recommendation asking City Council negotiators to press Texas Gas Service to strengthen methane leak detection and repair requirements in the companyfranchise agreement.
The committeefs recommendation calls on the gas utility to "employ industry leading advanced leak detection repair technologies, and improve those as technology advances," expand its leak search footprint, reduce emergency response times and submit annual reports on LDAR (leak detection and repair) performance, the presenter said. The recommendation was amended to specify reporting for the "Austin…
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