Dear Administrator Wheeler: The consent decree driven deadline is approaching for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to decide whether it needs to take steps under Subtitle D of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) with regard to oil and gas production wastes. The......
IPAA joined with API, INGAA, and NGSA in March 7 comments to PJM Interconnection, LLC (PJM) on its Valuing Fuel Security Initiative. The initiative is part of PJM’s ongoing fuel security study, which has indicated that PJM’s system is “reliable today and will remain reliable......
Dear Mr. President, The undersigned organizations represent workers and companies who build and provide equipment, materials, supplies and services to energy infrastructure projects and energy production operations. We urge you to nominate a candidate at your earliest opportunity to fill the vacancy...
The Independent Producers have participated individually or through the Independent Producers in most, if not all, of the rulemakings and associated litigation since the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA” or “Agency”) proposed to revise the New Source Performance Standard...
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) in 2016 proposed several changes to the existing regulations applicable to gathering lines in rural areas as part of its larger natural gas pipeline rulemaking. Those proposed changes have elicited fairly consistent comments from the...
Re: Revision of the Regulations for Prohibitions to Threatened Wildlife and Plants, 83 Fed. Reg. 35174 (July 25, 2018); Revision of the Regulations for Interagency Cooperation, 83 Fed. Reg. 35178 (July 25, 2018); Revision of the Regulations for Listing Species and Designating Critical Habitat, 83......
Since its enactment, requirements involving NEPA have grown considerably and place a heavy burden on independent oil and gas producers operating on federal lands. As more than forty years of experience with implementing NEPA have demonstrated, overly broad NEPA reviews add unreasonable costs and d...
The organizations filing these comments support the Environmental Protection Agency’s and the Army Corps of Engineers’ proposal to repeal the 2015 Rule Defining Waters of the United States (“2015 Rule”), and many have submitted individual comment letters detailing reasons for supporting the ...
Pursuant to the April 19, 2018, Notice of Inquiry, issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“Commission”) in the above-referenced docket, the Independent Petroleum Association of America (“IPAA”) hereby respectfully submits the following comments on Certification of New Interst...
Dear Chairman McIntyre: We are writing you on behalf of the Natural Gas Council (NGC) to express our views in connection with the referenced Notice of Inquiry (NOI) issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission), in Docket No. PL18-1-000. Formed in 1992, the NGC......
