Letters and Comments

Dear Acting Directors: On December 27, 2016, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) published a final rule setting forth new regulations concerning enhancement-of-survival permits issued under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA), associated with CCAAs at 81 Fed. Reg. 95,053. The.....

Dear Secretary Chao: The American Exploration & Production Council (AXPC) and the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) request that the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) extend the March 20, 2017, comment deadline in the above-captioned proceeding for ...

Dear Chairman Smith: The American Exploration & Production Council (AXPC) and the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) strongly support the enactment of both the EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act and the Honest and Open New EPA Science Treatment Act and are most grateful......

Dear Secretary Zinke and Acting Director Kurth: Pursuant to the Right to Petition Government Clause of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and Section 553(e) of the Administrative Procedure Act, the American Petroleum Institute, CropLife America, Independent Petroleum Association of America...

Dear BOEM FOIA Officer: This Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request is directed to the United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM). It is made pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 552, and the Department of the Interior’s implementing regulations under......

The Independent Petroleum Association of America submits the following comments in support of the Application by Spire STL Pipeline LLC for Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity to construct, own, and operate a new interstate natural gas pipeline and to provide interstate natural gas tran...

Dear Congressman Tipton: The Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) strongly supports your efforts to use the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to vacate the Department of the Interior Office of Natural Resource Revenue’s (ONRR) royalty valuation rule (81 FR 43338-01 July 1, 2016). The O...

Dear Acting Secretary Haugrud, Acting Director Kurth, and Regional Director Tuggle: On behalf of the American Stewards of Liberty and the Independent Petroleum Association of America, we write to inform you of our intent to file a civil suit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife......

The Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) submits the following comments in response to the Interim Final Rule (IFR) issued on December 19, 2016, by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) in Docket No. PHMSA-2016-0016. I...

Dear Majority Leader McConnell and Democratic Leader Schumer: The undersigned 616 groups from each of the 50 states strongly urge you to consider and pass the Regulatory Accountability Act of 2017 (RAA), to be introduced by Senator Portman. The RAA recently passed the House with......