Letters and Comments

On behalf of our members, the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) would like to provide additional comments on the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s (BOEM) proposed guidance on the agency’s supplemental bonding requirements. IPAA submitted detailed comments to the Department of...

The American Petroleum Institute (API), the National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA), the Offshore Operators’ Committee (OOC) and the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) respectfully request that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) extend the 45 day period for comments...

Dear Director Kornze: Western Energy Alliance and the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA), appreciate the opportunity to comment on the proposed changes to Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Onshore Order No. 3, which would be codified in the Code of Federal Regulations through modifica...

The United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service proposed a series of amendments to the regulations at 50 CFR § 424.14 that govern the content and consideration of petitions filed with the Services pursuant to the Endangered Species Act. The......

Joint Petition with American Stewards of Liberty, the Texas Public Policy Foundation, and Dr. Steven W. Carothers to delist the American Burying Beetle due to the fact that the beetle is no longer in danger of extinction in its habitat range....

IPAA and API submitted joint comments to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as it looks at permitting incidental take under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. The comments question whether the approaches described in the Service’s Notice of Intent are authorized by or consistent with......

On behalf of the Center for Liquefied Natural Gas, the Natural Gas Supply Association and the Independent Petroleum Association of America, we write to applaud the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee for introducing the Energy Policy and Modernization Act of 2015 (EPMA 2015). Specifically,...

To whom it may concern: The American Petroleum Institute (API), the International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC), the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA), the National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA), the Offshore Operators Committee (OOC), the Petroleum Equipment &am...

We believe that EPA’s analysis is flawed and fails to realistically undertake its responsibilities under the Clean Water Act (CWA) to create ELGs that meet not only current circumstances but future needs as well. Consequently, we recommend that EPA withdraw the current proposed pretreatment ELG......

As you know, on May 26, 2015, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service published a Notice of Intent to prepare a programmatic environmental impact statement (PEIS) to evaluate the potential impacts of a proposal to authorize incidental take of migratory birds under the Migratory Bird......