Letters & Comments

Letters and Comments Jul 7, 2014

IPAA, API, WEA and the U.S. Oil and Gas Association recently sent a letter to Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chairwoman Mary Landrieu (D-LA) urging the committee to pass S. 2440, which would reauthorize and reform a pilot program aimed at speeding up oil and gas permitting on federal lands.

Letters and Comments May 30, 2014

The Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) appreciates this opportunity to comment on the information provided during the four Venting & Flaring Public Outreach meetings held by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in March and May of this year.1 This comment letter supplements preliminary comments jointly filed by IPAA and the American Exploration & Production Council (AXPC) on May 2, 2014.

Letters and Comments May 22, 2014

Dear Congressman Gardner, The Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA), representing thousands of independent oil and natural gas explorers and producers, as well as the service and supply industries that support their efforts, would like to offer our full support of your bill, HR 4716 The Sage Grouse Protection and Conservation Act.

Letters and Comments May 19, 2014

The Independent Petroleum Association of America respectfully requests that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration extend the public comment period for the notice of proposed rulemaking for Implementing Changes to the Regulations for Designating Critical Habitat published in the Federal Register on May 12, 2014.

Letters and Comments May 19, 2014

The Independent Petroleum Association of America respectfully requests that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration extend the public comment period for the notice of proposed rulemaking on the Definition of Destruction or Adverse Modification of Critical Habitat published in the Federal Register on May 12, 2014.

Letters and Comments May 19, 2014

The Independent Petroleum Association of America respectfully requests that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration extend the public comment period for the draft Policy Regarding Implementation of Section 4(b)(2) of the Endangered Species Act published in the Federal Register on May 12, 2014.

IPAA is the industry's strongest presence in the nation's capital and these are important times. The entire oil and gas industry remains under fire from anti-development groups; but with these challenges arise unique opportunities that IPAA is seizing for our members.