The American Petroleum Institute (API) and America’s Natural Gas Alliance (ANGA) have been actively engaged in formally commenting and providing input to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) relative to the Congressionally-requested study to review the potential impacts of hydraulic fracturing on drinking water resources (HF Study). The comments submitted today include work by Battelle Memorial Institute (Battelle) to evaluate water resource quality characteristics and variability within the five retrospective case study areas that EPA selected for inclusion in the retrospective case study portion of their HF Study.
March 24, 2013
ANGA submitted these comments on the EPA Draft Inventory of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2011.
February 25, 2013
ANGA submitted these Reply Comments in response to the DOE, Office of Fossil Energy's request for comments on the NERA Economic Consulting Report Macroeconomic Impacts of Increased LNG Exports from the United States.
ANGA submitted these comments to the EPA in response to their proposed rule and reconsideration of the final Boiler MACT for major sources.
January 24, 2013
ANGA submitted these comments in response to the DOE Office of Fossil Energy request for comments on the 2012 LNG Export Study.
September 10, 2012
ANGA submitted these comments jointly with AXPC and USOGA on the Bureau of Land Management's Proposed Rule to Regulate Hydraulic Fracturing on Public and Indian Lands.
August 23, 2012
ANGA submitted these comments jointly with AXPC to the EPA on their permitting guidance for oil and gas hydraulic fracturing activities using diesel fuels.
July 13, 2012
ANGA submitted these comments to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on their proposed rulemaking regarding expanding incentives for voluntary conservation actions under the Endangered Species Act.
June 22, 2012
ANGA submitted these comments to EPA on their Greenhouse Gas New Source Performance Standards for Electric Utility Generating Units.
March 28, 2012
ANGA submitted comments to FERC Commissioner Moeller's letter on coordination between the natural gas and electricity markets, addressing what FERC's role should be in this process and what the impact will be of expected retirements of coal and oil-fired generation on the need for gas and electricity coordination.
March 28, 2012
ANGA submitted these comments to EPA on their Draft Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks:1990-2010.
February 29, 2012
ANGA submitted these comments to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on the Staff White Paper on FERC's role regarding the EPA's Mercury Air Toxics Standards (MATS).
February 13, 2012
ANGA and AGA submit these comments on the December 1, 2011 notice of proposed rulemaking for 2017 and Later Modely Year Light Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards, 76 FR 74854
January 19, 2011
ANGA and AXPC originally filed comments with EPA on November 30, 2011. The comments are reposted here to include updated gas well completion emission data submitted to EPA on January 19, 2012. These updated figures can be found in Attachment 3.
December 14, 2011
Comments on the issues covered during the FERC November 29-30 Technical Conference on reliability of the Bulk-Power System and in response to Commissioner Philip D. Moeller's November 14 request for evidence.
November 21, 2011
Comments on the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection's ("PADEP") proposed guidance entitled Guidance for Performing Single Stationary Source Determinations for Oil and Gas Industries (270-0810-006) that was circulated on October 12, 2011.
June 30, 2011
Comments on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board's Quality Review Draft Report that was released on June 14, 2011.
May 12, 2011
Comments on the Science Advisory Board's (SAB) draft report of its review of EPA's Plan to Study the Potential Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing on Drinking Water Resources dated April 28, 2011.
April 15, 2011
Comments on the Delaware River Basin Commission's (DRBC) proposed natural gas development regulations published in December, 2010
March 25, 2011
Comments on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Draft Inventory of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2009 (Draft Inventory).
February 28, 2011
Comments on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Draft Plan to Study the Potential Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing on Drinking Water Resources (Draft or Draft Plan) that was released on February 8, 2011.
February 7, 2011
Comments on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Notice of Data Availability (NODA) for the Agency's proposed "Federal Implementation Plans To Reduce Interstate Transport of Fine Particulate Matter and Ozone" (CATR) published at 76 Fed. Reg. 1109 (Jan. 7, 2011).
November 10, 2010
Comments on the Tennessee Valley Authority's Draft Integrated Resource Plan: TVA's Environmental and Energy Future published in September, 2010.
October 15, 2010
Comments on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Notice of Data Availability (NODA) for the Agency's proposed "Federal Implementation Plans To Reduce Interstate Transport of Fine Particulate Matter and Ozone" (CATR), 75 Fed. Reg. 53613 (Proposed Sept. 1, 2010).
August 23, 2010
Comments on the proposed plan of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Major Sources: Industrial, Commercial and Institutional Boiles and Process Heaters, 75 Fed. Reg. 32006 (Proposed June 4, 2010).
July 8, 2010
Comments on the proposed plan of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in response to a recommendation from Congress, to study the potential relationship between hydraulic fracturing and drinking water.
December 28, 2009
Comments on the proposed Prevention of Significant Deterioration and Title V Greenhouse Gas Tailoring Rule, 74 Fed. Reg. 55,292 (Proposed Oct. 27, 2009).
