INGAA Comments on CEQ NEPA Regulations

The Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (“INGAA”) respectfully submits these comments in response to the Council on Environmental Quality’s (“CEQ”) request for comment on revisions to its regulations concerning the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”) (the “Proposed Rule”).

INGAA is a non-profit trade association that advocates regulatory and legislative positions of importance to the natural gas pipeline industry in the United States. INGAA’s member companies transport over 95% of the nation’s natural gas through a network of nearly 200,000 miles of pipelines. The interstate pipeline network serves as an indispensable link between natural gas producers and the American homes and businesses that use the fuel for heating, cooking, generating electricity, and manufacturing a wide variety of U.S. goods, ranging from plastics to paint to medicines and fertilizer…

INGAA supports CEQ’s effort to make durable revisions to NEPA’s implementing regulations. These revisions are necessary to address the significant changes in how agencies identify, review, and share information since CEQ first promulgated NEPA regulations in 1978…

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