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Development of a Permit Program for Incidental Take of Migratory Birds

  The Migratory Bird Treaty Act (“MBTA” or “Act”) is a federal law administered by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS” or “Service”) that protects migratory birds. The Act [...] Read More

Interstate Natural Gas Pipeline Efficiency

  This white paper, Interstate Natural Gas Pipeline Efficiency, documents advances in pipeline, engine and compressor technology that have produced continuous efficiency gains in the natural gas transportation pipeline industry since the [...] Read More

The Costs of Compliance to EPA’s Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on the PCB Use Authorization for Interstate Natural Gas Pipelines

On April 7, 2010, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“ANPR”) entitled Polychlorinated Biphenyls (“PCBs”): Reassessment of Use Authorizations. In this ANPR, the EPA proposes [...] Read More

White Paper on EPA�s Proposed Changes to the Use Authorization for PCBs in Air Compressor Systems A Natural Gas Transmission Perspective

 On April 7, 2010, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) entitled Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs); Reassessment of Use Authorizations. In this ANPRM, the EPA proposes to reassess [...] Read More

PCBs in the Interstate Natural Gas Transmission System � Status and Trends

On April 7, 2010, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) entitled Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs); Reassessment of Use Authorizations. In this ANPRM, the EPA proposes to reassess the [...] Read More

The Interstate Natural Gas Transmission System: Scale

On April 7, 2010, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) entitled Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs); Reassessment of Use Authorizations. In this ANPRM, the EPA proposes to reassess the [...] Read More

Risk Assessment and Risk Management of PCBs in Gas Transmission Lines

On April 7, 2010, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) entitled Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs); Reassessment of Use Authorizations. In this ANPRM, the EPA proposes to reassess the [...] Read More

Coal-Fired Electric Generation Unit Retirement Analysis

A number of impending environmental regulations have created uncertainties about the ability of certain coal‐fired power plants (utility owned and merchant owned) to remain profitable into the extended future. While impending greenhouse gas (GHG) [...] Read More

INGAA Emissions Data Collection: CO Emissions from Lean Burn Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines

A rule to amend the Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines (RICE) National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) was proposed on March 5, 2009. The proposed rule addresses standards for existing major source engines 500 [...] Read More

Status of Waste Heat to Power Projects on Natural Gas Pipelines

This report, “Status of Waste Heat to Power Projects on Natural Gas Pipelines,” (Status Report) prepared by ICF International, provides an update to INGAA’s February 2008 white paper entitled “Waste Energy Recovery [...] Read More

Natural Gas Pipeline and Storage Infrastructure Projections Through 2030

Abstract: The Natural Gas Pipeline and Storage Infrastructure Projections Through 2030 study, analyzes future natural gas infrastructure requirements under various market scenarios. It projects a range of investment from $133 to $210 billion in [...] Read More

The Interstate Natural Gas Infrastructure Authorization Process

The INGAA Foundation, Inc. prepared an analysis of the process by which natural gas pipeline and storage facilities are approved to provide service in interstate commerce in the United States.  The study presents a review of the evolution of [...] Read More

Natural Gas Council Whitepapers on Natural Gas Interchangeability and Gas Quality

  Objective of the Gas Interchangeability Report The objective of this white paper is to define acceptable ranges of natural gas characteristics that can be consumed by end users while maintaining safety, reliability, and environmental [...] Read More

Carbon Sequestration and Storage: Developing a Transportation Infrastructure

This study focuses on the pipeline infrastructure requirements for carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) in connection with compliance with mandatory greenhouse gas emissions reductions. The major conclusion of the study is that while CCS [...] Read More

Guidelines for Parallel Construction of Pipelines

We are in a period of increased pipeline construction activity that is expected to continue through 2011, and possibly beyond. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and other Federal agencies are encouraging and sometimes requiring [...] Read More

Alternative Transportation Fuels: Natural Gas Implications

The INGAA Foundation, Inc. retained BBI International (BBI) to analyze the natural gas implications for future alternative fuels plants. This analysis looked at current and future biofuels plants and quantities and estimated thermal energy [...] Read More

Unconventional Natural Gas : Availability

This report forecasts that North American unconventional natural gas recoverable reserves from tight gas, coalbed methane, and shale gas formations exceed 900 trillion cubic feet (Tcf).  The report states that overall recoverable natural gas [...] Read More

Summary of the Natural Gas Council�s Analysis of S. 3036

In October 2007, U.S. Senators Joseph I. Lieberman (Independent-CT) and John W. Warner (Republican-VA), chairman and ranking member of the Senate Subcommittee on Private Sector and Consumer Solutions to Global Warming and Wildlife Protection, [...] Read More