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INGAA appreciates BIA’s efforts to streamline the application, approval, renewal, and regulatory process for rights-of-way over Indian lands. As it currently exists, pipeline permitting is a protracted and decentralized process, and this is particularly true with respect to negotiating and re-negotiating rights-of-way over Indian lands. Even so, while the current… Read More

INGAA supports PHMSA’s desire to improve its National Pipeline Mapping System (NPMS) and make certain information more accessible to first responders and members of the public. However, INGAA has significant concerns with the scope and content of PHMSA’s Information Collection Request (ICR). INGAA urges PHMSA to review its ICR with… Read More

INGAA is confident that, subject to certain caveats and assuming that certain preconditions can be satisfied, the interstate natural gas pipeline industry can respond to demand for the natural gas pipeline capacity that may be necessary to enable compliance with the Clean Power Rule. These caveats and preconditions include the… Read More

INGAA strongly supports the proposed modifications to the gas scheduling timeline developed by the North American Energy Standards Board (NAESB), as set forth in the filing submitted by NAESB on September 29, 2014, in this proceeding. This revised scheduling timeline will provide electric generators greater opportunity to participate in the… Read More

Deidre G. Duncan Virginia S. Albrecht Kerry L. McGrath Hunton & Williams LLP 2200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20037 (202) 955-1500 Counsel for Coalition   November 13, 2014   The Waters Advocacy Coalition (“WAC” or “Coalition”) writes to provide comments on the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and U.S. Army… Read More

Don Santa, president and CEO of the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America, today released the following statement on new Environmental Protection Agency reporting requirements for methane: “We believe it’s important for EPA and all parties to get a better idea of both the volume of methane being released in… Read More

The INGAA Foundation’s board of directors elected Paul MacGregor, vice president, supply chain, for Calgary-based TransCanada Corp. (TSX:TRP) (NYSE:TRP), as its new chairman for a one-year term beginning November 8. “Paul, with his extensive experience in pipeline operations and construction, understands what it takes to build a pipeline safely and… Read More

INGAA recognizes that most natural gas transmission and storage facilities are not covered by EPA’s RMP standard, as they are not considered stationary sources.  Rather, natural gas transmission facilities are regulated by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA).   INGAA, however, is submitting… Read More

Background New and proposed changes in air emission regulations are likely to impact the interstate natural gas transportation industry. Regulations that are expected to impact the industry include the ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) and the nitrogen dioxide (NO2) one hour NAAQS. Since nitrogen oxides (NOx) react in… Read More

INGAA and its members have worked with EPA on greenhouse gas (GHG) projects dating back to the Gas Research Institute (GRI) project with EPA in the early 1990s that estimated methane emissions from natural gas systems. The GRI-EPA Reports2 remain a seminal reference for GHG estimates for natural gas operations… Read More

 Mr. Bruce Carlson Senior Policy Advisor, Planning and Policy Directorate U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 441 G Street, NW Washington, DC 20314   Re: Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 Section 1006 – Expediting the Evaluation and Processing of Permits   Dear Mr. Carlson:   The Interstate Natural… Read More

The Interstate Natural Gas Association of America announced Monday that Lisa Beal, vice president of environment and construction policy, will resign at the end of the year. Beal intends to further her education and pursue new opportunities in energy, natural gas and climate change.   “Lisa has been an instrumental part of… Read More

General Regulatory Approach: In the ANPRM, DHS asks “whether or not commenters think that deletions, additions or modification to the list of exempt facilities should be considered.” 79 Fed. Reg. at 48695. When it enacted the CFATS enabling legislation, Congress was clear that CFATS regulations shall apply to chemical facilities… Read More

Don Santa, president and CEO, Interstate Natural Gas Association of America, talks about the benefits of pipelines to consumers and the energy industry.   Q What is your vision of the North American pipeline industry of the… Read More

In the supplemental notice, OSHA is soliciting comments on whether to amend the proposed rule to require that employers inform their employees of their right to report injuries and illnesses, and that any injury and illness reporting requirements established by the employer must be reasonable and not unduly burdensome. OSHA… Read More

On October 9, 2014, as part of an industry coalition, INGAA filed comments in response to the two proposed rules and a policy statement jointly issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service.   The proposals would significantly revise the critical habitat review process… Read More

The board of directors of the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America announced the election October 10 of Ronald J. Tanski, president and chief executive officer of National Fuel Gas Company (National Fuel) (NYSE: NFG), as chairman of the INGAA board of directors for a one-year term… Read More

On September 18, 2014, Commissioner Moeller convened a meeting to consider a national electronic information and trading platform for natural gas (Docket No. AD14-19).   In response to the commissioner’s invitation to submit additional comments, the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA) filed comments on October 1, 2014, in… Read More

The Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA) submitted comments on September 29, 2014 in response to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC or Commission) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) proposing to amend the filing requirements for natural gas pipeline system map(s).  The Commission proposed to eliminate the annual requirement… Read More

Pipelines safely, responsibly and reliably deliver abundant natural gas to the American consumer and make the U.S. natural gas production boom possible. In order to build a natural gas pipeline across state lines, a company must receive approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), which determines whether there is… Read More