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Joint trade association letter to Sen. Cornyn in support of bill amending the Endangered Species Act to establish a procedure for approval of certain settlements  Sen Cornyn Joint Trade Letter

IPAA Western Energy Alliance Letter to Salazar

IPAA and Western Energy Alliance file comments on the Bureau of Land Management’s proposed hydraulic fracturing and well construction rule.

Final IPAA Western Energy Alliance Well Stimulation and HF Rule

IPAA, API, AXPC, NOIA, USOGA, and IADC write to Senate to support Senate’s bipartisan legislation that would facilitate offshore access to new areas

Joint Trades Senate 5 Year Letter

IPAA writes to Chairman Hastings to express our support for H.R. 6082 and the efforts of House Natural Resources Committee to develop a five-year Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) plan that better reflects America’s desire for expanded domestic energy production offshore.

IPAA Letter to Hastings Support HR 6082

IPAA joins a coalition letter on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) efforts on natural gas and electric power coordination.

Letter to FERC on Natural Gas and Electric Power Coordination

IPAA requested EPA extend the comment deadline on EPA’s draft permitting guidance for oil and natural gas hydraulic fracturing activities using diesel fuels. Letter is attached.

EPA Diesel Guidance Comment Extension Request

IPAA letter to the Department of the Interior requesting a 90 extension of the comment period on the BLM hydraulic fracturing proposed rule.

IPAA Final Extension Request Letter 6-6-12

IPAA President Barry Russell requests a meeting with Secretary Salazar In light of his announcement to streamline the permitting process for oil and natural gas development on federal lands.

IPAA, National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA), and International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC) submitted comments on the National Ocean Policy Draft Implementation Plan.

Joint association comments addressing the BLM’s Notice of Intent (NOI) to Address Sage-Grouse in Land Management Plans, published in the Federal Register December 9, 2011.

Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) Vice President of Federal Resources & Political Affairs Dan Naatz sent a letter to U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) Secretary Ken Salazar in which he raised serious concerns about the administration’s proposed policies regarding oil and natural gas production on federal lands.

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar proposes higher royalty rates on federal lands, but an internal report by his department says this could result in less American oil and gas production. IPAA, in a letter to Salazar, questions his misguided proposal.

IPAA and other trade associations send letter to the House Committee on Natural Resources expressing support of state regulation of hydraulic fracturing – in response to Interior Secretary Salazar’s recent comments

Letter from coalition of energy trade associations expressing disappointment with State Department screening of “GasLand”

Letter from IPAA and other trade associations to the White House expressing concern with the proposed swap dealer rule drafted by CFTC

Today, the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) submitted its comments on the Obama Administration’s five-year plan for offshore oil and natural gas exploration.

Letter from IPAA and AXPC requesting the to delay the deadline for its comment period on the draft report investigating ground water contamination near Pavillion, Wyoming.

Letter from a coalition of energy trade associations expressing support of Protecting Main Street End-Users from Excessive Regulation (H.R. 3527) and Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act of 2011 (H.R. 2682)

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized its Greenhouse Gas Reporting (GHG) rules for Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems (Subpart W) in November 2010. This rule applies to nearly all oil and gas producers. Find out more information here.

Joint industry association comments on BOEMRE/BSEE’s proposed rule, “Oil and Gas and Sulphur Operations in the Outer Continental Shelf—Revisions to Safety and Environmental Management Systems.”

The RAPPS described in this guidance were compiled by the Independent Petroleum Association of America and several other oil and gas trade associations and their members. The RAPPS guidance lists various operating practices and control measures used by oil and gas operators to effectively control erosion and sedimentation in storm water runoff from clearing, grading, and excavation operations at oil and gas exploration and production sites under various conditions of location, climate, and slope.