Letters and Comments

Letters and Comments Sep 27, 2017

Dear Secretary Zinke: The Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) and the American Exploration and Production Council (AXPC) appreciate the opportunity to submit comments regarding ways the Department of the Interior can improve management of federal lands and reform the regulatory pr...

Letters and Comments Sep 25, 2017

Dear Ms. MacGregor and Mr. Nedd: On July 25, 2017, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) published a proposed rule that would rescind a final rule BLM issued in March 2015. The “2015 Rule” was designed to regulate hydraulic fracturing on federal and Indian lands. This......

Letters and Comments Sep 21, 2017

IPAA, American Stewards of Liberty, and Osage Producers Association filed a lawsuit with the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Oklahoma against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for failing to issue a timely, required 12-month finding on a petition to remove the American burying beetle fr...

Letters and Comments Sep 21, 2017

Dear Secretary Zinke: The Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) submits the following comments in response to the Department of Interior’s (DOI’s) request for public comment on ways to improve implementation of regulatory reform initiatives, policies, and identify regulations for r...

Letters and Comments Aug 17, 2017

The American Petroleum Institute (API), National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA), Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA), U.S. Oil and Gas Association (USOGA), American Exploration & Production Council (AXPC), International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC), Internation...

Letters and Comments Aug 9, 2017

Dear Administrator Pruitt: The Independent Producers have participated individually or through IPAA in most, if not all, of the rulemakings and associated litigation since the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed to revise the New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for the Oil and Natural...

Letters and Comments Aug 8, 2017

Dear Ambassador Lighthizer, Secretaries Ross, Tillerson and Mnuchin and Director Cohn: As associations representing millions of small, medium and large companies across every major sector of the U.S. economy employing tens of millions of U.S. workers, we urge that robust market access commitments an...