Letters & Comments

Nearly 20 associations representing a cross section of the economy submitted comments to the Office of Management and Budget regarding its technical support document on the social cost of carbon, specifically about how their member companies will be impacted by the SCC estimates.

IPAA and the National Ocean Industries Association sent a letter to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management requesting an extension on the comment period for its proposal to increase liability insurance for offshore producers.

A coalition consisting of more than a dozen trade associations recently submitted comments to the Senate Committee on Finance regarding its staff discussion draft on cost recovery, specifically the proposed repeal of percentage depletion and how it would be harmful to the competitiveness of American natural resources industries.

IPAA, along with more than 45 organizations representing thousands of independent oil and natural gas explorers and producers, recently submitted comments to the Senate Committee on Finance regarding Chairman Baucus’ proposal to reform cost recovery and tax accounting rules and how it would significantly impact American oil and natural gas development.

IPAA submitted a letter to Dept. of Interior Sec. Jewell requesting an extension of the Fish and Wildlife Services’ listing decision for the Lesser Prairie-Chicken from the current March 31, 2014 deadline until June 11, 2014.

IPAA, API, WEA, COGA, OIPA, IAGC, and IADC recently sent a letter to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service regarding its proposed rule to list the Lesser Prairie-Chicken as a threatened species and requests that the listing be revised and reopened for comment.

Comments to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that the information offered in support of the proposal to list the Northern Long-Eared Bat, due to a lack of scientific peer review, sole habitat protection to mitigate the symptoms of White Nose Syndrome and the lack of records on research regarding the bat.