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INGAA president comments on new methane rule

Don Santa, president and chief executive officer of the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America, today commented on  a new Environmental Protection Agency final rule targeting methane emissions from new and modified natural gas [...] Read More

Finding the Facts on Methane Emissions: A Guide to the Literature

The purpose of this report is to show the range and results of methane studies in the public literature. The results and findings in the studies referenced in this report vary significantly. Scientific methods and uncertainty principles need to be [...] Read More

Methane Studies Guide Provides Fact-based Insight for Policy Decisions

Leaders of the Natural Gas Council (NGC) today released an independent, objective and fact-based guide to more than 70 different analyses of methane emissions from natural gas systems. The report, “Finding the Facts on Methane Emissions:  [...] Read More

INGAA sends letter to House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee in support of pipeline safety reauthorization bill

Dear Chairman Shuster and Ranking Member DeFazio,   On behalf of the members of the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA), I am writing to express our views on H.R. 4937, the PIPES Act of 2016. INGAA [...] Read More

INGAA president comments on PHMSA natural gas transmission safety proposal

Don Santa, president and chief executive officer of the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America, today comment on the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration’s natural gas transmission safety rule, released [...] Read More

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The United States and Canada will require annual average midstream natural gas, crude oil and natural gas liquids midstream infrastructure investment of about $26 billion per year, or $546 billion (real 2015$) total over the 21-year period from 2015 [...] Read More

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INGAA comments on EPA’s proposed revisions to the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule for Leak Detection Methodology

Summary of INGAA Comments 1. INGAA supports consistency between different regulatory programs in order to reduce redundancies and allow for consistent use of measurement techniques and reporting. 2. This Proposed Rule is premature since it [...] Read More

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Gas Transmission NPRM: Request for Extension

INGAA, together with the American Gas Association, the American Petroleum Institute, the American Public Gas Association, the Gas Processors Association and the Independent Petroleum Association of America filed March 25 with PHMSA for a 60-day [...] Read More

NAESB list of Pipeline Companies URLs

The North American Energy Standards Board (NAESB) has a list of URLs for pipeline companies available to the public at the following link: [...] Read More

Don Santa Testifies Before the Subcommittee on Energy and Power Committee on Energy and Commerce

INGAA opposes a provision of Pipeline Safety reauthorization draft that would allow an individual to petition a federal district court to enjoin the Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration (PHMSA) in connection with that agency’s [...] Read More

INGAA president comments on Senate approval of pipeline safety reauthorization bill

Don Santa, president and chief executive officer of the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America, today lauded the U.S. Senate’s passage of S. 2276, the SAFE PIPES Act. The bill passed unanimously on Thursday evening. “INGAA is [...] Read More

Don Santa Testifies Before House T&I Committee Subcommittee on Railroads

INGAA urges Congress to pass a pipeline safety reauthorization bill this year. Industry continues to make significant system-wide investments in advancing its goal of zero pipeline incidents. Congress should reauthorize PHMSA’s pipeline safety [...] Read More

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INGAA urges updates to EPA�s greenhouse gas inventory program

INGAA urged the Environmental Protection Agency to improve its GHG inventory by updating emissions factors and incorporating new data from a joint industry-environmental group-academia study. INGAA noted that data from the Colorado State [...] Read More

Underground Storage Background Final

Natural gas is the most diversified fuel in the United States. This domestic fuel is used to cook food, fuel vehicles, generate electricity and as a raw material for products such as fertilizer and plastics. One of the most important uses of natural [...] Read More

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The boards of directors of the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America, the INGAA Foundation Inc., the Canadian Energy Pipeline Association and the CEPA Foundation – major pipeline trade associations in the U.S. and Canada, respectively [...] Read More

INGAA board of directors reaffirms commitment to underground gas storage integrity

The board of directors of the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America voted February 10 to reaffirm its commitment to underground natural gas storage integrity and accelerate implementation of industry storage standards. The board also voted [...] Read More

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INGAA comments on EPA’s Cross-State Air Pollution Rule Update for the 2008 Ozone NAAQS

INGAA supports EPA proposal not to include non-EGUs among the sources subject to the updated CSAPR. In addition, INGAA urges the Agency to continue seeking information and input from stakeholders regarding the feasibility of implementing non-EGU NOx [...] Read More

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INGAA comments on FERC’s Draft Guidance Manual for Enviromental Report Preparation

INGAA appreciates the Commission’s initiative to update its Guidance Manual for Environmental Report Preparation. Since it was published in 2002, there have been numerous developments both generally under the National Environmental Policy Act [...] Read More

Don Santa Testifies Before Senate Commerce

Don Santa, the President and CEO of INGAA, testified before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety and Security on September 29, 2015 at 2:30 pm [...] Read More