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INGAA Files Comments on Revised NPMS Proposal

Executive Summary   INGAA supports PHMSA’s desire to improve its National Pipeline Mapping System (NPMS) and acknowledges that the agency has made certain revisions to its initial information collection proposal (Initial ICR). INGAA [...] Read More

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INGAA supports EPA�s decision to propose a voluntary methane emission reduction program

INGAA and its member companies have a long history of working collaboratively with a variety of stakeholders on greenhouse gas issues, including methane issues.  INGAA appreciates the opportunity to comment on EPA's Natural Gas STAR Methane [...] Read More

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INGAA and API file comments on EPA’s Proposed Rule titled �Amendments to Regional Consistency Regulations”

 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed revisions to the existing Regional Consistency Regulations are inconsistent with the authority granted to EPA in the Clean Air Act  and are therefore unlawful and should not be [...] Read More

INGAA board elects Boardwalk senior VP Michael McMahon chairman

The board of directors of the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America announced the election October 8 of Michael McMahon, senior vice president, general counsel and secretary of Boardwalk Pipeline Partners L.P. (NYSE: BWP), as chairman of the [...] Read More

INGAA President 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 [...] Read More

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INGAA sends letter to BIA opposing tribes ability to tax pipeline rights-of-way

INGAA sent a letter on September 25 to the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) regarding its outstanding rulemaking, Rights-of-Way on Indian Land.  BIA recently granted authorizations to the Pueblo of Sandia and Seminole Tribe of Florida to issue [...] Read More

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INGAA supports The Fish and Wildlife Service’s proposed changes to Endangered and Threatened Wildlife procedures

The Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA), a trade association that advocates regulatory and legislative positions of importance to the interstate natural gas pipeline industry in North America, respectfully submits these comments in [...] Read More

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INGAA Foundation supports INGAA’s suggested improvements to PHMSA proposed rule on OQ

The INGAA Foundation requests that PHMSA revise its proposed regulations to incorporate the ASME B31Q task list, to endorse use of a generalized qualification platform that can be enhanced at specific job sites, and that builds portability into [...] Read More

INGAA launches America’s Energy Link campaign

In recognition of the increased level of natural gas pipeline development across the United States, the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America and the INGAA Foundation, its research arm, launched a nationwide campaign to help educate American [...] Read More

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INGAA suggests improvements to PHMSA proposed rule on OQ

INGAA submitted comments to PHMSA in response to PHMSA's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking entitled “Operator Qualification, Cost Recovery, Accident and Incident Notification, and Other Pipeline Safety Proposed Changes. INGAA has summarized a [...] Read More

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INGAA submits comments to FERC regarding business practices for interstate natural gas pipelines

INGAA filed comments on August 24, 2015 in support of the Commission’s proposal to amend its regulations to incorporate by reference Version 3.0 of the business practices standards adopted by the Wholesale Gas Quadrant (WGQ) of the North [...] Read More

Gas transmission industry expresses concern with EPA’s new methane proposal

WASHINGTON— Don Santa, president and chief executive officer of the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America, today said the natural gas transmission industry is concerned about the Environmental Protection Agency proposed methane [...] Read More

PJM

PJM Interconnection – a regional transmission organization that coordinates wholesale electricity for 13 states and the District of Columbia – and several large natural gas pipelines that provide fuel for electric power generators in the [...] Read More

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INGAA joins 259 associations in letter urging President Obama to maintain EPA�s ozone protection standard

INGAA joined 259 associations and businesses in a letter urging President Obama to maintain Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s existing ozone (smog) protection standard at 75 parts per billion (ppb) rather than making the standard [...] Read More

INGAA submits comments to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that interstate gas pipelines pose minimal hazards to migratory birds

The Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA), a trade association that advocates regulatory and legislative positions of importance to the interstate natural gas pipeline industry in North America, respectfully submits these comments in [...] Read More

Gas transmission industry seeking ways to reduce methane emissions

Don Santa, president and CEO of the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America, today said the natural gas transmission industry was taking voluntary steps to reduce methane emissions and would review the Environmental Protection Agency’s [...] Read More

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INGAA Comments on FERC’s Cultural Resource Guidelines

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BEFORE THE FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION Guidelines for Reporting on Cultural Resources Investigations for Pipeline Projects Docket No. AD15-10-000 COMMENTS OF THE INTERSTATE NATURAL GAS ASSOCIATION OF [...] Read More

INGAA Blog: Average methane emissions from gas transmission and storage sector 27 percent lower than government estimates

  Blog   Average methane emissions from gas transmission and storage sector 27 percent lo wer than government estimates  By Don Santa, INGAA’s president and CEO Earlier today, the journal Environmental Science & [...] Read More

Don Santa Testifies on Pipeline Safety Before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power

Good morning Chairman Whitfield, Ranking Member Rush and members of the Subcommittee. My name is Donald F. Santa, and I am President and CEO of theInterstate Natural Gas Association of America, or INGAA. INGAA represents interstate natural gas [...] Read More