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Interstate Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Facts

Pipeline Safety Facts  The interstate natural gas pipeline industry operates under clear regulations and robust safety standards that govern the design, construction, materials, operation and maintenance of all natural gas transmission [...] Read More

San Bruno Accident Statement

Statement of INGAA President Donald Santa regarding the pipeline accident in San Bruno, [...] Read More

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INGAA’s Written Comments to PCB ANPRM

 INGAA’s comments to the EPA’s ANPRM are in large part founded on the collective experience, knowledge, and expertise of its constituent members. Altogether, INGAA’s membership represents many decades of practical, [...] Read More

The Costs of Compliance to EPA’s Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on the PCB Use Authorization for Interstate Natural Gas Pipelines

On April 7, 2010, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“ANPR”) entitled Polychlorinated Biphenyls (“PCBs”): Reassessment of Use Authorizations. In this ANPR, the EPA proposes [...] Read More

White Paper on EPA�s Proposed Changes to the Use Authorization for PCBs in Air Compressor Systems A Natural Gas Transmission Perspective

 On April 7, 2010, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) entitled Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs); Reassessment of Use Authorizations. In this ANPRM, the EPA proposes to reassess [...] Read More

PCBs in the Interstate Natural Gas Transmission System � Status and Trends

On April 7, 2010, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) entitled Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs); Reassessment of Use Authorizations. In this ANPRM, the EPA proposes to reassess the [...] Read More

The Interstate Natural Gas Transmission System: Scale

On April 7, 2010, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) entitled Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs); Reassessment of Use Authorizations. In this ANPRM, the EPA proposes to reassess the [...] Read More

Risk Assessment and Risk Management of PCBs in Gas Transmission Lines

On April 7, 2010, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) entitled Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs); Reassessment of Use Authorizations. In this ANPRM, the EPA proposes to reassess the [...] Read More

Natural Gas Council Letter to Senate

The Natural Gas Council responds to an earlier letter from industrial organizations. The Council members assert that new natural gas supplies make it possible to expand natural gas usage in the electric and transportation sectors and support [...] Read More

Coal-Fired Electric Generation Unit Retirement Analysis

A number of impending environmental regulations have created uncertainties about the ability of certain coal‐fired power plants (utility owned and merchant owned) to remain profitable into the extended future. While impending greenhouse gas (GHG) [...] Read More

Natural Gas Council Releases Key Policies on Climate Change Legislation

The Natural Gas Council today unveiled six fundamental climate change policies it said should be incorporated into any climate legislation developed by Congress, so that natural gas can most effectively help the nation achieve its energy and [...] Read More

INGAA Emissions Data Collection: CO Emissions from Lean Burn Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines

A rule to amend the Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines (RICE) National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) was proposed on March 5, 2009. The proposed rule addresses standards for existing major source engines 500 [...] Read More

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April 7, 2010 The Honorable John Kerry 218 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable Lindsey Graham 290 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable Joseph Lieberman 706 Hart Senate Office [...] Read More

Natural Gas Council Letter to Chairman Bingaman Regarding Clean Energy Standard

March 12, 2010 Hon. Jeff Bingaman Chairman Committee on Energy and Natural Resources United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 Dear Mr. Chairman: Representing the broad spectrum of the natural gas industry, the members of the Natural Gas Council [...] Read More

INGAA Letter to Baucus and Rangel Advocating Bonus Depreciation in Jobs/Tax Legislation

On February 2, 2010, INGAA sent a letter to Chairmen Baucus and Rangel advocating an extension of bonus depreciation for new pipelines authorized prior to July 1, 2011 and placed in service by December 31, 2013. This extension of the in-service date [...] Read More

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Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD): Reconsideration of Interpretation of Regulations that Determine Pollutants Covered by the Federal PSD Permit Program

INGAA submits this comment letter pursuant to the notice issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) on September 30, 2009, and published in the Federal Register on October 7, 2009, (the “Reconsideration [...] Read More

INGAA and Other Gas Industry Groups Request Meeting on the Role of Natural Gas in Climate and Energy Policy

On January 21, 2010, INGAA, IPAA, and NGSA sent a letter to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson concerning the EPA Tailoring rule’s impact on natural gas infrastructure projects.  Specifically, the application of PSD and Title V to natural gas [...] Read More

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INGAA Letter Comment re FEMA’s Proposed PS-Prep Standards

On January 15, 2010, the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (“INGAA”) sent a comment letter to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (“FEMA”) addressing FEMA’s proposed adoption of three privately developed [...] Read More

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Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) and Title V Permits Issued Under the Clean Air Act (CAA)

The Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (“INGAA) submits these comments regarding the EPA proposed “Tailoring Rule”. Under the Proposed Rule, greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions by some stationary sources [...] Read More