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On June 7, pursuant to Executive Order 13868, “Promoting Energy Infrastructure and Economic Growth,” the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued guidance for federal permitting agencies and state and tribal authorities, [...] Read More
INTRODUCTION The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) has recently proposed a “Draft Integrity Verification Process” (IVP), part of which requires hydrostatic testing to establish the maximum allowable [...] Read More
Don Santa, President and Chief Executive Officer of the ±«Óătv (INGAA), issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Water Act Section [...] Read More
Ahead of the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season, which officially begins June 1, the ±«Óătv Council (NGC) published a report examining the factors that collectively make the U.S. pipeline system an efficient, reliable and secure way to deliver the [...] Read More
From the tangible benefits cooling our homes during the dog days of summer and commuting on a natural gas-powered bus, to the downstream advantages of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and stimulating job growth, we probably don’t realize how [...] Read More
Dear Chairman Rush, Ranking Member Upton, and Members of the Subcommittee: The ±«Óătv (INGAA) appreciates the opportunity to submit this testimony regarding the 2019 reauthorization of the Pipeline Safety [...] Read More
Chairman Fischer, Ranking Member Duckworth, and Members of the Subcommittee: Good morning. My name is Paul Amato, and I am Vice President, Engineering, Operations, and Environmental, Health & Safety at Iroquois Pipeline Operating [...] Read More
Chairman Lipinski, Ranking Member Crawford, and Members of the Subcommittee: The ±«Óătv (INGAA) is a trade association that represents the interstate natural gas pipeline industry. INGAA’s members [...] Read More
The American Gas Association (AGA)1 , American Petroleum Institute (API)2 , American Public Gas Association (APGA)3 and ±«Óătv (INGAA)4 (jointly “the Associations”) submit these comments for consideration [...] Read More
As the United States continues its evolution toward a lower-carbon economic future, natural gas will increasingly play a major role in supporting the deployment of renewable energy resources, concludes a new study commissioned by the INGAA [...] Read More
Natural gas will remain a significant contributor to the energy portfolio and to economic growth in the United States over the next two decades, playing a key role in meeting low-carbon goals, a new study commissioned by the INGAA Foundation [...] Read More
Demand for natural gas in the United States has risen significantly over the last decade, a trend driven in large part by the affordability, reliability and clean-burning qualities of natural gas. In addition to enabling the United States to cut [...] Read More
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions and promoting the deployment of renewable energy technologies have been recurring themes in the conversations this year surrounding Earth Day. In the United States, natural gas has proven to be a powerful ally in [...] Read More
Don Santa, President and Chief Executive Officer of the ±«Óătv (INGAA), issued the following statement in response to President Trump’s executive orders announced today: “We are pleased [...] Read More
On March 6, 2019, a bipartisan group of senators sent a letter to officials at the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) advocating for the swift adoption of a proposed update to the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration’s [...] Read More
Throughout New York and New England, demand for natural gas has risen considerably in recent years as consumers and businesses gradually realize the numerous advantages natural gas provides as an energy source. However, as demand for natural gas has [...] Read More
At the end of January, substantial stretches of the country braced themselves for what turned out to be record-breaking cold temperatures. Schools and businesses closed, flights were cancelled, and some Midwesterners demonstrated that boiling water, [...] Read More