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INGAA board of directors affirms commitment to minimizing methane releases

Members of the ±«Óãtv have long worked to minimize methane emissions. Recognizing the increased concern about climate change, INGAA’s board of directors on July 19 formally affirmed its commitment to [...] Read More

National 811 Day: A Reminder to Call Before You Dig

811 Day is right around the corner! Tied to its calendar shorthand, National 811 Day highlights the importance of safe digging. Professional excavators, farmers and homeowners should call 811 every time they dig to ensure they have full knowledge of [...] Read More

Rainbow of Colors Keeps you Safe

We’ve all seen them – those little flags that stick out of the ground in a rainbow of colors indicating the presence of underground utilities. But did you know that each color signifies a different type of utility line? The list below, [...] Read More

INGAA applauds effort to restore cooperative federalism

Don Santa, president and chief executive officer of the ±«Óãtv, applauded a bill introduced today by Senators John Barrasso, Shelly Moore Capito, Steve Daines and Jim Inhofe to restore cooperative federalism in [...] Read More

INGAA urges PHMSA to update class location change requirements to align with new technologies and pending integrity regulations

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration should look to new technologies and pending integrity regulations as it seeks to update its class location change requirements, the ±«Óãtv said today [...] Read More

±«Óãtv: Fueling the Medical World

Americans made 990 million visits to a physician in 2015. If you made one of those visits, chances are your doctor used plastic instruments or prescribed you medicine in a plastic bottle. These items are everywhere in the medical world and would be [...] Read More

FERC should reaffirm principles of existing pipeline certificate policy statement

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission should reaffirm its existing Certificate Policy Statement, which has given the commission a “durable framework” to review applications to construct interstate natural gas pipeline facilities, the [...] Read More

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Comments in Response to FERC Notice of Inquiry on Its 1999 Certificate Policy Statement

The ±«Óãtv (“INGAA”) submits these comments in response to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (“FERC” or “Commission”) notice of inquiry (“NOI”) on [...] Read More

More than a Fuel: Pipelines Make It Possible

From fueling our stovetop flames to powering our lights, it's easy to see how natural gas impacts our daily lives. While these conveniences are easy to notice, many don’t see how natural gas makes it possible to save money, improve air [...] Read More

INGAA pleased to join Global ±«Óãtv Coalition as a founding member

Over a dozen organizations and companies, including the ±«Óãtv, today announced the formation of the Global ±«Óãtv Coalition. The new alliance will work to promote the benefits of natural gas as a [...] Read More

Chad Zamarin before the House Subcommittee on Railroads

Good morning. My name is Chad Zamarin, and I am Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategic Development at the Williams Companies. Williams owns and operates natural gas gathering, processing and transmission infrastructure, including the [...] Read More

How Do Pipeline Companies Keep Pipelines Safe?

Have you thought about how natural gas reaches your home? Of all the ways to deliver energy, pipelines are the safest method according to the U.S. Department of Transportation. Today, there are 300,000 miles of natural gas transmission pipelines [...] Read More

U.S.

The United States and Canada will require annual average natural gas, oil and natural gas liquids midstream infrastructure investment of about $44 billion per year, or a total of $791 billion (in real 2016 dollars) over the 18-year period from 2018 [...] Read More

INGAA �deeply troubled� by Trump administration plan to punish natural gas

The ±«Óãtv is deeply troubled by the Trump administration’s apparent move to scapegoat natural gas to prop up uneconomic coal and nuclear plants.  “There is absolutely no justification for the [...] Read More

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Comments on Pipeline Safety: Repair Criteria

The American Gas Association (AGA) , American Petroleum Institute (API) , American Public Gas Association (APGA)  and ±«Óãtv (INGAA)  (jointly “the Associations”) submit these comments for [...] Read More

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Answer to Notice of Inquiry on Accumulated Deferred Income Taxes

INGAA responds to the argument made by commenters that the elimination of a tax allowance for MLPs and potentially other pass-through entities must result in the expeditious return of excess ADIT to customers of such pipelines.  For the reasons [...] Read More

INGAA opposes Trump administration�s decision to impose steel tariff on long-standing allies

Don Santa, president and chief executive officer of the ±«Óãtv, calls ‘very troubling’ and ‘inconsistent’ a Trump administration decision to impose steel tariffs on long-standing, [...] Read More

Mountain Valley Pipeline and Atlantic Coast Pipeline Projects State Water Control Board Request for Technical Information on Specific Wetland and/or Stream Crossings

 Dear Agency Officials: The ±«Óãtv (“INGAA”) welcomes this opportunity to provide technical comments and information to the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) on [...] Read More

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INGAA Comments on EPA�s ICR Regarding the Voluntary ±«Óãtv STAR Methane Challenge Program

Dear Mr. Pryor, The ±«Óãtv (“INGAA”) respectfully submits these comments in response to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA’s”) request for comments on the [...] Read More

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Joint Petition for Rulemaking on Pressure Relief Device (PRD) Testing Requirements

AGA and INGAA are petitioning PHMSA to amend 49 CFR Part 193.2619 to recognize and enforce the pressure relief device (PRD) testing requirements in NFPA 59A (2001 edition) at 11.5.5.1(e) (incorporated by reference in 49 CFR Part 193) instead of [...] Read More