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Reclassifying the Tricolored bat as endangered would affect the midstream industry in 39 states, Washington, DC and four Canadian provinces.GPA Midstream has filed comments responding to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's effort to place the Tricolored bat on the endangered species list because of a fungal disease known as white-nose syndrome. The reclassification would likely [...]

GPA Midstream has reached an agreement with the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) that will provide members with more time to comply with costly portions of the Gas Mega Rule.Implementing the changes on the tight deadlines in the original rule would have put a strain on member companies. Under the agreement, companies will [...]

In late October, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) issued a new notice of enforcement discretion for the amendments to the unusually sensitive area (USA) requirements found in 49 C.F.R. ¬ß 195.6 that went into effect earlier this year. The new notice of enforcement discretion responds to a unanimous recommendation by the Liquid Pipeline [...]

A statement from GPA Midstream President & CEO in response to the Biden administration's new rule that would end the use of natural gas in federal buildingsGPA Midstream renews its call for a coherent and sensible energy policy based on facts and a real-world understanding of how to achieve the goal of meeting energy demand with [...]

Votes are still being counted and it will be some time before we know the final composition of the House and Senate. For the Senate, we'll have to wait until the Dec. 6 runoff because no candidate for Georgia's senate seat reached the required 50% threshold. This means there will be a runoff on Dec. [...]

GPA Midstream's government affairs team submitted two sets of comments regarding new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's proposed rules related to the Risk Management Program under Section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act.The first set addresses EPA's information collection request, which would add reporting burdens for more than 14,000 industrial facilities. The total cost of compliance would [...]

U.S. President Joe Biden threatened to tax oil and gas profits if companies don't invest in boosting production.From GPA Midstream President Joel Moxley:President Biden has threatened to tax what he deems to be excess oil profits if companies don't invest in new production. Unfortunately, boosting production isn't as simple as turning a dial. Oil and gas [...]

GPA Midstream is seeking technical experts to present on topics important to the midstream at the fifth annual GPA Midstream Technical Conference, April 3-6, 2023 at the Hilton Dallas/Plano Granite Park hotel.Topics should be within the following categories:Analysis, test methods & product specificationsFacility design, operation & maintenanceGHG measurement & abatementIndustry asset & mechanical integrityMeasurement & [...]

Since 2009, GPA Midstream Association has worked with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to develop reporting requirements for greenhouse gas emissions data. In the years since that initial rule, the association continued assisting the EPA to streamline, improve and clarify the rule.While the EPA has listened and incorporated some of the GPA Midstream suggestions into [...]