MEMORANDUM

To:		Docket EPA-HQ-OAR-2017-0483

From: 	Lisa Thompson, EPA

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Date: 	May 10, 2018
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Subject:	Summary of the March 13, 2018, Meeting with IPAA and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 
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EPA staff (OAQPS, OAP) met with representatives from IPAA on March 13, 2018, to discuss IPAA's petition for reconsideration of the June 3, 2016, oil and natural gas sector NSPS (40 CFR part 60 subpart OOOOa). 

Topics included: 
 low production wells
 frequency, scope and inflexibility of the fugitive emissions program requirements
 definitions of well site, well and modification
 certification by professional engineers
 regulation of pneumatic pumps

IPAA attendees: 
 Lee Fuller, IPAA 
 Susan Ginsberg, IPAA
 James Elliott, Spilman Thomas & Battle
 Gretchen Kern, Pioneer
 Charles Vendetti, CountryMark
 Rudy Vogt, Cumberland Valley Resources
 Greg Schrab, SM Energy
 Eric Johnson, West Bay Exploration
 Erin McDonough, Michigan Oil and Gas Association
 Ed Longanecker, Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association
 Ryan Streams, Western Energy Alliance
 Trinh Tran, Cabot Oil and Gas Association
 Penny Seipel, Ohio Oil and Gas Association
 Jim Standley, Texas Alliance of Energy Producers 
 Grover Campbell, Devon Energy

EPA attendees: 
 Lisa Thompson
 Karen Marsh
 David Cozzie
 Gerri Garwood
 Matthew Witosky
 Jonathan Witt
 Ned Shappley 
 Adam Eisele

Attachment: Information for IPAA-EPA Meeting Subpart OOOOa, March 13, 2018

 
