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 7, 2018, Meeting with API and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 
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EPA staff (OAQPS, OAP) met with representatives from API on March 7, 2018, to discuss API's petition for reconsideration of the June 3, 2016, oil and natural gas sector NSPS (40 CFR part 60 subpart OOOOa). 
 
Topics included: 
 Fugitives monitoring frequency
 Third party equipment at well sites 
 Applicability of fugitives requirements
 Alaska North Slope
 Modification at well sites and compressor stations
 Cold climate waivers
 Low production wells 
 Professional engineering certification
 Closed vent system inspections
 Well completions 
 Reporting and recordkeeping requirements 

API attendees: 
 Matt Todd, API
 Angela Zivkovich, Anadarko
 Grover Campbell, Devon Energy
 Shankar Ananthakrishna, Chevron
 Vanessa Ryan, Chevron
 Brad Morello, Shell
 Greg Johnston, Chesapeake
 Dana Wood, BP
 Wendy Gram, Marathon Oil
 Dennis Newman, Occidental
 Doug Jordan, Newfield
 Jake Fournier, Marathon
 Andy Woerner, ERM
 Denise Grubert, ERM
 Hilary Moffett, API

EPA attendees: 
 Lisa Thompson
 Karen Marsh
 David Cozzie
 Gerri Garwood
 Jonathan Witt
 Ned Shappley
 Elizabeth Miller
 Jucilene Hoffmann
 Adam Eisele
 Melissa Weitz



 
