A coalition of eight Senate Democrats Friday sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson challenging the agency’s potential regulation of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from stationary sources under the Clean Air Act (CAA).
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Senate Democrats Challenge EPA Regulation of GHG Emissions
A coalition of eight Senate Democrats Friday sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson challenging the agency’s potential regulation of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from stationary sources under the Clean Air Act (CAA).
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MarkWest Pioneer LLC is holding a nonbinding open season/reverse open season through 5 p.m. MDT July 20 to determine whether to expand the Arkoma Connector, a 50-mile interstate natural gas pipeline initially designed to deliver 625,000 Dth/d from the Woodford Shale to pipelines destined for eastern markets. MarkWest Pioneer said it received inquiries about adding firm transportation service to the Arkoma Connector. The reverse open season would determine whether existing shippers want to return “all or a portion of their current firm transportation entitlements,” MarkWest said. Precedent agreements are in place with two anchor shippers: Newfield Exploration Mid-Continent Inc. for 500,000 Dth/d of firm transportation for nine years, and Chesapeake Energy Marketing Inc. for 76,000 Dth/d of firm transportation for 10 years. The 24-inch diameter Arkoma Connector, which is nearing completion, would extend from the outlet of a MarkWest affiliate’s existing treating plant in northeast Oklahoma to near Bennington, OK, where it would interconnect with the Midcontinent Express Pipeline and Gulf Crossing Pipeline systems. The project includes 19,500 hp of added compression at two compressor stations and associated facilities in Oklahoma’s Coal, Atoka and Bryan counties.
Revised EIA Annual Outlook to Assess Impact of Energy Bill
Energy Information Administration (EIA) Administrator Guy Caruso will appear before a Senate committee Tuesday to give a revised annual energy outlook (AEO) for the current year.
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Carl T. Johnson has been sworn in as the second administrator of the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, which oversees the safety of natural gas and hazardous materials pipelines. He was confirmed by the U.S. Senate in December. Prior to the DOT, Johnson was president of the Compressed Gas Association, served as special assistant to former Rep. Amory Houghton (R-NY) and was director of federal government relations at Corning Glass Works. He received his bachelor’s degree from Cornell University and his master’s degree from George Washington University.
More Governors Oppose Offshore LNG Ports Due to Impact on Fish
Alabama Gov. Bob Riley told Maritime Administrator John Jamian last week that he won’t support development of ConocoPhillips’ proposed Compass Port LNG terminal south of Dauphin Island, AL, because the impact on the state’s fisheries has not been examined.
EPA’s Emissions Plan Criticized for Omitting CO2 Restrictions
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Christine Todd Whitman last week told the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works that it is premature to put in place new carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions restrictions on power plants. But the president’s plan will be designed to curb nitrogen oxides (NOx), sulfur dioxides (SO2) and mercury, she said. The administration’s proposed legislation also will strive to simplify the “complex web of existing regulations.”
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Stacey L. Gerard has been named associate administrator for theDepartment of Transportation’s Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS). Shepreviously was director of the Office of Policy, Regulations andTraining in the OPS.
Utilities Seek Exemption from CAA Lawsuits
Attorney General Janet Reno and Environmental Protection Agency(EPA) Administrator Carol M. Browner have urged Capitol Hilllawmakers not to approve legislative language that would exemptcoal-fired utilities from legal action for their alleged violationsof the Clean Air Act (CAA).