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IPANM is not afraid to take strong stances on many current issues threatening our industry. We have to! Seemingly minor changes to regulations or rules can have a major impact on the financial solvency of our small oil & gas producers. While we will never compromise on our duties to protect human health, fresh water and the environment in our daily activities, we will fight unnecessary government overreach when new regulatory proposals are not based on sound science and do little to protect the environment.

Below, we’ve identified serious issues facing our producers. Please click on the corresponding button to learn more about each issue and IPANM’s stance on the issue. (Note: Some of this content may be restricted for members only. To access this exclusive content, please join our association!)

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Greenhouse Gas Reporting
If your company is intending to ask the EPA or an extension to use best available reporting methods (BAMM) under
O.N.R.R. Contact Information
Contact information for the experts who made presentations at the IPANM ONRR Training on June 24, 2013 and contact information
O.N.R.R. Workshop Presentations
Presentations given by the experts at the IPANM ONRR Training on June 24, 2013 and presentations given by the government
O.N.R.R. Announcements
The ONRR unbundling team has released the following notice regarding UCAs for the Val Verde Transportation System and Treatment Plant.
Senator Udall on Lesser Prairie Chicken Listing
New Mexico, Colorado, Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas have recently proposed a Five State Plan—developed by state wildlife officials—with the goal
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Greenhouse Gas Issue in New Mexico (pdf 163 kb) Written Testimony of Roger Armstrong to EIB, Scheduled for Nov 11
Potash Operational Guildelines
The Proposed Guidelines for Operations in the Secretarial Potash Area
EPA Announces HF Research Advisory Panel
Today the EPA announced the formation of the Hydraulic Fracturing Research Advisory Panel. The press release from the EPA, including
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If your company is intending to ask the EPA or an extension to use best available reporting methods (BAMM) under Sub Part W, that filing is due March 30th. You should have filed the NOI to do so by January 3rd in addition to having registered for the e-GGRT tool. A generic letter that you intend to use BAMM for reporting all sources from your well sites should be sufficient. However, be careful about wanting to use only the EPA tool for emissions reporting. I am hearing that BAMM formula is so expansive that almost everyone will be pulled into the 25,000 mt threshold. In fact, some operators have noted that as few as 14 wells in one basin will trigger reporting requirements. Also, the March 30th BAMM extension will only allow you to delay reporting to June 30th anyway.

If you did not file the NOI and therefore are not eligible for the BAMM extension, your company will need to file the whole application.

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-12-23/pdf/2011-31532.pdf Final rule SubPart A and W changes.

Also note that there will be an announcement on April 9th by the EPA as to which data elements reported under subpart W of Part 98 will be entities to confidential treatment under the Clean Air Act.

Click the link below for contact information for the experts who made presentations at the IPANM ONRR Training on June 24, 2013.
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Click the link below for contact information for the government representatives who made presentations at the IPANM ONRR Training on June 25, 2013.
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Click on the link below for the presentations given by the experts at the IPANM ONRR Training on June 24, 2013.
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Click on the link below for the presentations given by the government representatives at the IPANM ONRR Training on June 25, 2013.
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July 2, 2013: ONRR UBT Updates Values;
The ONRR unbundling team has released the following notice regarding UCAs for the Val Verde Transportation System and Treatment Plant. As per our workshop discussion (IPANM ONRR Training, June 24-25, 2013), it would appear that any claims made between 2006 and 2010 will now need to be reversed and rebooked with the new numbers unless you have information in your files demonstrating a good faith basis for the deductibility percentages you used.

“On July 2nd, 2013, the Asset Valuation Unbundling Team (AVUT) updated the Unbundling Cost Allocations (UCAs) for the Val Verde Transportation System and Treatment Plant for calendar years 2006 through 2010. AVUT updated these values because the team received more accurate information concerning Val Verde. These UCAs are available at the Office of Natural Resources Revenue (ONRR) website, onrr.gov/unbundling, and relate to the allowable portion of contractual transportation and processing fees. AVUT modified all values for Val Verde with the exception of the Processing UCAs. AVUT added a new set of values to distinguish between the El Paso andTranswestern mainlines. If you need to see previously published values, or have any questions, please direct these inquiries to onrrunbundling@onrr.gov.”

June 28, 2013: ONRR Publishes Changes to Regulations;
Most notable is the removal of the definition for RIK from the regulations. In addition, the Department changed the timing of the determination of transportation allowances to give them more flexibility.

§ 1206.57 Determination of transportation allowances
*** * *?(c) * * *?(3) ONNR may establish reporting
dates for individual lessees different from those specified in this subpart in order to provide more effective administration. * * *
*** * *?[FR Doc. 2013–15691 Filed 6–27–13; 8:45 am]

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110 Hart Senate Office Building I Washington D.C. 20510
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New Mexico, Colorado, Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas have recently proposed a Five State Plan—developed by state wildlife officials—with the goal of protecting the Lesser Prairie Chicken without listing it as a threatened species. This plan is inspired by and expands on New Mexico’s Candidate Conservation Agreements — where industry, government agencies and conservation groups came together to protect the Sand Dune Lizard, thereby enabling the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to not list it as an endangered species. Senator Udall supported that plan for the Sand Dune Lizard and believes that the Five State Plan, if done correctly, can be a win-win solution resulting in habitat protection and regulatory certainty for the farmers, ranchers, and the oil and gas industry. Senator Udall continues to be engaged with the Administration to ensure the Five State Plan receives proper consideration and has every opportunity to succeed in its goal. On Friday, May 4th, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) announced that it will reopen the comment period for an additional 45 days on the proposal to list the Lesser Prairie Chicken as a threatened species. Senator Udall encourages all New Mexicans with an interest in this decision to participate in the process by submitting comments to the FWS. Information on submitting an official comment to FWS can be found at the following link. http://www.fws.gov/southwest/es/LPC.html.

Click to see the seven page federal register notice.

The Proposed Guidelines for Operations in the Secretarial Potash Area have been released and are available by clicking here.

Today the EPA announced the formation of the Hydraulic Fracturing Research Advisory Panel. The press release from the EPA, including the members on the Committee, is linked here.  You will note there is no one from New Mexico on the Committee. There are, however, several folks from the Colorado Institute of Mines.  The individuals from industry include consultants who are former employees of Shell, Halliburton, Talisman formerly with BP, Merck Pharmaceuticals, and Thermo-Fischer, which is an environmental engineering firm out of California.  There are 31 members of the panel including 21 academics.  All the members of the Panel are very qualified experts in their respective fields.  It is my hope that these scientists will develop sound policy on the hydraulic fracturing issue so that we can finally put this issue behind us and move on to more relevant policy discussions on energy development.