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WASHINGTON, December 23, 2010 –The Environmental Protection Agency should finalize the New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) that remain under development prior to setting new greenhouse gas standards, according to API Director of Regulatory and Scientific Affairs Howard Feldman.

WASHINGTON, November 30, 2010 — The American Petroleum Institute (API) today issued the following statement prior to today’s forum on hydraulic fracturing hosted by the U.S. Interior Department. According to API Senior Economist Sara Banaszak, hydraulic fracturing is a critical process for accessing our domestic natural gas resources:

Input to DOI regarding proposed Ocean Energy Safety Institute

WASHINGTON, September 14, 2010 - Howard J. Feldman, Director of Regulatory & Scientific Affairs at API, today testified at a hearing for the Environmental Protection Agency’s GHG Permitting Federal Implementation Plan.  

WASHINGTON, September 3, 2010 – API Senior Counsel Michele Schoeppe said API, along with coalition partners, is filing an amicus brief today opposing a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit that would allow common law nuisance lawsuits to proceed against utilities for their greenhouse gas emissions:

WASHINGTON, August 31, 2010 – Various industry groups are urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to refrain from making a decision on the use of increased levels of ethanol in gasoline until testing on the effects of higher-level blends is complete. Based on the findings by Sierra Research in a report commissioned by the American Petroleum Institute (API), “Identification and Review of State/Federal Legislative and Regulatory Changes Required for the Introduction of New Transportation Fuels,” multiple regulatory and legal requirements remain and must be met before higher ethanol blends can be legally marketed for commercial introduction.

WASHINGTON, August 26, 2010 — Erik Milito, head of the American Petroleum Institute’s upstream group, wholeheartedly agrees with the Bipartisan Policy Center’s conclusion that new rules issued in June by the Interior Department provide an “adequate margin of safety to allow the resumption of deep-water drilling.”

WASHINGTON, August 25, 2010 - API’s director of Upstream Erik Milito and its director of Global Industry Services John Modine delivered testimony today to the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling on industry efforts to improve offshore safety.

WASHINGTON, August 16, 2010 – API Upstream Director Erik Milito said that the announcement from the Department of the Interior that it will require more extensive environmental reviews for deepwater projects (limiting use of categorical exclusions) could delay development and job creation:

WASHINGTON, August 13, 2010 — Arguing that the Clean Air Act is unsuited to regulating greenhouse gas emissions, the American Petroleum Institute (API) said today that two new EPA proposed permit rules could slow business expansion and eliminate jobs while not fixing the problem