MEMORANDUM

TO:

EPA-HQ-OAR-2017-0483

FROM:

Amy Hambrick, EPA

DATE:

August 30, 2017

SUBJECT:

Summary of the August 30, 2017, Meeting with API and the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency

EPA staff (OAQPS, OAP, OECA) met with representatives from API on August 30, 2017, to
discuss API’s petition for reconsideration on the June 3, 2016, oil and gas sector NSPS (40 CFR
part 60 subpart OOOOa).
API’s Agenda & Discussion Topics:
Time
(ET)
9:00 –
9:30
9:30 –
10:30

Topic
Introductions / Agenda Review
• Reconsideration Issues
NSPS OOOOa
• Timeline / Data Collection
• Fugitive Emissions at Well Sites and Compressor Stations
BREAK

10:30
–
10:45
10:45
–
12:00

NSPS OOOOa
• Pneumatic Pumps
• Well Completions
• Storage Vessels
• Other Topics

12:00
– 1:00
1:00 –
1:45

LUNCH

1:45 –
2:00
2:00

Path Forward

NSPS OOOOa
• Equivalency for Leak Programs and Emerging Technologies

Adjourn

 API Attendees:
1. Grover Campbell, Devon, OK
2. Angela Zivkovich, Anadarko, CO
3. Brad Morello, Shell, TX
4. Adam Berig, Encana, CO
5. Mike O’Connor, XTO, TX
6. Vanessa Ryan, Chevron, CA
7. Dana Wood, BP, TX
8. Jim Cooper, Chesapeake, OH
9. Jake Fournier, Marathon Petroleum, OH
10. Mike Ford, Hess, TX
11. Gretchen Kern, Pioneer Resources, TX
12. Dennis Newman, Oxy, TX
13. Kate Fay, Noble, CO
14. Laura Perry, ConocoPhillips, AK
15. Andy Woerner, ERM, PA
16. Denise Grubert, ERM, NC
17. Don Anderson, MarkWest , CO
18. Megan Garvey, QEP, CO
19. Jesse Sandlin, Devon, OK
20. Tim Hillis, Cimarex, OK
21. Matt Todd, API, DC
22. John Wagner, API, DC
Attachment 1:
- API summary of overlapping CVS requirements
- API Comments on NSPS OOOOa