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regulatory, voluntary or a combination,
and could include best management
practices, third-party certification and
collection, and incentives for disclosing
information.
EPA says the ANPR is in response to
a petition filed by Earthjustice and 114
other groups in 2011 that requested the
agency issue rules under the Toxic
Substance Control Act requiring
toxicity testing of chemicals and
mixtures used in oil and gas operations.
EPA published its rationale for its
response to the petition in the July 11,
2013, Federal Register, and decided to
publish an ANPR to identify key issues
for further discussion and analysis.
This effort will help the agency
coordinate with other federal entities in
planning information reporting rules
that will complement the Bureau of
Land Management's proposed rules
governing fracturing on federal and
Indian lands, EPA says.
"EPA looks forward to hearing from
the public and stakeholders about public
disclosure of chemicals used during
hydraulic fracturing, and we will
continue working with our federal,
state, local, and tribal partners to ensure
that we complement, but not duplicate,
existing reporting requirements," says
James Jones, EPA's assistant
administrator for the Office of Chemical
Safety and Pollution Prevention.

EPA indicates comments should
provide enough detail and contain
sufficient supporting information in
order for it to understand the issues
raised. Comments should include
alternatives, rationales, benefits,
technological and economic feasibility
(including costs), and supporting data.
Comments, identified by docket
identification EPA-HQ-OPPT-20111019, may be submitted by Aug. 7
through the federal rule-making portal
at http://www.regulations.gov, or by
mail at Document Control Office
(7407M), Office of Pollution Prevention
and Toxics, Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
Washington, D.C. 20460-0001. r

EIA Seeks Comments
On Expanding Scope
Of Production Survey
WASHINGTON-Citing the rapid
growth and shifting location of U.S.
natural gas and crude oil production,
the U.S. Energy Information
Administration is proposing to expand
the geographic coverage of its monthly
natural gas production survey and to
start collecting state-level data on crude
oil and lease condensate production.
EIA solicited comments on the
proposed changes in a May 6 Federal

The Eastern Kansas Oil & Gas Association held its midyear
meeting May 6-7 in Emporia, Ks. LEFT: Kansas Corporation Commission Director of Transportation Mike Hoeme speaks during a
seminar on Department of Transportation regulations and en-

Register notice. Comments on the
proposed changes are due by July 7.
According to EIA, its current
survey-the EIA-914 Monthly Natural
Gas Production Report-collects natural
gas production data from a sample of
240 well operators in five states and the
federal offshore Gulf of Mexico that
represent, as of December 2013, 66
percent of total U.S. gross gas
production, which is down from 82
percent in 2007, when the survey began.
The agency observes that natural gas
production has increased dramatically in
some of the states outside the EIA-914
survey, including Pennsylvania and
Colorado, both of which now outproduce
two of the original EIA-914 areas: New
Mexico and the Gulf of Mexico.
Collecting state-level data from an
additional 14 states would raise the
sample coverage for natural gas
production to 92 percent, EIA calculates.
EIA says it also is proposing to collect
crude oil and lease condensate production
data for the same 19 states and the GOM.
The agency notes that it currently
publishes state-level crude oil production
data based on information reported to
state oil and gas agencies. Where state
data are not immediately available, the
EIA estimates the production. Long lags
in state-level reporting have made it
difficult to estimate oil production, the
agency maintains.

forcement. RIGHT: Bobcat Oilfield Services representatives pause
with NASCAR driver Clint Boyer in front of his car; from left: Clint
Bullock, Bowyer, Rob Eberhart and EKOGA Past President Bob
Eberhart.

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