EPA Leadership Changes
New EPA Administrator Wheeler opened his first week (back in the beginning of March) by adding two new and promoting two senior staff – including Region 8 Administrator Doug Benevento. The announcement was made shortly after UPA’s Upstream Committee and
UPA Is Proud To Join Forces With The Coalition for American Energy Security (CAES).
CAES is a diverse and broad coalition of American manufacturing workers, integrated energy companies, refiners, industry associations, shipping companies and other groups that play a crucial role in the maritime fuel supply chain. CAES is committed to the scheduled implementation
Update on Upstream Rulemakings
For our upstream members, work with the DOGM continues on rules regarding Forced Pooling. The Board has received several written comments, including from UPA, as part of the informal rulemaking. Expect to see a formal notice of draft rulemaking to
Ozone Challenges Leading UPA To Team Up

For both our upstream and downstream members, the airsheds along he Uintah Basin as well as the Wasatch Front (technically broken into two – northern and southern Wasatch Front areas) were declared in non-attainment of the 2015 ozone standard (70
UPA Legislative Wrap-up & Score Card
The 2019 Legislative Session was a roller coaster seeing a record breaking 574 bills passed. UPA’s bill tracking list included 101 items – plus one that we managed to preempt from making it to the list. We took positions on
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