September 30, 2026
UPA and WEA Comments on Oil and Gas Leasing Vernal Resource Management Plan Amendment – NEPA No. DOI-BLM-UT-G010-2026-0128-RMP-EA
August 24, 2026
Joint Trades Comments on the BLM Proposed Rule on Royalty for Lost Oil and Gas
August 24, 2026
Oil and Natural Gas Associations’ Comments on BLM’s Proposed Rule, Oil and Gas Leasing, 91 Fed. Reg. 38,084 (June 24, 2026)
August 24, 2026
Oil and Natural Gas Associations’ Comments on Bureau of Land Management’s (“BLM”) Proposed Rule, Royalty for Oil and Gas Lost from Onshore Federal and Indian Leases, 91 Fed. Reg. 37906 (June 24, 2026)
August 21, 2026
Comments from the Utah Petroleum Association regarding Minor New Source Review Program Air Permitting Public Participation Requirements for State
August 19, 2026
Utah Petroleum Association’s Response to Utah’s Performance Audit of the Oil, Gas, and Related Energy Taxes and Incentives
July 13, 2026
BLM’s Revision of Regulations for Grazing Administration, Exclusive of Alaska
– API Comment Letter Read the PDF
– UPA Comment Letter Read the PDF
May 26, 2026
UPA Comments re Uinta Basin; 2015 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard; Reconsideration and Repeal of Finding of Failure To Attain and Reclassification to a Moderate Nonattainment Area; Extension of the Attainment Date and Determination of Attainment by the Marginal Attainment Date
October 3, 2025
UPA Submits Official Comment on Changes to the Proposed Resource Management Plan Amendment for the Greater Sage-Grouse Rangewide Planning
June 12, 2024
Utah Petroleum Association Files Official Comment on the Bureau of Land Management’s Sage Grouse Resource Management Plan
May 16, 2024
Utah Petroleum Association Joins Oil and Natural Gas Trades in Filing Lawsuit Challenging BLM’s Leasing Rule
March 26, 2024
UPA Joins in Submitting Official Comment to EPA on Waste Emissions Charge for Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems
December 11, 2023
UPA Comments on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Dakota Access Pipeline
August 15, 2023
UPA Joins Files Official Comment Requesting Extension of Public Comment Period on the Fluid Mineral Leases and Leasing Process Proposed Rule (RIN 1004–AE80)
August 15, 2023
UPA Joins Trades in Commenting on Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: “Rights-of-Way, Leasing, and Operations for Renewable Energy”
July 14, 2023
UPA Joins with American Petroleum Institute and Other Trades in Submitting Comment About Proposed PFAS Legislation
October 4, 2022
Utah Petroleum Association Official Comment on 2023-2028 National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Proposed Program
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July 20, 2022
UPA aligns with other trades in sending letter to Biden Administration cautioning against declaring a climate emergency
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April 26, 2022
UPA joins 35 other trade associations in requesting an extended comment period for SEC’s proposed climate change disclosure rule
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January 31, 2022
UPA submits comment on federal rulemaking regarding proposed standards of performance for new, reconstructed, and modified sources and emissions
guidelines (“EG”) for existing sources for the oil and natural gas sector climate review.
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January 28, 2022
Utah Petroleum Association joins 40 other trade associations in opposition to the nomination of Sarah Bloom Raskin as Vice Chair for Supervision at the Federal Reserve.
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January 14, 2022
UPA comments regarding EPA’s Proposed Denial of Petitions for Small Refinery Exemption
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The EPA is proposing to deny all undecided/pending small refinery exemption petitions under the Renewable Fuel Standard program. See UPA’s comments submitted on 1/14/22.
April 14, 2021
Utah Petroleum Association Joins Other Stakeholders in Support of the Uintah & Ouray Federal Implementation Plan (FIP) and Emissions Reduction Credit (ERC) Banking Rule
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Utah Petroleum Association’s letter with a group of stakeholders to the Environmental Protection Agency.
April 12, 2021
Utah Petroleum Association Submits Official Comment on Biden Administration Comprehensive Review of Federal Oil and Gas Program
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Utah Petroleum Association submitted official comment on Executive Order 14008 to Secretary Haaland and official leadership. Read the attached for full comments.
March 25, 2021
Utah Petroleum Association and Other State Trades Statement on DOI Forum
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Utah Petroleum Association joined other state trades in releasing the following joint statement regarding the Biden Administration’s failure to include any state-level voices in the Department of Interior’s Virtual Forum on the Federal Oil and Gas Program.
January 27, 2021
Utah Petroleum Association Condemns Oil and Natural Gas Leasing Ban on Federal Lands
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The impacts of the open-ended oil and natural gas leasing ban on federal lands will have profound and far-reaching negative consequences on Utah’s economic health, needed maintenance for our national parks, and have an outsized impact on our rural communities.