1. Rolling Back Regulatory Overreach February 8, 2017
Kathleen Sgamma President

2. Goals
Update you on where we stand with the BLM waste prevention rule litigation and other lawsuits
Discuss other options for dealing with the rule
Outline Western Energy Alliance’s strategy for moving from offense to defense.

3. Western Energy Alliance
More than 300 member companies
Independents averaging 15 employees
Focused on federal issues

4. Openly hostile regulatory obsession…

5. …to encouraging domestic oil & gas?

6. Western Energy Alliance has engaged in 71 regulatory processes from EPA & the Interior Department (BLM, FWS, NPS, BIA, ONRR) involving 62,059 pages over the last two years

7. Methane Rules Methane is the new fracking
EPA new & existing source rules
BLM venting & flaring rule

8. Existing sources
Source determination
Waters of the U.S.
Endless NEPA
Net conservation gain
Climate change

9. BLM Fracking Rule Model

10. Model Detailed technical comments Process Congressional oversight
Coalition building
Legal challenges

11. Court Update
Preliminary injunction denied
But we’re very optimistic

13. Other ongoing regulatory
litigation

14. Lease Sale Litigation

15. It’s a new day Move from defense to offense Congressional Review Act
BLM reform workshop
New administration interface
Western Wire initiative

17. Connect with Western Energy Alliance
Social Media
/WesternEnergyAlliance
@WesternEnergy1
Website
westernenergyalliance.org
Member s

18. Kathleen Sgamma ksgamma@westernenergyalliance.org (303) 501-1059
Thank you!
Kathleen Sgamma
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