Van Ness Feldman provides strategic counseling and federal advocacy services to the Gas Processors Association (GPA), a trade association that represents 130 members involved in the gathering, processing, transporting, and marketing of natural gas. The firm has worked on legislative priorities for GPA that includes the recently enacted Pipeline Safety Act of 2011 and supports GPA’s efforts and communications with the law’s implementing agency, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.  Van Ness Feldman works to elevate GPA’s profile among policymakers in the Congressional and Executive Branches as a credible resource and critical component of the natural gas value chain.