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In a highly anticipated opinion, the United States Supreme Court narrowed the scope of waters and wetlands considered to be...
Tags: WOTUS, Clean Water Act, U.S. Supreme Court
The Ohio General Permit for Stormwater Discharges from Small and Large Construction Activities (Ohio EPA Permit No. OHC000005)...
Tags: Stormwater, Clean Water Act, construction, OEPA
The United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio recently addressed whether a mineral owner could assert a...
Reminder to all Ohio oil and gas land professionals: Your registration will expire on Sunday, April 30, 2023.
Tags: "Oil and Gas" Utica, Division of Oil and Gas Resource Management, Land Professional Registration
In response to a request for preliminary injunction filed by the attorneys general of 24 states (including Ohio), a federal judge...
Tags: WOTUS, Clean Water Act, waters of the United States, USEPA,
In J&R Passmore, LLC v. Rice Drilling D, LLC, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio denied the...
Kristin Watt contributed to this post.
Tags: Environmental, Safe Drinking Water, PFAS, USEPA
The Seventh District Court of Appeals recently affirmed summary judgment against two lessors asserting claims of bad faith...
Tags: WOTUS, Clean Water Act, USEPA, USACE
Last month, in State ex rel. AWMS Waters Solutions, LLC v. Mertz, the Eleventh Appellate District held that AWMS had failed to...
Tags: Injection Well, Just Compensation Clause, Fifth Amendment
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