You may be interested to know:
- Director of Ohio's Department of Natural Resources, David Mustine, has stepped down to become General Manager for Energy for JobsOhio, the state’s new private, nonprofit development corporation. For more, see here (ODNR News Release). Assistant Director, Scott Zody, will serve as interim director of the state agency.
- Two bills have been introduced in the Ohio Senate to (i) impose a moratorium on fracing until U.S. EPA finishes its hydraulic fracturing study (SB 213); and (ii) regulate the fluids used in the frac process, including disclosure (SB 212). There is little likelihood that this legislation will be adopted. Nonetheless, it was only a matter of time before something like these would be introduced ...