Recently, in Peppertree Farms v. Thonen, 2020-Ohio-3043, Ohio's Fifth Appellate District considered whether certain ancient...
Tags: Exceptions, 'Utica Shale', Ohio, Oil and Gas,
The Ohio Department of Commerce, Division of Real Estate & Professional Licensing, recently reached out to Ohio's "land...
Tags: 'Utica Shale', Ohio, Land Professionals, Landman,
On April 23, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, held that a permit is required for either “a direct discharge of...
Tags: Clean Water Act, groundwater, Discharge, Energy,
On April 21, 2020, U.S. EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers published the final Navigable Waters Protection Rule amending the...
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The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit recently ruled that a certain group of landowners were not entitled to...
Tags: Tolling, Ohio, Statute of Limitation, Oil and Gas,
On March 25, 2020, USEPA released draft guidance regarding its interpretation of “begin actual construction” under the...
Tags: Environment
As an update to our previous post regarding COVID-19 and environmental compliance, new developments at the state and federal...
Tags: Environment
As businesses across the United States confront the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Vorys environmental team is...
Tags: Environment
As discussed in an earlier post, found here, the Council of Environmental Quality (“CEQ”) recently published proposed amendments...
Tags: NEPA, Energy, Environment
On January 22, 2020, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania decided Briggs v. Southwestern Energy Prod. Co. The issue before the Court...
Tags: Rule of Capture, Marcellus Shale, Hydraulic Fracturing, Oil and Gas,