The Ohio House of Representatives recently passed a bill (H.B. 168) that provides “bona fide prospective purchasers” (BFPPs) of...
Tags: H.B. 168, Brownfields, CERCLA, Bona Fide Prospective Purchaser,
Four years after the Supreme Court of Ohio struck down the City of Munroe Falls’ attempt to regulate oil and gas development...
Tags: Zoning, Oil and Gas, Energy
On April 10, 2019, President Trump issued two Executive Orders (EOs) to facilitate the construction of primarily energy-related...
Ohio's Seventh District Court of Appeals recently held once again that fee oil and gas interests are subject to possible...
Tags: OMTA, Ohio Marketable Title Act, Ohio, Dormant Mineral Act,
On March 29, 2019, U.S. EPA finalized a New Owner Clean Air Act (CAA) Audit Program for new owners of upstream oil and natural...
Tags: Clean Air Act, Audit, Oil and Gas, Energy,
On February 21, 2019, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed a petition for review of air permits issued by Ohio EPA for...
Tags: Clean Air Act, Energy, Environment, Standing,
Ohio's Seventh District Court of Appeals was recently asked to analyze whether a fee oil and gas reservation can be extinguished...
Tags: OMTA, 'Utica Shale', Ohio, MTA,
On February 14, 2019, U.S. EPA issued a comprehensive Action Plan for addressing Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in...
Tags: Safe Drinking Water, PFAS, Environment
Last week, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court decision upholding the constitutionality of Ohio’s statutory...
Tags: 'Utica Shale', Unitization, Ohio, Pooling,
