On Saturday, October 8, 2016, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection enacted its new regulations covering...
Tags: Unconventional Well Pad Development, Chapter 78a, Oil and Gas Regulations, DEP,
With the support of its recently elected justices, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, in an opinion issued on September 28, 2016,...
Tags: Act 13, Supreme Court, Municipal Ordinances, Oil and Gas,
On September 22, 2016, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed to list the rusty patched bumble bee (Bombus affinis) as an...
Tags: Endangered Species, Energy, Environment
On September 15, 2016, the Supreme Court of Ohio issued a number of decisions concerning the application of the Ohio Dormant...
On September 1st, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) released production totals for the second quarter of 2016. The...
Tags: Ohio, Oil and Gas, Energy, Production
On August 24, 2016, U.S. EPA proposed revisions to the rules governing the petition process for Title V permits under 40 CFR Part...
Tags: Clean Air Act, Energy, Environment, Title V
This entry provides an update to our blog post on February 23, 2016 regarding the Sixth Circuit’s decision that it has...
Tags: WOTUS, Clean Water Act, Energy, Environment
The Ohio Tax Commissioner recently issued a memorandum to county auditors regarding significant changes to the taxation of oil...
Tags: Oil and Gas, Energy, Tax
On Tuesday, August 16th, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in Tribett v. Shepherd, a case involving the 1989...
Tags: Ohio, Dormant Mineral Act, DMA, Oil and Gas,
On August 9, 2016, Governor Kasich signed Executive Order 2016-04K authorizing the immediate adoption of rules creating an...
Tags: Division of Oil and Gas Resource Management, Oil and Gas, Energy, Environment