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On June 27, 2016, the Pennsylvania House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee revived previously introduced legislation...
Tags: Oil and Gas, Energy, Minimum Royalties, Pennsylvania
On June 27, 2016 U.S. EPA finalized a regulation under the Clean Water Act that prohibits the discharge of wastewater from...
Tags: Hydraulic Fracturing, Clean Water Act, Energy, Environment
We previously wrote about the Bureau of Land Management’s attempt to regulate hydraulic fracturing on federal and Indian lands....
Tags: Hydraulic Fracturing, Oil and Gas, Energy
The Toxic Substances Control Act (“TSCA”) became law in 1976 with the objective of regulating chemicals in commerce that posed an...
Tags: Articles, EPA, Environment
According to quarterly production data released by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, oil production in the state from...
Tags: 'Utica Shale', Ohio, Oil and Gas, Energy
On May 31, 2016, The U.S. Supreme Court held that Clean Water Act jurisdictional determinations by the Army Corps of Engineers...
Tags: WOTUS, Clean Water Act, Energy, Environment
On Monday, May 23, U.S. EPA released a draft of its final Environmental Justice Strategic Plan for the Years 2016-2020, which is...
On the same day that U.S. EPA finalized amendments to the New Source Performance Standards for the oil and gas industry (click ...
Tags: Greenhouse Gas, Clean Water Act, Energy, Environment,
On May 12, 2016, U.S. EPA finalized amendments to the New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for the oil and natural gas source...
Tags: Greenhouse Gas, Clean Water Act, Energy, Environment,
The U.S. Energy Information Administration released revised maps showing the structure, thickness, and geologic setting of the...
Tags: Ohio, Oil and Gas, Energy, Utica
You can expect to find news and breaking legal developments involving the crude oil and natural gas industries, alternative and renewable energy resources, and the latest environmental issues.
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