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This post provides important updates to our August 17, 2020 post regarding U.S. EPA's amendments to the 2012 and 2016 New Source...
Tags: Clean Air Act, NSPS OOOOa, Energy, Environment,
This post updates an earlier post outlining the USEPA’s and Ohio EPA’s COVID-19 enforcement policies.
Tags: Environment
The Supreme Court of Ohio accepted a case involving the Ohio Dormant Mineral Act (ODMA), Fonzi v. Brown, but held the case until...
Tags: DMA, Oil and Gas, Energy, ODMA
On August 13, 2020, U.S. EPA issued two final rules amending the 2012 and 2016 New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for the...
Tags: NSPS OOOOa, Energy, Environment, NSPS OOOO
On June 1, 2020, the Seventh District Court of Appeals once again addressed the level of diligence required to identify holders...
Tags: 'Utica Shale', Ohio, "2006 DMA", Dormant Mineral Act,
On July 6, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an Order partially granting a motion to stay a Montana District Court’s injunction...
Tags: Nationwide Permit 12, Clean Water Act, Energy, Environment
On June 16, 2020, Governor DeWine signed House Bill 168 into law. The bill is designed to encourage brownfield redevelopment and...
Tags: Environment
On June 4, 2020, U.S. EPA proposed a rule to improve the consistency and transparency of benefit cost analyses (BCAs) for all...
Tags: Clean Air Act, cost benefit analysis, Energy, Environment
On June 1, 2020, U.S. EPA finalized amendments to the rules governing the Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 401 water quality...
Tags: 401, Clean Water Act, water quality certification, Energy,
On May 21, 2020, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled for a lessee in an oil and gas lease dispute, finding that the lessee...
Tags: Post-Production Costs, Royalties, Oil and Gas, Energy
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