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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
Recently, Ohio’s Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management (Division) has issued several unitization orders that include ...
Tags: Unitization, Ohio, Oil and Gas, Energy
In July, the State of North Dakota filed suit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit challenging U.S. EPA’s final rule...
Tags: Clean Air Act, Methane Emissions, Energy, Environment
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