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On January 25, 2017, the Sixth Circuit granted a motion to hold in abeyance litigation regarding U.S. EPA's rule defining "waters...


Tags: WOTUS, Energy, Environment

By David Edelstein On January 25, 2017

The Nanoscale Rule

On May 12, 2017, EPA’s first rule regulating chemical substances produced at the nanoscale will take effect as part of the Toxic...


Tags: Toxic Substances Control Act, The Nanoscale Rule, EPA, nanoscale chemical substances,

On January 11, 2017, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ("Service") published a final rule listing the Rusty Patched Bumble Bee...


Tags: Energy, Environment

In May of 2016, environmental groups sued the U.S. E.P.A., alleging that the agency failed to review and revise its regulations...


Tags: Hydraulic Fracturing, EPA, "horizontal drilling", Energy,

Effective November, 21, 2016, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) revised its guiding 1981 Mitigation Policy to provide a...


Tags: USFWS, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1981 Mitigation Policy, Environment

On October 17, 2016, the Bureau of Land Management released a Notice of Competitive Oil and Gas Internet-Based Lease Sale for...


Tags: Energy, Environment

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 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

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

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