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Energy Chairman Manchin's Permitting Bill Moves Through Committee in Careful Balancing Act

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After two years of continuous behind-the-scenes work, Sen. Joe Manchin (I-W.Va), who chairs the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, joined by Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), released S. 4753, the Energy...more

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Air Enforcement: Alabama Department of Environmental Management and Mobile County Power Generation Facility Enter into Consent...

The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Alabama Power Company (“APC”) entered into a January 3rd Consent Order (“CO”) addressing alleged violations of a Major Source Operating Permit (“Permit”)....more

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Air Enforcement: Alabama Department of Environmental Management and Conecuh County Oil and Gas Well Operator Enter into Consent...

The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Pruet Production Company (“PPC”) entered into a March 4th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing an alleged violation of a Major Source Operating Permit (“Permit”). ...more

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RCRA/Citizen Suit Enforcement: Environmental Integrity Project Notice of Intent to Sue Phillips 66 Company/Los Angeles County,...

The Environmental Integrity Project and Environmental Advocates sent an August 7th Notice of Intent to Sue (“Notice”) to Phillips 66 Company (“Phillips”) alleging violations of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act...more

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Underground Injection Wells/Industrial Waste: Texas Appellate Court Addesses Challenge to Texas Commission of Environmental...

A Texas Appellate Court addressed in a May 22nd opinion issues associated with challenges to underground injection control permits. See Dyer, et al. v. Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, et al., 2019 WL 2206177. ...more

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Challenge to UIC Class II Permit: April 29th U.S. EPA Environmental Appeals Board Decision

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Environmental Appeals Board (“EAB”) addressed in an April 29th decision a challenge to an underground injection control (“UIC”) Class II Permit (“Permit”) that had...more

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Title V/Clean Air Act: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Addresses Petition to Object to Commerce City, Colorado, Refinery

The Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued an Order responding to a Petition requesting objection to the issuance of a Title V operating permit (“Permit”) for the Suncor Energy...more

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Self-Disclosure/Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality and Crittenden County, Arkansas, Petroleum...

The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and Valero Partners West Memphis, LLC (“Valero”) entered into a January 29th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) to address an alleged air permit violation. See LIS...more

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FERC announces steps to streamline LNG permitting

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On Friday, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) announced significant measures to improve permitting for liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals. These measures follow up on Chairman McIntyre's statements earlier in...more

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Air Enforcement: Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board Order/Assessment of Penalty to Morristown, Tennessee Cotton Batting...

The Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board (“Board”) issued a February 6th Technical Secretary’s Order and Assessment of Civil Penalty (“Order”) to Jones Fiber Products, Inc. (“JFPI”) See Case No. APC17-0166. The Order...more

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Federal Bill Proposes Streamlined Pipeline Permitting, Vesting Authority in FERC

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On July 19, 2017, Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation that grants the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) increased autonomy over pipeline approvals. The bill, Promoting Interagency...more

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Alberta Court Strikes Out Pleadings Challenging Validity of Oil and Gas Permits

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A challenge to the validity of oil and gas permits outside the judicial review process is a collateral attack and will be struck, the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench held recently in Ominayak v Penn West Petroleum Ltd, 2015...more

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U.S. EPA Proposes New Rules on Air Emissions from the Oil and Gas Sector: Impacts to Owners and Operators

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On August 18, 2015, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a suite of proposed actions affecting the oil and gas industry. EPA’s proposed Clean Air Act rules address methane emissions from new and modified...more

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EPA Proposes New Clean Air Act Standards for Methane and VOC Emissions by the Oil and Natural Gas Sector

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) has released the text of a draft proposed rule that seeks to amend the new source performance standards (“NSPS”) addressing methane and volatile organic compounds (“VOC”) from...more

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Ohio Supreme Court Strikes Down Local Oil & Gas Regulations – How State Law Preemption Is Shielding the Oil and Gas Industry

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In a closely watched, 4-3 decision issued yesterday, February 17, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled that the ‘Home Rule Amendment’ to the Ohio Constitution does not grant the city of Munroe Falls the power to enforce its own oil...more

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