EPA Issues New Guidance on Fracking with Diesel Fuels
Action is hot and heavy on the regulatory front. Just this past week, EPA announced its proposal for permit guidance for fracking operations utilizing some form of diesel in injection fluids, and the...
View ArticleBLM Propose Rule on Fracking on Public and Indian Lands: Keeping Your Secrets...
Much as been written about the Bureau of Land Management’s (“BLM”) proposed regulations for hydraulic fracturing on public and Indian lands, which would establish new permitting, testing, substantive,...
View ArticleBLM Propose Rule on Fracking on Public and Indian Lands: Small Point About...
In our prior post on the BLM fracking rule, we discussed confidential information and trade secrets which the agency is proposing to collect and, in some cases, disclose. That issue concerns all...
View ArticleThe Cart Versus The Horse
Sometimes EPA enforcement actions are the “cart” following up to ensure compliance with duly promulgated compliance requirements. But sometimes, enforcement activities can be the “horse,”...
View ArticleOhio's New Oil & Gas Law: Hydraulic Fracturing Highlights
On Monday, July 11, Governor John Kasich signed Senate Bill 315, which ushered in broad new requirements governing hydraulic fracturing and unconventional drilling operations in Ohio, which is home to...
View ArticleTrends In Natural Gas Torts
While many tort actions have been filed across the country alleging health, drinking water, and other damages from fracking operations – including earthquakes in Arkansas – there have been almost no...
View ArticleBLM Extends Comment Period on Fracking Rules; White House Insists Rule Out by...
This week the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced a two-month extension of the comment period on its rules for hydraulic fracturing operations on public and Indian lands. The new deadline is...
View ArticleHydraulic Fracturing: State Regulatory Roundup
Vol 1. – Disclosure Although the oil and gas industry has been hydraulically fracturing wells for decades, recent recoveries of natural gas and oil from shale plays has sparked an exponential...
View ArticleTrouble in the Marcellus - EAB Rejects UIC Well Permit and New Duke Study
A recent EPA Environmental Appeals Board ruling and a northern Pennsylvania well water study from the Duke University researchers are creating perception headaches for the fracking industry in the...
View ArticleHydraulic Fracturing: State Roundup Vol. 2
Fracking Insider Readers: We are pleased to bring you Volume 2 of our State Regulatory Roundup. As we explained in Volume 1, we designed the Roundup to provide quick overviews on state regulatory...
View ArticleEndangered Species Act Finding With Potential Fracking Implications
The diamond darter, a small river fish related to the infamous snail darter that put the Tennessee Valley Authority’s operations in jeopardy in the late 1970s, has been proposed for listing as...
View ArticleHydraulic Fracturing: State Regulatory Roundup Vol. 3
Fracking Insider Readers: We are pleased to bring you Volume 3 of our State Regulatory Roundup. As we explained in Volumes 1 and 2, we designed the Roundup to provide quick overviews on state...
View ArticleHouse Natural Gas Caucus Discusses Pricing Pressure and Export Potential
On July 25th, the U.S. House of Representatives Natural Gas Caucus held a hearing entitled “State of the Natural Gas Industry: Challenges and Opportunities for American Job Growth.” The major themes of...
View ArticleHydraulic Fracturing: State Regulatory Roundup Vol. 4
Fracking Insider Readers: We are pleased to bring you Volume 4 of our State Regulatory Roundup. As we explained in earlier volumes, we designed the Roundup to provide quick overviews on state...
View ArticleCBD Serves Notice
On August 28, 2012, the Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) served an Endangered Species Act sixty-day notice on the Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Marine...
View ArticleNew York District Court Bounces NEPA Challenge - For Now
A federal court in New York dismissed a challenge alleging a failure by the Delaware River Basin Commission (“DRBC” or “Commission”), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and others* to conduct National...
View ArticleSEMINAR INVITATION: Hydraulic Fracturing, Natural Gas and the US...
Please consider joining us on Tuesday, October 23rd as Kelley Drye's Environmental & Energy and Government Relations practice groups gather government and industry leaders at the Ronald Reagan...
View ArticleHydraulic Fracturing: State Regulatory Roundup Vol. 5
Fracking Insider Readers: We are pleased to bring you Volume 5 of our State Regulatory Roundup. As we explained in earlier volumes, we designed the Roundup to provide quick overviews on state...
View ArticleHydraulic Fracturing: State Regulatory Roundup Vol. 6
Fracking Insider Readers: We are pleased to bring you Volume 6 of our State Regulatory Roundup. As we explained in earlier volumes, we designed the Roundup to provide quick overviews on state...
View ArticleHydraulic Fracturing, Natural Gas and the U.S. Manufacturing Renaissance...
On October 23, 2012, Kelley Drye & Warren, LLP convened a conference of key members of the oil and gas industry and energy-intensive manufacturing industries. The seminar, entitled Hydraulic...
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