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Babst Calland: Commonwealth Court Issues Decision On Remaining Issues In Act 13 Case
Posted on 8 Aug 2014 by Babst Calland

By Lawrence H. Baumiller In its far-reaching decision in Robinson v. Commonwealth [ enhanced opinion available to lexis.com subscribers ], which was issued on December 19, 2013, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court invalidated several critical provisions... Read More

Tags: Robinson v. Commonwealth , alternative energy , fracking , Pennsylvania , Natural gas , Babst Calland , oil , Litigation , gas , Act 13 , energy

Babst Calland: New York Court Dismisses Suits Seeking to Compel State’s Environmental Impact Statement
Posted on 8 Aug 2014 by Babst Calland

By Holly A. Pisanelli On July 11, 2014, a New York state trial court dismissed two similar cases in which the plaintiffs sought to compel the State to finalize a Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement (“SGEIS”) pursuant to... Read More

Tags: New York , Joint Landowners Coal. of New York Inc. v. Cuomo , alternative energy , fracking , Wallach v. N.Y. State Dep’t of Envtl. Conservation , Natural gas , Babst Calland , oil , New York Environmental Quality Review Act , Litigation , Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement , gas , energy

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC: DOJ Ramps Up Interest in Oil and Gas Industry
Posted on 23 Aug 2013 by Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

By Gordon H. Copland, Russell D. Jessee and Nathaniel I. Holland Last year, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division reached an agreement with two natural gas producers who each paid fines of over one-half million dollars to settle claims... Read More

Tags: Halliburton , alternative energy , pressure pumping services , fracking , Antitrust , U.S. Department of Justice , oil and gas industry , Natural gas , SEC , oil , energy law , Baker Hughes , gas , DOJ , energy

Norton Rose Fulbright: Pennsylvania Landowners Ordered To Allow Producer To Begin Preliminary Pre-Fracking Tests
Posted on 15 Jan 2014 by Norton Rose Fulbright

By Barclay Nicholson On December 26, 2013, the judge in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, ordered 69 individuals and one golf course in Allegheny County to allow an oil and gas production company “reasonable ingress... Read More

Tags: alternative energy , fracking , Pennsylvania , Natural gas , oil , Allegheny County , gas , energy

Babst Calland: Proposed Pa. Legislation Seeks to Require Use of Steel Products Produced in U.S.
Posted on 8 Aug 2014 by Babst Calland

By Elena L. Rorabaugh Two pieces of proposed legislation were introduced to the Pennsylvania Senate on Thursday, July 31. Each has been referred to the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee. Senate Bill 1458 , if passed, would amend Title... Read More

Tags: alternative energy , fracking , legislation , Pennsylvania , Natural gas , Babst Calland , oil , gas , energy

Babst Calland: Ohio Supreme Court Accepts Dormant Mineral Act Case
Posted on 8 Aug 2014 by Babst Calland

By Michael T. Altvater The Ohio Supreme Court will review a key question of state law concerning application of the Dormant Mineral Act (“DMA”). In Corban v. Chesapeake Exploration, LLC , the United States District Court for the Southern... Read More

Tags: Utica Shale , Dormant Mineral Act , Ohio , alternative energy , fracking , Corban v. Chesapeake Exploration , Natural gas , Babst Calland , oil , Litigation , gas , energy

Babst Calland: U.S. EPA Proposes Amendments to Air Rules Affecting Oil and Gas Industry
Posted on 8 Aug 2014 by Babst Calland

By Meredith Odato Graham [On July 17] the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) published proposed amendments to federal air regulations at 40 C.F.R. 60, Subpart OOOO (Standards of Performance for Crude Oil and Natural Gas Production, Transmission... Read More

Tags: alternative energy , regulatory , fracking , Natural gas , Babst Calland , oil , Air Quality , gas , U.S. Environmental Protection Agency , proposed rules , EPA , energy

Norton Rose Fulbright Fracking Blog: House Democrats Request Hearing On Induced Seismicity
Posted on 15 Jan 2014 by Norton Rose Fulbright

By Barclay Nicholson Reps. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.), ranking member of the House Committee on Natural Resources, issued a letter to their Republican counterparts... Read More

Tags: Ohio , alternative energy , fracking , Oklahoma , Henry Waxman , Safe Drinking Water Act Underground Injection Control , Natural gas , New Mexico , oil , House Energy and Commerce Committee , House Committee on Natural Resources , hydraulic fracturing , Arkansas , gas , Peter DeFazio , Texas , UIC , energy