January 24, 2017 | Category:
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pipelineThe federal Department of Transportation has issued new guidelines requiring pipeline operators to report accidents and spills more quickly. The rules give specific time frames for accidents and cost-recovery provisions for new projects. New Regulations HERE. The new rules come a week after PHMSA announced new regulations regarding onshore hazardous liquid pipelines.
January 19, 2017 | Category:
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Rocky Mountain Mineral Law FoundationThe mining industry is optimistic that the Trump administration will reduce regulatory burdens on mining and support efforts to open new mines. Several lawmakers have already introduced mining-related bills, and the American Exploration & Mining Association is working on a “wish list” of mining related asks for the incoming administration. For example, the mining industry […]
January 16, 2017 | Category:
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oil and gasObama creates 3 new national monuments, expands 2 others In his last week, President Obama controversially announced the creation of three new national monuments and the expansion of two existing national monuments using the Antiquities Act of 1906. The Antiquities Act was passed by the United States Congress and signed into law by Theodore Roosevelt […]
Lawmakers Consider Reforms to California’s Water Delivery Rules Representatives from California and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy introduced H.R. 23 on January 4, 2017, to facilitate further drought relief for California farmers and water districts. Among other things, the bill aims to protect water rights, reduce costs of water delivery contracts, amend the 1992 Central […]
Challengers battle Obama over BLM Oil and Gas Methane Rule The Obama administration will square off against industry and several states this month over the Bureau of Land Management’s new methane rule regulating emissions from the oil and gas operations. The U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming will hear both state and industry […]
December 21, 2016 | Category:
NewsFWS Reconsidering Lesser Prairie Chicken Listing In late November, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) agreed to reconsider the status of the lesser prairie chicken, whose habitat sprawls through the oil and gas fields of West Texas, New Mexico, Kansas and the Rockies. In response to a petition requesting relisting, the agency published a […]
December 14, 2016 | Category:
NewsBreaking: Trump taps Montana congressman Ryan Zinke as interior secretary According to the Washington Post (full article HERE), President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Republican Rep. Ryan Zinke, who has represented Montana’s at-large congressional seat for one term, to serve as secretary of the Department of the Interior, according to an individual with firsthand knowledge of […]
December 14, 2016 | Category:
NewsBREAKING: Trump Taps Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson For Secretary Of State Post President-elect Donald J. Trump on Tuesday officially tapped ExxonMobil Corp. CEO Rex Tillerson to serve as U.S. Secretary of State. Democrats and some Republicans have expressed concern and alluded to confirmation trouble ahead, speculating that Tillerson’s path to confirmation could be rocky given […]
December 13, 2016 | Category:
NewsLawmakers Oppose EPA’s “Midnight Rules” Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) has encouraged the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) to stop work on the Clean Power Plan, which will require power plants to reduce carbon emissions, the Clean Water Rule, and a registration review of the herbicide atrazine, which has been shown to be harmful to birds. […]
December 1, 2016 | Category:
NewsSarah M. Taylor With a background in environmental law, Sarah provides clients with valuable insight into the regulatory process. She has worked on complex cases involving the Clean Water Act, the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). Sarah uses her experience in both the public and […]
