The Energy Law Blog

MARCH 6, 2023

The Safer Seas Act was passed and enacted into law in December 2022 as part of the National Defense Authorization Act. It is meant to serve as a guide for compliance with the new law but not as a substitution for conferring with an attorney to confirm you are in fact in compliance with the law.

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The Energy Law Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2023

At long last, the State of Louisiana’s request to take over primary enforcement authority for the permitting of Class VI injection wells has been approved. Privacy Policy : By subscribing to Liskow & Lewis’ E-Communications, you will receive articles and blogs with insight and analysis of legal issues that may impact your industry.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 15, 2024

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come.

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Frontiers

OCTOBER 11, 2023

The latest news on our collaborations with research institutions, libraries, consortia, and funders. Something we believe to be crucial in a world facing unprecedented challenges from climate change to fake news and conflict. market Julia Kotova.

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Frontiers

MARCH 5, 2023

Dr Randolf Menzel, an emeritus professor at the Department of Neurobiology of the Free University of Berlin, and the study’s lead author, explained: “Here we show that honeybees use a ‘navigation memory’, a kind of mental map of the area that they know, to guide their search flights when they look for their hive starting in a new, unexplored area.

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The Energy Law Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

The legislative session begins April 10, and one bill has already been filed to remove expropriation authority from all CCUS activity. [1] A federal court enjoined that resolution on the basis that the parish does not have the authority to regulate CCUS operations. [2] This blog will be updated as any new CCUS bills are filed.

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The Energy Law Blog

MARCH 6, 2024

Namely, SB285 would grant authority to the Office of Conservation to establish units for brine production. Privacy Policy : By subscribing to Liskow & Lewis’ E-Communications, you will receive articles and blogs with insight and analysis of legal issues that may impact your industry.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 4, 2022

As the nation prepares to pour hundreds of billions of federal dollars into rescuing water systems, the Great Lakes News Collaborative investigates the true cost of water in Michigan. . At the time, some Elk Rapids residents resisted the move to build a new sewer system. But the new plant was built and went into operation in 2016.

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The Energy Law Blog

APRIL 3, 2023

Since our previous post covering the legislative session, the filed CCS bills now include: HB 10, which would remove expropriation authority from all CCS activity. [1] Communications include firm news, insights, and events. Helena Parish. [2] 6] HB 453, which would prohibit all CCS facilities except in the Gulf of Mexico. [7]

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

According to the settlement, I&E noted that technicians failed to follow company procedure; that training materials provided by Peoples Natural Gas were not sufficiently detailed to ensure that employees were qualified; and that the design of the regulator station likely contributed to the incident. M-2023-3024990.

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The Energy Law Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans requesting that the Court “hold unlawful, vacate, and set aside” the final rule which approved Louisiana’s 2021 application for primacy. Communications include firm news, insights, and events.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 19, 2023

16 [PaEN] -- WITF: Allentown-based C.F. Martin First US Company To Receive Sustainability Certification For Plastic-Free Guitar -- Aug. Of Labor & Industry Reports Record Low 3.5%

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The Energy Law Blog

JUNE 29, 2023

In a unanimous decision, a three-judge panel of the Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeal affirmed the authority of the Louisiana Tax Commission to correct property tax assessments of pipelines when a local assessor uses values that are too high or do not reflect fair market value. In Enerfin Field Services v. 22-740 (La.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 18, 2022

The author (second from left) as a child sitting out the rain in Chardon, Ohio, with her sister, cousin, and brother. Photo is author’s own. As I write this, it’s 83 degrees Fahrenheit in Washington, DC, and I can’t help but long for those years when I was a kid, when spring felt like spring and seasons were demarcated.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 22, 2023

And lastly, the Army Corps finalizes a new program to finance dam safety improvements. The bill authorizes $50 million a year over five years. The Rundown The EPA wants to expand the number of coal ash facilities regulated to protect water bodies from contaminants. Water is selfish, fires are hungry. By the Numbers 30 : Percent of U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 9, 2022

On December 9, the Department of Environmental Protection announced it has issued three orders to Equitrans L.P. the gas storage operator of the Rager Mountain Gas Storage Reservoir and George L Reade 1 storage well located in Jackson Township, Cambria County. DEP said an estimated 1 billion cubic feet of natural gas escaped from the facility.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 16, 2023

Million -- TribLive: Fetterman Says He Is ‘Not A Progressive’ Click Here for latest PA Environmental News Like PA Environment Digest on Facebook Follow PA Environment Digest on Twitter Threads PA Environment Digest Feed Read Weekly PA Environment Digest [Posted: December 16, 2023] PA Environment Digest Keystone Goldwater Conference Feb.

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Frontiers

JUNE 14, 2022

In a short space of time the installation of a pipeline led to increases in the abundance and diversity of marine life in most areas,” said Daniel Jones, associate head of ocean biogeosciences at the National Oceanography Centre, UK, and author of this study. “We Read original articl e ? Download original article (pdf).

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The Energy Law Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The regulations describe the types of violations that are eligible for penalty reduction; the pre-requisites that must be met for a 75% or 100% penalty reduction; and required notices, including notice prior to the self-audit, in order to qualify for the program. Part 68 and LAC § 33:III.5901; LAC § 33:I.7007(A). LAC § 33:I.7009(E).

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Frontiers

MARCH 15, 2023

Both protein consumption and the world’s population are increasing which leads to an urgent demand for sustainable protein sources,” said Dr Thuy-My Le, senior author of the study published in Frontiers in Allergy. “An Furthermore, these new legumes may elicit allergic complaints in already legume-allergic patients.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Posted on February 12, 2024 by Marla E. Wieder AI generated image using Adobe Firefly Whether you celebrated Festivus , Christmas or any real or recently manufactured holiday this past season, as a former upstate New Yorker my thoughts inevitably turn to snow. While most Americans believe that the U.S.

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The Energy Law Blog

APRIL 3, 2023

Since our previous post covering the legislative session, the filed CCS bills now include: HB 10, which would remove expropriation authority from all CCS activity. [1] Communications include firm news, insights, and events. Helena Parish. [2] 6] HB 453, which would prohibit all CCS facilities except in the Gulf of Mexico. [7]

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The Energy Law Blog

MAY 26, 2023

Those eight House bills could have effectively stopped most CCS projects around the state, particularly the CCS bill which sought to remove eminent domain authority from CCS projects. The remaining bill, HB 571 by Speaker Schexnayder, passed the Senate Natural Resources Committee without any new amendments and moved to the Senate Floor.

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The Energy Law Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

The legislative session begins April 10, and one bill has already been filed to remove expropriation authority from all CCUS activity. [1] A federal court enjoined that resolution on the basis that the parish does not have the authority to regulate CCUS operations. [2] This blog will be updated as any new CCUS bills are filed.

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The Energy Law Blog

AUGUST 29, 2022

Under Section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (NGA), FERC is responsible for authorizing the siting and construction of onshore and near-shore LNG import or export facilities. [3] 717b(a), (e). [4] A petition filed on July 19 by Sierra Club and Healthy Gulf seeks review of a “dredge and fill” permit granted by the U.S. 717r(d)(1)). [2].

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 23, 2023

e) and (f) that creates a general permit-type process to grant approval for water use by individual shale gas drilling pads. NewsClips: -- Marcellus Drilling News: Punxsutawney Phil Getting A New Neighbor - Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well -- TribLive: Grant Twp., Click Here to sign up for SRBC’s newsletter.

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The Energy Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

This is an important step towards obtaining primary enforcement authority (or “primacy”) over the Safe Drinking Water Act Underground Injection Control (“UIC”) Class VI well permitting program, which currently lies with the Environmental Protection Agency. Communications include firm news, insights, and events.

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The Energy Law Blog

JANUARY 21, 2021

Department of Interior (“Interior”) issued an order, effective immediately, mandating a 60-day moratorium on new oil and gas leases and drilling permits on public lands and waters (“Order”). Communications include firm news, insights, and events. The Order can be found at [link].

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The Energy Law Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The Department of the Interior (“DOI”) recently published its semi-annual regulatory agenda, which includes two new planned rulemakings affecting federal offshore leases. BSEE is currently authorized to assess civil penalties of up to $52,646 per day per regulatory violation. 9598 (Feb. 250.1403; NTL No. 2023-N02 (March 24, 2023).

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The Energy Law Blog

APRIL 1, 2022

SB 245 would grant new powers to the DNR secretary to appoint an executive director and any other personnel necessary to efficiently administer the Fund. SB 245 would grant new powers to the DNR secretary to appoint an executive director and any other personnel necessary to efficiently administer the Fund. Congress has dedicated $4.7

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Science & Climate

MAY 3, 2021

Our study suggests that green energy and species conservation goals may come into conflict in California’s Mojave Desert, which supports nearly 500 rare plant species as well as a rapidly expanding solar industry,” said lead author Karen Tanner, who conducted the work as a Ph.D. mohavense) and the common Wallace’s woolly daisy ( E.

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The Energy Law Blog

JANUARY 13, 2022

Businesses and other groups opposing the rule that OSHA had stated it would begin enforcing this week sought emergency relief from the Supreme Court, which stayed the rule upon finding that “[a]pplicants are likely to succeed on the merits of their claim that the Secretary of Labor lacked authority to impose the mandate.”.

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The Energy Law Blog

APRIL 11, 2023

HB 571 would make comprehensive changes to the CCS statutes, including notice provisions to local authorities, allocation of funds to local authorities, and increased financial and regulatory requirements on operators. Communications include firm news, insights, and events. Week 1 Update (4/14/2023): And it begins.

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The Energy Law Blog

APRIL 4, 2023

The current proposed bill, however, would require operators to remit all royalty payments directly to the lessors on behalf of nonparticipating working interest owners prior to well payout, i.e., during the recoupment of costs, and the statutorily authorized risk charge.

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The Energy Law Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

In doing so, the Court further cemented the legislature’s sole authority to determine whether and when to satisfy judgments against the State and its agencies. State of Louisiana through the Department of Natural Resources , 22-0625 (La. 1/1/23), So. million judgment for reimbursement of mineral royalties. 13:5109(B)(2). 13:5109(B)(2).

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 13, 2022

By Adrienne Berard, Penn State News A breakthrough in electric vehicle battery design has enabled a 10-minute charge time for a typical Electric Vehicle battery. The need for smaller, faster-charging batteries is greater than ever,” said Chao-Yang Wang , the William E. “The

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The Energy Law Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2023. The new guidance on equipment in Policy Letter 23-05 includes the following: Recordings must be continuous and uninterrupted – significantly this means no motion-activated cameras. The requirement for surveillance equipment is codified in 46, U.S.C.

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