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EPA and BSEE Team Up to Resolve Offshore Environmental Violations

The Energy Law

The Violation In March 2012, BSEE conducted an inspection of ATP’s floating production platform facility, known as the ATP Innovator, while it was moored to the sea floor about 45 nautical miles offshore of southeastern Louisiana (about 125 miles south of New Orleans) and engaged in the production of oil and natural gas. See United States v.

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Fifth Circuit Rejects EPA’s Overreaching on CAA and MBTA

The Energy Law

The CPI separators have roofs that prevent the release of air emissions, but the equalization tanks (as well as the other downstream equipment) do not. As a strict liability offense, the government does not need to prove that the defendant had a criminal intent.