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Louisiana’s New Twenty-Day Deadline for Hydraulic Fracturing Reporting Requirements

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Dicharry On July 20, 2013, the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources amended its reporting and disclosure requirements for hydraulic fracturing stimulation operations. 1824 (July 20, 2013).

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EPA Issues New Air Regulations for the Oil and Natural Gas Industry

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By Stephen Wiegand On April 17, 2012, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for natural gas wells that are hydraulically fractured.

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EPA Proposes Significant Changes to NPDES Permit for Oil and Gas Facilities in the GOM OCS

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Moreno On March 7, 2012, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published in the Federal Register a proposed NPDES general permit for discharges from oil and gas facilities in the western and central portion of the Outer Continental Shelf of the Gulf of Mexico (the “proposed permit”). 7, 2012), available at [link]. By Carlos J.

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Fracking Scores with Two Colorado Supreme Court Opinions

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Hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” is a hotly debated topic in many states. The residents of Longmont, Colorado voted in 2012 to add Article XVI to the City’s home-rule charter. Tammany Parish filed suit after the announcement by Helis Oil & Gas of its intent to begin hydraulic fracturing in the Parish.

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Environmental Groups File Suit to Compel EPA to Review and Revise Oil and Gas Waste Regulations

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According to the complaint, the harm allegedly includes the “potential carcinogenic effects of hydraulic fracturing flowback water” and the “increasing earthquakes” allegedly linked to injection wells used for oil and gas wastewater disposal. McCarthy , Case No. 1:16-cv-00842-JDB, and was filed in the U.S. See Appalachian Voices v.

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