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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). Before the amendment, the regulation did not specify a reporting deadline.

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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.