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Implications of NTL 2012-N06 on OSRP Preparation and Review

The Energy Law

United States Dep’t of the Interior Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, GUIDANCE TO OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF OFFSHORE FACILITIES SEAWARD OF THE COAST LINE CONCERNING REGIONAL OIL SPILL RESPONSE PLANS, NTL No. 2012-N06 (2012), [hereinafter NTL 2012-N06]. NTL 2012 N-06, 3. NTL 2012 N-06, 5.

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Offshore Companies Face Surge in BSEE Enforcement Actions and Penalties

The Energy Law

In recent years, offshore companies have witnessed a marked uptick in the number of enforcement actions undertaken by the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE). [1] BSEE has also begun to target offshore contractors, who, until recently, have not faced exposure to agency enforcement actions. See Island Operating Co.,

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EPA Finalizes NPDES Permit for Oil and Gas Facilities in the GOM OCS

The Energy Law

Moreno On October 1st, 2012, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released the final 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 “final permit”). By Robert E. Holden and Carlos J.

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MMS Proposed Notice of Central Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 205

The Energy Law

This will be the first sale in the newly configured Central Gulf of Mexico Planning Area, and is the first Central GOM sale to be held in MMS’ 2007 – 2012 Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program. The proposed sale includes approximately 5,000 unleased blocks, covering over 28.5

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

The Energy Law

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].

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EPA and BSEE Team Up to Resolve Offshore Environmental Violations

The Energy Law

Recently, when there was talk about Houston-based ATP Oil and Gas’ (ATP) legal problems, it was inevitably about its bankruptcy and its effort to bring the overriding royalty interests it had conveyed back into the bankrupt estate as debt instruments.

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Proposed EPA Rules Would Subject Oil and Gas Sources to Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gas Emissions

The Energy Law

Covered facilities would include onshore petroleum and natural gas production, offshore petroleum and natural gas production, onshore natural gas processing, natural gas transmission, underground natural gas storage, liquefied natural gas storage, liquefied natural gas import and export facilities, and natural gas distribution facilities.

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