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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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U.S. Fifth Circuit Clarifies “Substantial Nexus” Test for LHWCA

The Energy Law

After the incident, two of the offshore platforms connected by pipeline to the platform where the work was performed had to be shut down. In Pacific Operators Offshore, LLP v. 207, 222 (2012). Mays’s family filed a wrongful death action in federal court against Chevron invoking Louisiana state law. .

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Regulating the Regulators: Supreme Court Allows Judicial Review of Clean Water Act Determinations

The Energy Law

a)(3) (2012). Under the Corps’ broad interpretation, these “waters” have included land that is occasionally saturated, when the use of the land “could affect interstate or foreign commerce.” 33 CFR § 328.3(a)(3) The Corps has used this definition to assert jurisdiction over up to 300 million acres of swampy land.

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