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SAFE PIPES Act: 2016 Legislation Affecting PHMSA

The Energy Law

President Obama signed the Protecting our Infrastructure of Pipelines and Enhancing Safety Act or the SAFE PIPES Act into law on June 22, 2016. Importantly, the SAFE PIPES Act mandates the PHMSA provide a report to Congress within eighteen months studying the risks and safety recommendations for existing hazardous liquid pipelines.

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All or Nothing: Regulators Strictly Define Pipeline Abandonment

The Energy Law

On August 16th, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) issued an advisory bulletin to clarify the regulatory requirements that may vary depending on the operational status of a pipeline under 49 C.F.R. Parts 192 and 195 (2016). These pipelines may still contain hazardous materials.

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BOEM Releases Long Awaited New Financial Assurance Notice to Lessees and Operators

The Energy Law

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) released its long awaited new Notice to Lessees and Operators (NTL) updating the procedures and criteria used to determine when and if additional supplemental financial assurance is required for an Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) lease, pipeline right-of-way, or right-of-use and easement.

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FERC Rejects Sierra Club’s Request for Rehearing and Green Lights $3.5B LNG Export Facility in Lake Charles, Louisiana

The Energy Law

On November 23, 2016, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) confirmed its authorization of the construction of a $3.5 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility in Lake Charles, Louisiana and rejected the Sierra Club’s request for rehearing on the matter. billion standard cubic feet per day (Magnolia LNG Project).

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Department of Interior Proposes New Financial Assurance and Decommissioning Regulations

The Energy Law

2016-N01, in 2016, which created widespread industry concern, and, as a result, was never fully implemented. To provide guidance on this issue, from 1998 through 2016, BOEM (and its predecessor) issued four NTLs, with each subsequent NTL replacing the prior NTL. BOEM issued the last and most controversial NTL, NTL No.

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The Dusky Gopher Frog Causes Big Problems for Industrial and Commercial Development in Parts of St. Tammany Parish

The Energy Law

2016 WL 3568093, at *1-2 (5th Cir. June 30, 2016). Subsequently, on June 30, 2016, in a 2-1 decision, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed Judge Feldman’s ruling, upholding the FWS’s designation of Unit 1 as a “critical habitat” under the ESA. Markle Interests, 2016 WL 3568093, at *10-12.

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Department of Interior Proposes New Financial Assurance and Decommissioning Regulations

The Energy Law

2016-N01, in 2016, which created widespread industry concern, and, as a result, was never fully implemented. To provide guidance on this issue, from 1998 through 2016, BOEM (and its predecessor) issued four NTLs, with each subsequent NTL replacing the prior NTL. BOEM issued the last and most controversial NTL, NTL No.