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Fifth Circuit to Hold Oral Argument in Sojitz v. UNOCAL in April 2020

The Energy Law

250, Subpart N, as support for the notion that “BSEE’s primary enforcement mechanisms for violations of the decommissioning regulations are civil fines and criminal penalties,” police powers to which Sojitz cannot subrogate. Oral argument has been tentatively set for the week of April 27, 2020. Parker Drilling Co. , 3d 515, 530 (S.D.

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Sea Change: New BOEM Proposed Rule Signals Major Shift in How Air Emissions Would Be Regulated in the OCS

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While the current rule uses Best Available Control Technology (BACT) as the first and primary control mechanism (and to a lesser degree, emission credits), the proposed rule would allow use of other mechanisms to reduce emissions. Proposed Rule, p. Proposed Rule, p.

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Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Weighs in on Hydraulic Fracturing and Subsurface Trespass

The Energy Law

12] Accordingly, the rule of capture is not rendered inapplicable simply because hydraulic fracturing provides an additional mechanism by which operators stimulate production. Southwestern Energy Production Company, 2020 WL 355911 (Pa. 6] Briggs , 2020 WL 355911 at p. *5. 1] Briggs v.