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DOI Promulgates a New Final Rule for Increased Safety Measures on the OCS

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Dicharry and Robert E. Specifically, the new final rule adds a section to 30 CFR 250, subpart Q regarding submission of decommissioning applications and reports when a blowout preventer (“BOP”) is used for abandonment operations, 250.1704(g)(1)(ii). Initially, BOEMRE implemented the recommendations through an interim final rule.

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Louisiana Third Circuit Affirms that LDNR Can Only Recover Emergency Response Costs Under La. R.S. 30:93(A)(4) from the Operator of Record and its Working Interest Owners

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Sandhill never managed to stop the leak, and it abandoned the well in August 2019. Privacy Policy: By subscribing to Liskow & Lewis’ E-Communications, you will receive articles and blogs with insight and analysis of legal issues that may impact your industry. 30:80 et seq. Lyon Well #1. with stopping the leak.

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Thinking About Improving Your Louisiana Facility? Follow These Steps or Risk Unlimited Lien Liability Under Louisiana’s Private Works Act

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If a Notice of Contract has not been filed, subcontractors and suppliers have a sixty-day period to file a lien, which begins running on the date of substantial completion, the owner’s abandonment of the work, or the filing of a Notice of Termination. This can occur on any project involving any physical change to real property in Louisiana.

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DOI Regulatory Agenda Includes BSEE Rulemakings on Decommissioning and Bonding for Civil Penalty Appeals

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Privacy Policy : By subscribing to Liskow & Lewis’ E-Communications, you will receive articles and blogs with insight and analysis of legal issues that may impact your industry. BSEE’s 2024 decommissioning rule would update 30 C.F.R. BSEE is currently authorized to assess civil penalties of up to $52,646 per day per regulatory violation.

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Department of Interior Proposes New Financial Assurance and Decommissioning Regulations

The Energy Law

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (“BOEM”) and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (“BSEE”) recently issued a proposed rule on Risk Management, Financial Assurance and Loss Prevention (“Proposed Rule”), which was published in the Federal Register on October 16, 2020 and is now open for public comment.

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Renewable Energy Efforts Highlighted in Draft Plan to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Louisiana

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Some of the actions are related to development of renewable energy in Louisiana, whereas others aim to manage emissions. Actions under strategy 9 center around drafting new legislation to increase the plugging of abandoned and orphaned wells. The Task Force released a first draft of the report in the spring of 2021.

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Department of Interior Proposes New Financial Assurance and Decommissioning Regulations

The Energy Law

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (“BOEM”) and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (“BSEE”) recently issued a proposed rule on Risk Management, Financial Assurance and Loss Prevention (“Proposed Rule”), which was published in the Federal Register on October 16, 2020 and is now open for public comment.