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Can PGP Qualify for Condemnation Authority?

Producer's Edge

Pipelines LLC , No. filed) was whether South Texas Pipelines LLC (“STX”), a subsidiary of Enterprise Products Partners L.P., had the power of eminent domain to condemn an easement across the appellants’ (“Landowners”) land for a new pipeline to transport polymer grade propylene (PGP).

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U.S. Fifth Circuit Adopts Broad Definition of “Good Faith” for Louisiana Environmental Whistleblower Claims

The Energy Law

applied a broad definition of the intent required of a plaintiff under the Louisiana Environmental Whistleblower Act. In Borcik , the plaintiff alleged that, while he was a deckhand on a Crosby Tugs vessel, the lead captain of that vessel ordered him to dump waste oil into navigable waters over a period of three years. June 1, 2017).

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2023 Begins With Increased (or Unlimited) Liability for Vessel Owners

The Energy Law

A Regulatory Increase to the Limits of Liability for Oil Pollution and an Amendment Exempting Small Passenger Vessels from the Limitation of Liability Act Present New Challenges for Vessel Owners U.S. First, the Coast Guard announced [1] increases to the liability limits in the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (“OPA”). [2]

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Federal Court Rules Oyster Fishermen Can’t Pursue Class Action Against Owners of Pipelines and Storage Tanks for Alleged Damages from Katrina

The Energy Law

Shell Pipeline Co. The defendants’ countered, arguing that fatal to the class definition was any geographic boundaries, making the class not ascertainable. The court focused heavily on the plaintiffs’ purported attempt to oversimplify the burden of proof that would require more than a common event such as a pipeline or tank rupture.

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New Air Standards for Oil & Gas Industry May Force HAP Area Sources into Major Source Status

The Energy Law

Moreno On August 16, 2012, EPA published a new rule that revises the NESHAP Subpart HH standards for the oil and gas industry. 63.761 (definition of “major source”). . 63.761 (definition of “major source”). . 63.761 (definition of “major source”). The new rule contains many changes and new requirements for the industry.

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U.S. Fifth Circuit Limits Vessels’ Obligations Under Louisiana One-Call Reporting

The Energy Law

Plains Pipeline, L.P. Noting that “[t]he Louisiana Supreme Court has never interpreted the One-Call Statute’s definition of ‘excavation’” and, the panel made what it termed an “ Erie guess” holding that a vessel that anchors without first placing a One-Call does not violate the One-Call Statute. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co.,

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BSEE’s Updated Decommissioning Rules Address RUEs and Formalize Predecessor Enforcement Practices

The Energy Law

RUE grants are authorizations from BOEM to use a portion of the seabed not encompassed by the holder’s lease to construct, modify, or maintain platforms, artificial islands, facilities, installations, and other devices that support exploration, development, or production of oil and gas or other energy resources from another lease.