As a new school year dawns, the U.S. Energy Information Administration has fittingly released an energy report
card for the states in the form of State Energy Data System (“SEDS”) estimates of state-level energy production,
consumption, prices, and expenditures during 2015.
Published in the Grand Junction Sentinel on August 20 and the Durango Herald on August 27.
Personal jurisdiction fans and the tort bar eagerly awaited the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision last month in Bristol-Myers Squibb v. Superior Court of California, 137 S. Ct. 1773.
As heavily-regulated entities, clients in the oil and gas space frequently need to reach out to outside environmental counsel and third-party environmental and engineering consultants. Chelsea Grossi will moderate a panel of environmental lawyers and professionals to answer your questions.
Montana
Governor Bullock Signs Executive Order Creating Interim Montana Clean Power Plan Advisory Council and Announces 27 Council Members
On November 12, 2015, Governor Steve Bullock issued an executive order creating the Interim Montana Clean Power Plan Advisory Council. The council will respond to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s final Clean Power Plan rule, which, among other changes from the proposed rules, increased Montana’s requirement for education of carbon dioxide emissions by 47 percent.
At the end of 2014, the Federal Government announced its plans for regulatory initiatives in 2015. Many of those initiatives focused on changes impacting the oil and gas industry, and in particular, air quality compliance related to oil and gas development. Below is a brief review of some of these notable federal regulatory changes and how they will impact Colorado operators.
Law Week Colorado, August 2015
EPA issued its proposed rule to the 8-hour ozone NAAQs on December 17, 2014, indicating that it may lower the allowable levels of ozone to a range between .065 and .070 ppm; this is a significant tightening of the standard from the current level of .075 ppm. The final rule is expected in October 2015.