The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved West Virginia’s application to obtain authorization and primacy regarding the issuance of permits for Class VI underground injection control (UIC) wells. This...more
1/30/2025
/ Carbon Capture and Sequestration ,
Energy Policy ,
Energy Projects ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Permits ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Safe Drinking Water Act ,
State and Local Government ,
Virginia
On November 12, 2024, less than one week after the most recent presidential election which will likely result in substantial changes to energy policy in the United States, the United States Environmental Protection Agency...more
11/26/2024
/ Biden Administration ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Final Rules ,
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Oil & Gas ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Trump Administration ,
USEPA
In a decision that has been anticipated for months, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion in Sackett v. United States, essentially rewriting jurisprudence established previously in Rapanos v. United States, 547 U.S. 715...more
On Thursday, August 13, the EPA finalized new rules that rolled back Obama-era policies and standards that regulated methane emissions emanating from oil and gas facilities, including from well sites, compressor stations and...more
In a 6-3 decision on Thursday, the United States Supreme Court vacated and remanded the opinion of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and found that the Clean Water Act (“CWA”) regulated discharges from point sources “if the...more
4/28/2020
/ Appeals ,
Clean Water Act ,
Direct Discharge ,
Discharge of Pollutants ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Functional Equivalent ,
Groundwater ,
Hawaii Wildlife Fund v County of Maui ,
Navigable Waters ,
Permits ,
Point Sources ,
Remand ,
SCOTUS ,
Vacated ,
Waters of the United States
Consistent with the President’s focus on streamlining the permitting process and jumpstarting energy infrastructure projects as outlined in his Executive Order 13868, the USEPA published new rules related to the state’s role...more
8/19/2019
/ Certification Requirements ,
Clean Water Act ,
Comment Period ,
Energy Projects ,
Energy Sector ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Proposed Rules ,
Public Comment ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Scope of Review ,
Section 401 ,
Water Quality
As anticipated, the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals took the formal action of vacating its temporary injunction which had enjoined the enforcement of the Obama-era rule which redefined Waters of the United States (WOTUS)...more
3/2/2018
/ Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Jurisdiction ,
Land Developers ,
New Rules ,
Public Comment ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Repeal ,
SCOTUS ,
US Army Corps of Engineers ,
Waters of the United States ,
Wetlands