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Department of the Interior Fails to Give Fair Notice of its Administrative Action

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If you are the type to be preoccupied with the drudgery nuances of federal statutory and regulatory interpretation, or if you have a fetish for acronyms, I recommend that you read all 41 spellbinding pages of W&T Offshore v....more

Holland & Hart LLP

Significant Industry Victory in Federal Offshore Royalty Dispute

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In a recent 44-page ruling, the Interior Board of Land Appeals (Board) vacated in full, without remand, an Order to Perform Restructured Accounting and Pay (Order) issued by the Office of Natural Resources Revenue (ONRR) that...more

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More ‘Big Beautiful’ Leasing in the Gulf of America

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Section 50102 of the OBBBA makes changes affecting what Section 18 of the OCS Lands Act calls the Five-Year Oil and Gas Leasing Program. Although the program is accompanied by thousands of pages of analysis, it is a one-page...more

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Bird Is the Word: US Fish & Wildlife Service Proposes Narrow Interpretation of Migratory Bird Treaty Act

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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued a proposed rule on January 30, 2020, that narrowly interprets the protections afforded by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. The new rule would provide that the MBTA prohibits only the...more

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