On June 30, 2022, in West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency, the United States Supreme Court ended EPA’s “Clean Power Plan,” an on-again off-again power plant greenhouse gas rule that had been volleyed between the Obama, Trump, and Biden administrations, and...
Federal Action: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is considering a discretionary redesignation of certain Permian Basin counties in southeast New Mexico and West Texas as ozone nonattainment areas under the 2015 National Ambient Air Quality Standard...
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) issued a new national policy providing guidance on authorizations for carbon sequestration projects on federal lands via Instruction Memorandum No. 2022-041 (June 8, 2022). This broad policy and guidance document covers the...
When it comes to operating on federal lands, timing and know-how are everything. To develop federal oil and gas leases, operators need to conduct extensive due diligence to avoid permitting delays and to identify and mitigate potential litigation risks. This is...
