On Monday, Texas’s Second District Court of Appeals partially affirmed a District Court order allowing Range Resources Corporation’s (“Range”) defamation and business disparagement claims against a landowner to proceed. A copy of the court’s opinion is available here. This is the latest development in a case that gained notoriety when a video purporting to show… Continue Reading
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Subscribe to Texas RSS FeedTexas Railroad Commission Amends Fracturing Fluid Recycling Rules to Encourage Water Conservation
Posted in Disposal Wells, Groundwater, Hydraulic Fracturing, Legislative, Texas, WaterUnder rules adopted by the Texas Railroad Commission (Commission) on March 26, 2013, effective April 15, 2013, Texas hydraulic fracturing operators may recycle fracturing fluids on their own leased or owned land used for fracturing activities or may transfer the fluids for recycling on the land of another operator without a permit. According to the… Continue Reading
BakerHostetler Shale Symposium: Political and Policy Trends in 2013
Posted in Colorado, Hydraulic Fracturing, Ohio DNR, Ohio EPA, Pennsylvania, TexasOn Thursday, March 7, BakerHostetler’s Shale Team will host a panel discussion on political and policy trends related to shale development at The Houstonian Hotel. Michael G. Oxley – former Congressman and Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, former member of the Energy House Committee and co-author of the landmark Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 – will moderate… Continue Reading
Texas Agencies Announce Rules to Streamline Permitting and Ease Requirements for Oil and Gas Well Operators
Posted in Air Emissions, Groundwater, Hydraulic Fracturing, TexasIn recent weeks, both the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) and Texas Railroad Commission (TRRC) have proposed rules that would ease requirements for operators. On February 8, 2013, the TCEQ announced that it would propose a rule to streamline the process for authorizing air emissions plans for oil and gas well sites. The rule… Continue Reading
Texas Withdraws From Federal Challenge To USEPA’s Air Standards For Oil And Gas
Posted in Air Emissions, Hydraulic Fracturing, Litigation, Texas, U.S. EPAOn January 10, 2013, the State of Texas and two of its agencies (the Railroad Commission of Texas and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality) filed a joint motion in the Circuit Court for the District of Columbia to voluntarily dismiss their challenge to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) new air pollution standards regulating… Continue Reading