State Bar, Environmental Law Section Presents Update on Fracking Regulations
The California State Bar, Environmental Law Section hosts an annual conference which welcomes attorneys and students from across the state to learn and discuss cutting edge environmental law issues....
View ArticleCalifornia Proposes Emergency Rules for Oil & Gas Waste Water Injection Wells...
On Thursday, April 2, the California Department of Conservation (“DOC”) published a notice of proposed emergency rulemaking for the state’s Class II Underground Injection Control (“UIC”) program. The...
View ArticleWater Board Issues Proposed Draft Model Criteria for Groundwater Monitoring
On April 29, 2015, the State Water Resources Control Board (“Water Board”) issued a Notice of Opportunity for Public Comment and Notice of Public Workshop regarding the proposed Draft Model Criteria...
View ArticleIndustry and Environmental Groups Make Pitch to Water Board Regarding Draft...
On Tuesday, May 19, 2015, the State Water Resources Control Board (“Water Board”) held a Public Workshop regarding the proposed Draft Model Criteria for Groundwater Monitoring (“Model Criteria”). In...
View ArticleYet Another Lawsuit Seeking to Limit California Oil Development
The clamor over hydraulic fracturing continued Wednesday as environmental activists filed another lawsuit to limit oil and gas development in California. The lawsuit, filed by Earthjustice on behalf...
View ArticleState Water Board Receives Groundwater Monitoring Recommendations from Experts
The State Water Resources Control Board (“Water Board”) has recently released recommendations from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (“LLNL”) on Model Criteria for Groundwater Monitoring....
View ArticleGov. Brown Assembles Fracking Review Panel
According to several news organizations, Governor Brown has announced plans to form a new panel to review the recent well stimulation study conducted by the California Council on Science and Technology...
View ArticleActivists ask Court to Scrap EIR and Stop Fracking
Today, July 30, the Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) filed a complaint in Sacramento County Superior Court against the Division of Oil, Gas & Geothermal Resources (“DOGGR”). CBD claims,...
View ArticleKern County Acts to Streamline Oil & Gas Permitting
In a process that took nearly three years to complete, on Monday, November 9, the Kern County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a significant change to its oil and gas regulations. The change...
View ArticleStricter Underground Gas Storage Regs are in the Works
On January 15, 2016, the Department of Conservation gave notice of an interim rulemaking package to regulate underground natural gas storage facilities. The proposed rulemaking comes in response to...
View ArticleStatus of Oil- and Gas-Related Bills Proposed in California’s 2015-2016...
February 19, 2016 was the deadline for lawmakers to introduce legislation to the 2015-2016 California Legislative Session, and the Legislature’s ever-growing appetite for regulating the energy industry...
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