The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) last Wednesday proposed new rules that would amend regulations governing oil and gas production facility equipment to minimize emissions and ensure that public health is protected.
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Texas Proposes New Rules to Cut Production Emissions
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) Wednesday proposed new rules that would amend regulations governing oil and gas production facility equipment to minimize emissions and ensure that public health is protected.
Former MMS Official Fined for Conflict Violation
A retired official of the Interior Department’s Minerals Management Service (MMS) was sentenced last Monday to probation and a $2,000 fine for felony violation of rules governing employees after they leave the federal government.
Democratic Lawmakers Propose ‘Comprehensive’ Approach to Gas Infrastructure
Reps. Tim Bishop (D-NY) and Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD) introduced legislation last Thursday to create a commission that would examine policies governing the siting of natural gas infrastructure.
Standards-of-Conduct Proposal Takes Leap Backward
FERC last Thursday took a giant step backward with its new proposal governing the conduct of natural gas pipelines and electric transmission providers and their marketing affiliates.
FERC’s Standards of Conduct Proposal Takes Leap Backward
FERC on Thursday took a giant step backward with its new proposal governing the conduct of natural gas pipelines and electric transmission providers and their marketing affiliates.
MMS Proposes Changes to Royalty Relief Regulations
Interior Department’s Minerals Management Service (MMS) is proposing changes to its regulations governing royalty relief for deepwater leases to comply with a 2004 decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
MMS Proposes Changes to Royalty-Relief Regulations
The Interior Department’s Minerals Management Service (MMS) is proposing changes to its regulations governing royalty relief for deepwater leases to comply with a 2004 decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Supervision of Texas Well Inspectors Found Lacking
Less than half, or 46%, of the 169,000 oil and natural gas leases in Texas were not inspected for five years, and there is a troubling lack of rules governing inspectors’ relationships with well operators, according to an audit of the Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC).
CPUC Sets Post-PUHCA Holding Company Rules
In response to last year’s repeal of the Public Utilities Holding Company Act (PUHCA), the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) unanimously approved new rules governing private sector utilities and their holding companies. Action by the CPUC had been delayed or postponed for several months, but none of the affected companies objected to the action.