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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) last Thursday issued a final rule that relaxes the prescriptive core principles related to trading swaps on designated contract markets (DCM), and proposed delaying until the end of the year the effectiveness of some provisions of Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Thursday issued a final rule relaxing the proposed prescriptive core principles related to the trading of swaps on designated contract markets (DCMs), and proposed delaying the effectiveness of certain provisions of Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act until the end of the year.

The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) is skeptical of information pipeline operators have submitted to comply with a new state registry, the chairman of the agency told a Pittsburgh audience Friday.

The cause of an apparent “well control incident” at a Chesapeake Energy Corp. natural gas drilling site in Wyoming was under investigation Wednesday, and the producer was preparing resources and equipment to get it under control. No injuries were reported.

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) has issued a proposal seeking to strengthen the federal-state relationship with respect to pipeline damage prevention, as well as the enforcement process.

Although already under environmental appeal, Utah state officials issued a permit the last week in March to a Delaware-based company to a begin a large oil shale extraction project that eventually could cover up to 1,500 acres in the Uintah Basin. It could end up being one of the largest oil shale mining operations in the state.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has withdrawn the “imminent and substantial endangerment order” that it issued against Range Resources Corp. in December 2010 for alleged methane contamination of water wells in North Texas.

Emissions limits for new power plants detailed in proposed New Source Performance Standards issued last week by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are achievable and “in line with investments already being made,” according to EPA, but those claims were quickly disputed by some industry representatives.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has withdrawn the “imminent and substantial endangerment order” that it issued against Range Resources Corp. in December 2010 for alleged methane contamination of water wells in North Texas.