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Plodding Pace of BLM Permitting is Focus of Bakken Effort

Plodding Pace of BLM Permitting is Focus of Bakken Effort

With industry, a U.S. senator and North Dakota state officials all focused on robust permitting applications for oil and natural gas development in the Bakken Shale, a new collaboration of federal agencies, the Bakken Federal Executives Group, is the latest attempt to streamline federal processes that are criticized for being too slow.

June 26, 2013

Former Enron Employees Gain ‘Committee’ Status in Bankruptcy Court

In a victory for laid-off employees of bankrupt Enron Corp., U.S. Trustee Carolyn Schwartz informed attorneys for the Severed Enron Employees Coalition (SEEC) on Thursday that she will appoint an “official committee” to focus on their issues. The committee would have basically the same standing as the 15-member Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors set up to oversee Enron’s assets and debts, which could give the former workers a better chance of recovering benefits.

February 19, 2002