Recent accidents involving rail cars transporting crude oil from the Bakken shale region have resulted in the heightened interest of rail industry regulators and other federal agencies, including the Pipeline and Hazardous...more
On January 2, 2014, the Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration (PHMSA) issued a safety alert for the purpose of notifying the general public, emergency responders and shippers and carriers that recent...more
The litigation over the constitutionality of Ohio’s law R.C.1509.02 granting sole authority to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources to regulate activities associated with oil and gas exploration and production has reached...more
On August 19th, Senators Michael B. Enzi and John Barraso, M.D., as well as U.S. Representative Cynthia M. Lummis, wrote to the Secretary of the Interior, The Honorable Sally Jewell, requesting that the Department of the...more