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Offshore Drilling Plan Earns Strong Reactions

By William C. Schillaci Dec 5, 2016 Energy

Updated: Dec 5, 2016

The Department of the Interior (DOI) and DOI’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) jointly announced the proposed final plan for offshore oil and gas (O&G) leases for 2017–2022. According to the BOEM, the proposed final plan makes available areas containing approximately 70 percent of the economically recoverable resources in the U.S. outer continental shelf […]

Title V Permit Notices Go Electronic

By Clare Condon Jan 25, 2016 Regulatory Developments

Updated: Aug 22, 2017

In a proposal, the EPA is seeking to revise the public notice provisions for draft Clean Air Act (CAA) New Source Review (NSR) and Title V permits by eliminating the requirement that notice of a draft be published in general circulation newspapers and instituting an electronic public notification system. The proposal would also allow other […]