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Infrastructure Under the Biden Administration
Watch Kevin Ewing , Ann Navaro , Liam Donovan , and Eric Washburn as they discuss the current transition topics under the Biden Administration.
City of Houston Tightens Local Hazardous Materials Regulations
The early morning explosion at the Watson Grinding and Manufacturing site on January 24, 2020 continues to have an impact. The Houston City Council significantly amended the city's hazardous enterprises ordinance this week in an effort to exert more local...
Carbon Capture and Sequestration: Policy, Permitting, Liability and Tax Credits
Watch Jason Hutt , Elizabeth McGinley , and Christine Wyman as they discuss Carbon Capture Underground Storage (CCUS), 45Q tax exemption and key compliance, permitting and liability consideration, and much more.
EPA Draft Guidance Memorandum on the Application of County of Maui
On December 8, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released a draft guidance memorandum (“Draft Guidance”) to provide guidance to the regulated community and permitting authorities, including the EPA, on applying the recent decision of the United States Supreme...
No Longer a Lightweight: Promising Paths Forward for Hydrogen-Related Energy
We are pleased to present a panel on the emerging role of hydrogen in the energy sector. In addition to an overview of hydrogen energy options from Dave Edwards of Air Liquide, the panel will include discussions of key policy...
Clean Water Act: The Good, The Bad, and The Muddy
This Environmental Law Seminar webinar discussed a range of Clean Water Act topics including reissuance and revisions of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ nationwide permits for work in wetlands and other waters regulated by Section 404 of the Act...
The Next Four Years: What Will the Clean Air Act Bring?
The Trump administration arrived four years ago with a strong deregulatory agenda, which included a number of promised changes to Clean Air Act (CAA) rules and policies. After getting off to a slow start, the Trump EPA carried out a...
Post-Election Analysis from Bracewell’s Policy Resolution Group (PRG): Implications for U.S. Energy and Environmental Policy
PRG’s Scott Segal , Tim Urban and Eric Washburn led a discussion about the 2020 election outcome and the impact it will have on the Energy and Environment industries through political and policy analysis.
The PRG Pulse 2020 Post Election Webinar
Guest Speakers for the PRG Pulse 2020 Post-Election Webinar Michael Gottlieb: Former Counsel to President Obama and Senior Advisor on political-military affairs Ron Minsk: Former Special Assistant to President Obama on energy and environmental affairs at the White House National...
10th Circuit expands PSM coverage
The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals (covering Oklahoma, Kansas, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, and Utah) issued an opinion on Tuesday (10/27/2020) that expands the applicability of OSHA’s process-safety-management standard to interconnected processes—even when the interconnected process does not contain any...
U.S. Chemical Safety Board Issues Factual Update on TPC Group Port Neches Facility
Today, the CSB issued an interim factual update on its investigation of the November 27, 2019 explosion at TPC Group's Port Neches facility in Texas. The November 2019 explosion resulted in millions of dollars of estimated loss, shut down the...
TCEQ Accepting Comments on Proposed Changes to Penalty Policy
Join Whit Swift to discuss the proposed changes in greater detail and provide some real-world examples of how the proposed changes might increase administrative penalties for members of the regulated community in Texas. We will also discuss the changes that...
Update on State of Texas NPDES Application to Issue Federal Discharge Permits for Oil and Gas Facilities
EPA Review Process On October 12, 2020, Region 6 of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) received a delegation request from the State of Texas seeking authority to issue federal permits for discharges of produced water, hydrostatic test water...
Environmental Essentials: Citizen Suits
Increasingly, opponents of pipelines and other projects are using environmental citizen suit mechanisms to create obstacles to development. This month, Bracewell’s Environmental Essentials webinar will provide a tour through the various citizen suit authorities, identify valuable defenses, especially with respect...
TCEQ Accepting Comments on Proposed Changes to Penalty Policy
At a September 24, 2020 Work Session, TCEQ Executive Director Toby Baker sought approval from the TCEQ Commissioners to propose changes to the TCEQ’s Penalty Policy (RG-253) that will give the agency discretion to significantly increase administrative penalties for certain...