George Hopkins

Sep 5, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Matthew Dobbins |George Hopkins |Kelly Rondinelli

On August 14, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (“D.C. Circuit”) released a redacted copy of its opinion in Sinclair Wyoming Refining Co. LLC v.

Sep 3, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Thomas Aird |George Hopkins |Milton Padilla

In a unanimous opinion, a panel of judges from the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (the “D.C. Circuit”) vacated four key aspects from a 2022 rulemaking by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) because PHMSA failed to comply with its own requirements for rulemakings.1 A fifth rule was allowed to stand.

May 6, 2024 | jdsupra.com | George Hopkins |Nathan Schumacher |Ronald J. Tenpas

May 6, 2024 George Hopkins, Nathan Schumacher, Ronald Tenpas, Grant Tolley, Patrick Traylor Vinson & Elkins LLP + Follow x Following x Following - Unfollow Contact To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a final rule (the “Rule”) that substantially expands its Risk Management Program (“RMP”) regulations aimed at preventing chemical accidents. The Rule takes effect on May 10, 2024, and will impact facilities that...

May 2, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Corinne V. Snow |Thomas Aird |Matthew Dobbins |George Hopkins

New and additional bonding requirements for certain companies operating on the Outer Continental Shelf (“OCS”) will take effect in June as a result of a recent rulemaking. These new requirements will be phased in over a three-year period for subject companies. For companies subject to this requirement and that must provide the additional financial assurance, the total amounts that are required to be posted could increase by as much as $6.9 billion.

Feb 8, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Matthew Dobbins |George Hopkins |Aaron M Silberman

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has published a proposed rule to assess and collect billions of dollars in methane “waste emission charges” from the oil and gas sector. The proposal implements section 60113 of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (“IRA”), which gives the EPA new powers to act as tax assessor, collector, and enforcer based on a scant four subsections of statutory language.