ONRR’s Federal Oil & Gas and Federal & Indian Coal Valuation Reform: A Call for Comments, Industry Here’s Your Shot
…notice requesting comments from industry members and interested parties concerning whether updated royalty valuation regulations are necessary (RIN 1012-AA21).5 More specifically, ONRR seeks comments on the following questions: In the…
Community Support
…Institute of Flamenco New Mexico Museum of Natural History Outpost Productions, Inc. Santa Fe Opera Civic Albuquerque Community Foundation Albuquerque Economic Development Albuquerque Economic Forum Albuquerque Hispano Chamber of Commerce…
ONRR Proposes Oil, Gas and Coal Royalty Reform
…coal leases. See 80 Fed. Reg. 608, available at https://www.onrr.gov. Comments pertaining to the proposed rule must be submitted to ONRR on or before March 9, 2015. Preceding the proposed…
17 Selected in Chambers USA
…E. Brown, Corporate/Commercial Stuart R. Butzier, Environment, Natural Resources & Regulated Industries John R. Cooney, Environment, Natural Resources & Regulated Industries Peter L. Franklin, Corporate/Commercial Kenneth L. Harrigan, Litigation: General…
Employment Law Alert – January 2017
…party must move to compel arbitration after a legal complaint has been filed. Pursuant to Rule 1-007.2, which took effect on December 31, 2016, “a party seeking to compel arbitration…
Executive Order Expediting Environmental Reviews and Approvals for High Priority Infrastructure Projects
…establish, in a manner consistent with law, the procedures and deadlines for completion of environmental reviews and approvals. All agencies are to give highest priority to completing such reviews and…
Grand Canyon Sky Watch Arizona Federal Court Addresses Arbitration Enforceability
…Grand Canyon on the Hualapai Indian Reservation. After the Skywalk opened, controversies arose between GCSD and SNW, and GCSD invoked the arbitration agreement contained in the management agreement between the…
Are Your Overrides Really Pooled? REALLY?
…in Union Pacific Resources Company v. Hutchinson, 990 S.W.2d 368 (Tex. App.-Austin 1999). A close examination of Hutchinson, however, reveals that its holding is much more narrow. In that case,…
Court Resuscitates NWP 12 But Only for Non-Pipeline Projects
…https://www.modrall.com/2016/11/22/dakota-access-controversy-standing-rock-sioux-tribe-v-u-s-army-corps-of-engineers-policy-review-of-federal-governments-tribal-consultation-obligations-and-why-this-matters-to-us/;https://www.modrall.com/2017/04/11/dakota-access-pipeline-project-update/; https://www.modrall.com/2017/08/22/dakota-access-pipeline-project-update-corps-nepa-analysis-flawed-part/; https://www.modrall.com/2018/06/01/update-on-dakota-access-pipeline-litigation/; and https://www.modrall.com/2020/05/12/revisiting-and-updating-the-dakota-access-pipeline-controversy/. In addition, a more scholarly discussion can be found at: https://www.modrall.com/2018/01/17/black-snakes-essential-infrastructure-dakota-access-pipeline-standing-rock-sioux-tribe-v-u-s-army-corps-engineers-federal-governments-tribal-consultation-obligations-m/, first published by the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation. [3] eBay Inc. v. MercExchange,…