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FERC denies Texas PUC request to waive federal law
By Ann de Rouffignac OGJ Online HOUSTON, May 17 --Federal regulators said Texas can't ignore a federal law governing electric utilities' power purchases from small power producers as the state institutes a competitive electricity market …
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FERC chairman says federal law not needed for Alaska gas line
Pat Wood III, the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission chairman, Thursday said federal legislation isn't needed to accelerate construction of a pipeline to deliver Alaskan gas to the Lower 48 states. He said an existing interagency task force would be able to speed the permitting process.
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PPL charges Montana regulators violating 'federal law'
… statement Tuesday, PPL said the Montana Public Service Commission's (PSC) actions are "clearly in violation of federal law . We bought these power plants in Montana with the understanding that they would operate as merchant plants, selling …
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NGVs, electric cars deserve same federal support, backers say
… natural gas vehicles (NGVs) told a US Senate committee that they’re seeking equal, not special, treatment under federal law . NGVs provide comparable environmental and energy security benefits as their electric counterparts and deserve similar …
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PHMSA advises pipelines to share emergency plans with responders
… liquids pipelines to share their emergency response plans with local emergency response officials as required under federal law . Pipeline operators are required to have written procedures for responding to emergencies and to include provisions …
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Special Report: States regulate hydraulic fracturing well, officials testify
US states already regulate hydraulic fracturing aggressively and effectively, and a federal law would be redundant, two officials told a US House subcommittee in early June. “As the head regulator of oil and natural gas development …
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Groups sue BLM over New Mexico oil, gas operations
… Bureau of Land Management, claiming the agency violated federal law in granting oil and gas leases on public land in New ..... court to suspend the leases pending full compliance with federal law . The leases are in San Juan basin near Farmington and …
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New York, EPA settle underground tank suit
… which the city will pay $1.3 million and bring substandard underground storage tank systems into compliance with federal law to settle a civil suit. The city also agreed to undertake an additional environmental project to make it better able …
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Groups sue BLM over New Mexico oil, gas operations
… Bureau of Land Management claiming the agency violated federal law in granting oil and gas leases on public land in New ..... court to suspend the leases pending full compliance with federal law . The leases are in San Juan basin near Farmington and …
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States already regulate hydraulic fracturing well, officials testify
… Editor WASHINGTON, DC, June 8 -- US states already regulate hydraulic fracturing aggressively and effectively, and a federal law would be redundant, two officials told a US House subcommittee on June 4. “As the head regulator of oil and natural gas …
