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Industry groups at odds over New York plan to ban MTBE
… federal court charging that the New York law contradicts federal law . The Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) then criticized ..... welfare of their citizens unless specifically limited by federal law . There is no limit on state action here." RFA said …
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Texas QF generation shut-in; QFs file complaint at FERC
… qualifying facilities asked federal regulators to enforce a federal law governing electricity sales from the facilities in a ..... PUC petitioned FERC for a "waiver" in Texas of the federal law PURPA in anticipation of the market opening in 2002 …
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New incentives move Alaskan gas line toward negotiation
… will reach an agreement to build a natural gas pipeline to the Lower 48 states now that several incentives have become federal law . Gov. Frank H. Murkowski met with executives of Exxon Mobil Corp., BP PLC, and ConocoPhillips during the American …
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U.S. independents unaware of set-aside rule
… only beginning to discover a program designed to help other U.S. independents-the small refiners. Since 1978, a federal law has mandated that every OCS lease require the leaseholder to offer 20% of the crude oil, condensate, and natural …
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ExxonMobil denies allegations of violations at Baytown, Tex., refinery
… problems, including repeated violations of state and federal law . ExxonMobil disputed those claims. It said, "Our ..... maintain emissions monitors; and possible violations of federal law on reporting and modifications. The report claimed TNRCC …
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New incentives move Alaskan gas line toward negotiation
… will reach an agreement to build a natural gas pipeline to the Lower 48 states now that several incentives have become federal law . Gov. Frank H. Murkowski met with executives of ExxonMobil Corp., BP PLC, and ConocoPhillips during the American …
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EXPORTING CALIFORNIA HEAVY CRUDE
… California. The only thing stopping him is the precedent established by a ban on exports of Alaskan North Slope crude. Federal law currently allows exports of crude to U.S. territories, from state waters of Alaska's Cook Inlet, and certain …
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EPA to expand toxic release list
… Environmental Protection Agency decision to add 286 chemical compounds to the Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) list. Federal law requires companies to report any chemical compounds on the list that they use, handle, or release into the environment …
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INDUSTRY BRIEFS
… U.S. FEDERAL GRAND JURY indicted three companies and one of the companies' top managers for allegedly violating federal law in a 1994 oil spill off Puerto Rico. New Jersey based Bunker Group Inc.'s (BGI) Morris J. Bergman barge ran aground …
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GAS INDUSTRY FEARS CHANGE IN POWER PURCHASE LAW
The U.S. natural gas industry has urged Congress not to repeal part of a federal law that requires electric utilities to buy power from cogeneration projects and small power producers. Sen. Don Nickles (R-Okla …
