BLM’s Hydraulic Fracturing Rule: The First Step in the Regulatory March of 2015
BakerHostetler will present its Shale Symposium series to address issues related to shale and hydraulic fracturing in North America.
The symposium will be Thursday, June 4, 2015, from 5:30–8 p.m. CDT. Participants may register to attend in person or via webinar.
After a regulatory review process lasting more than three years, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) recently issued a final rule purporting to govern hydraulic fracturing on federal and Indian lands. The rule represents the most high-profile component of the Obama Administration’s sweeping efforts to overhaul regulations governing virtually every aspect of domestic oil and gas production.
The presentation will explain the role of the hydraulic fracturing rule within the more expansive regulatory context and will consider the consequences that the outcome of legal and political challenges seeking to invalidate the rule could have on federal energy policy.