Elizabeth Corey, a member of Bracewell LLP’s environmental strategies group in Houston, helps energy, petrochemical and pipeline companies seeking guidance on environmental compliance. She has worked on matters for clients involving pipeline leaks; environmental contamination; compliance with Texas Railroad Commission regulations; pipeline ownership; pipeline common carrier exemptions; carbon dioxide (CO2) royalties; pipeline bailor/bailee relationships; contractual disputes; and environmental remediation. She can be reached at [email protected].
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently issued the first Regulatory Guidance Letter of the Obama Administration, seeking to clarify the applicability and use of jurisdictional determinations. With this RGL, the Corps recognizes the value of JDs to the public and reaffirms its commitment to continue its practice of providing jurisdictional determinations when requested to do so.
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