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Local Regulation of Oil and Gas 1

Panel Presenters Alex Ritchie Assistant Professor, Karelitz Chair in Oil and Gas Law, UNM School of Law Jesus L. Lopez Attorney at Law and San Miguel County Attorney Stephen C. Ross Attorney, Law and Resource Planning Associates, P.C. Former Santa Fe County Attorney 2

Types of Legal Challenges to Local Oil and Gas Regulations Preemption Regulatory Takings Substantive Due Process Section 1983 Constitutional Claims 3

Types of Preemption Express Preemption Language of statute expressly preempts local authority Implied field preemption Legislature intended to preempt local authority by completely occupying the field Implied conflict preemption Conflict between state and local law Local law prohibits what a state statute allows or vice versa Not that simple sometimes courts allow sub-state units to prohibit drilling in the very same location authorized by permit 4

Room for Concurrent Jurisdiction in New Mexico San Pedro Mining v. Bd. of Cty. Commissioners (1995) Santa Fe County enacted land development code with extensive permit requirements for mines Question whether preempted by N.M. Mining Act N.M. Court of Appeals: Applied three-part preemption test No preemption of entire ordinance (but in dicta maybe operational conflicts) 5

Room for Concurrent Jurisdiction in New Mexico Rancho Lobo, Ltd. v. Devargas (2002) Local ordinance prohibited clear-cutting trees, a practice allowed under State Forest Conservation Act 10 th Circuit: Court bound by San Pedro to find concurrent jurisdiction; allows prohibition to stand 6

Mora County Ban Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund Community Rights Ordinance Adopted April 29, 2013 No production of oil or gas, storing or transporting produced water, or creating infrastructure that supports extraction Provides that corporations that seek to produce have no rights under First and Fifth Amendments Legal Challenges November 11, 2013 IPANM sues alleging Due Process violations and preemption January 1, 2014 Shell sues also alleging Commerce Clause and Takings violations 7

Developments in New York De-facto statewide moratorium on highvolume hydraulic fracturing since 2008 to study health effects Norse Energy Corporation declares bankruptcy and sues Cuomo Administration Joint Landowners Coalition of New York sues More than 72 municipalities have banned fracking and 15 more have enacted moratoria 8

Norse Energy Corporation v. Town of Dryden; Cooperstown Holstein Corp. v. Town of Middlefield Preemption Language: The provisions of this article shall supersede all local laws or ordinances relating to the regulation of the oil, gas and solution mining industries; but shall not supersede local government jurisdiction over local roads or the rights of local governments under the real property tax law. 9

Norse Energy Corporation v. Town of Dryden; Cooperstown Holstein Corp. v. Town of Middlefield Plain Language Analysis Legislature did not intend to prohibit zoning only operational matters (i.e. all doesn t mean all) What about carve-out for roads and property taxes? Purpose of Statute To prevent waste (not preempt zoning) A ban doesn t waste oil and gas it is still there! Is this right? 10

Developments in Pennsylvania February, 2012 Pennsylvania Legislature replaces Pennsylvania Oil and Gas Act with Act 13 Expressly preempts entire field of environmental regulation of oil and gas Expressly preempts local ordinances Act 13 is promptly challenged and portions are eventually struck down by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, allowing local governments to regulate oil and gas through zoning 11

Robinson Township v. Commonwealth (December, 2013) Environmental Rights Amendment The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, historic and aesthetic values of the environment. Creates constitutional rights of individual citizens (on par with political rights) that may be enforced against the government 12

Robinson Township v. Commonwealth (December, 2013) Environmental Rights Amendment Pennsylvania s public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. As trustee of these resources, the Commonwealth shall conserve and maintain them for the benefit of all the people. All natural resources (including on private lands) are held in public trust by the government at all levels including local governments Two public trust obligations: Act affirmatively to enact environmental protections Refrain from encouraging degradation of the environment and natural resources 13

Texas Developments 2013 Dallas City Council amends oil and gas ordinance Includes a 1,500 foot setback from any protected use but may be reduced to 1,000 feet by 3/4ths of City Council Setbacks effectively eliminate new oil and gas drilling in City limits 2014 Voter Initiative November 4, Denton, Texas becomes first Texas city to ban hydraulic fracturing 14

Colorado Developments Longmont, Colorado November 6, 2012 voters adopt fracking and waste storage ban Struck down by Boulder District Court on July 24, 2014 Fort Collins, Colorado November 5, 2013 voters ban fracking for five years Struck down by Larimer District Court on August 7, 2014 Lafayette, Colorado November 5, 2013 voters adopt community rights ordinance that bans oil and gas extraction (like Mora County ban) Struck down by Boulder District Court on August 27, 2014 15

Other New Mexico Developments 2008 Santa Fe County Comprehensive Ordinance 2014 San Miguel County Comprehensive Ordinance 16