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Water and Shale Gas Development
Class Term:
Fall Term 2018-2019
Catalog Number:
5143
Class Number:
19972
Class Schedule:
Tuesday
10:30 am
11:20 am
Room:
LAW 109
Lecture
Credits:
1 (1 Contact, 0 Field)
Priority:
General Enrollment Course
Full Year Course:
No
Category:
Standard Courses
Grading Details
Grades will be based on two written papers. I will enforce the University’s attendance policy in this class. If a student is absent more than three times, the student will receive a “U” (“Unsatisfactory”) in the course. I will also award credit for exceptional class participation.
The two papers (4-6 pages, excluding notes) will consist of a combination of a research paper, memorandum, and/or an argument piece on topics that we will cover throughout the course. Each writing will be given equal weight towards your final grade.
Description
Water plays a critical role in the development of our shale gas resources. This course will examine the relationship between water and shale gas extraction. The emphasis will be on the life cycle of water used in shale gas well development, beginning with common law, statutory and regulatory rights and requirements governing the ownership and allocation of water resources, with particular attention paid to interstate compacts and basin wide water allocation mechanisms. The course will place an emphasis on emerging issues that attorneys face in practice and will include guest lectures by hydro-geologists, geochemists, and other professionals.
Some of the issues that will be covered include: common law water quantity rights; basin commission water quantity regulations, and their impact on shale development's significant water withdrawals; the application of the Clean Water Act and the state version of it (the Clean Streams Law) to the shale extraction process; treatment and disposal of wastewater; groundwater contamination; local zoning and land use; and trends in shale-based litigation.