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In Memoriam: Donald W. Hoagland
1921 – 2012

Our former partner and good friend Don Hoagland died peacefully on May 5, 2012 in the company of his wife Mary and their children. Don played many professional roles during his time at DGS: corporate lawyer, managing partner, mentor, historian, conscience, public advocate and friend. Those who knew Don would tell you that he had a gentle grace that guided his passion for serving the constituents of both DGS and the community at large. Don’s legacy to the bar and to Colorado’s residents is evident from his public acclamation as the “father of pro bono legal services in Colorado” as well as a man of “flexible foresight and intuition” in the area of public health.

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Defense Win in Hydraulic Fracturing Toxic Tort Case

Earlier this week, DGS partners Gail Wurtzler, Shannon Stevenson and Adam Cohen, representing a well service provider, together with co-defendants’ counsel, representing a well owner/operator and a drilling company, obtained an order dismissing with prejudice Strudley v. Antero Resources Corp., et al., Case No. 2011CV2218 (Denver Dist. Ct.). The Strudley case is one of the first cases filed in Colorado concerning alleged personal injuries and property damage from hydraulic fracturing.

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EPA Issues Permitting Guidance on Hydraulic Fracturing Activities Using Diesel

 

On the same day that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) issued its proposed rules governing hydraulic fracturing operations on federal and Indian land (read the DGS Alert), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a draft of its long-awaited “Permitting Guidance for Oil and Gas Hydraulic Fracturing Activities Using Diesel Fuels.”  The guidance is intended to aid in the permitting of oil and gas hydraulic fracturing using diesel fuels under the Safe Drinking Water Act’s (SDWA) Underground Injection Control Program (UIC) where EPA is the permitting authority – including, importantly, in Pennsylvania and New York.  The guidance, however, suggests that it also would prove useful to state UIC permit writers.  It also notes that some states may seek to revise their current UIC program to follow the guidance.

 

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