Parks and Reg: The Threat of Drilling in National Parks and the Role for Progressive State Regulation

By Jackson Erpenbach* In December 2016, the National Park Service implemented updated regulations for oil and gas drilling activities on park land.[1] The new standards under Part 9, Subpart B (“Rule 9B”) address a number of long-neglected deficiencies which have persisted since the rule’s inception in 1979.[2] Recent deregulatory moves by the Trump Administration, however, […]