Shale Insight 2025
2025-09-16 17:00 - 2025-09-18 13:45 (America/New_York) | Bayfront Conference Center, 1 Sassafras Pier, Erie, PA, 16507
Babst Calland joins the Marcellus Shale Coalition for Shale Insight 2025, September 16-18, 2025. Shale Insight offers participants an insider’s view from the nation’s foremost energy leaders and experts on shale development, environmental protection, pipeline investment, energy driven manufacturing and jobs in demand.
Attorneys Gina Buchman and Gary Steinbauer will serve as panelists for “Just Venting: Navigating the EPA’s Evolving Air Quality Standards for the Oil and Gas Industry.” In March of 2025, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin announced a sweeping deregulatory effort to advance President Trump’s Day One executive orders. Among the “31 actions” announced are regulations that affect the oil and natural gas industry, including the reconsideration of NSPS Part 60 Subparts OOOOb and OOOOc, the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rules, and many others. This panel will discuss the current status of the deregulatory efforts that affect the oil and gas industry, anticipated effects of these actions, operator strategies and perspectives, and ways for industry to participate in the process.
Attorneys Moore Capito, Ben Clapp, Justine Kasznica, Blaine Lucas and Dave White will serve as panelists for “A Comprehensive Approach to Data Center Development and the Pivotal Role of Natural Gas.” Development of new data centers hinges on access to reliable power. Natural gas, in abundant supply from the Marcellus and Utica shales, positions this region well for these new projects, along with site redevelopment opportunities, experienced construction companies, R&D capabilities, and an available workforce. This panel will address the most pressing issues related to data center development – including development financing, project siting, land use, zoning, and construction considerations – and provide pathways forward for successful projects.
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Gina Buchman
Gary Steinbauer
Moore Capito
Ben Clapp
Justine Kasznica
Blaine Lucas
Dave White

2025 PAAZO Fall Seminar
2025-09-18 09:00 - 15:30 | Hilton Garden Inn Pittsburgh/Cranberry, 2000 Garden View Lane, Cranberry Township, PA, 16066, United States
Municipal Attorney Max Junker will present “Zoning Enforcement Best Practices” at the 2025 PAAZO Fall Seminar on Thursday, September 18, 2025. This session will make sure that your municipality is conducting its zoning enforcement matters in the most efficient, but legally proper, ways. Attendees will be given the tools that they can implement – or enhance – to make their lives easier. For more information, click here.

EMLF Special Institute: Bridging Traditional and Renewable Energy Practice
2025-09-23 09:30 - 17:00 | Virtual
Babst Calland joins the Energy and Mineral Law Foundation (EMLF) for its Special Institute on Bridging Traditional and Renewable Energy Practice on Tuesday, September 23, 2025.
Attorney Jim Curry will present an “Update on Hydrogen and Carbon Capture.” This presentation will provide an update on federal hydrogen and carbon capture and storage (CCS) policies and how they may affect initiatives in Appalachia. Key challenges and opportunities in scaling CCS and hydrogen production and distribution across the region will also be discussed. For more information, click here.

41st PA Chamber Annual Dinner
2025-10-06 16:30 - 21:00 | Hershey Lodge
Babst Calland joins the PA Chamber of Business & Industry for its Annual Dinner on Monday, October 6, 2025. For more information, click here.

2025 EMLF Fall Symposium
2025-10-07 08:00 - 2025-10-09 12:15 | Central Bank Center, 430 W. Vine Street, Lexington, KY, 40507, United States
Babst Calland joins the Energy & Mineral Law Foundation (EMLF) for its Annual Fall Symposium, October 7-9, 2025.
Employment and Labor Attorney John McCreary will present “The End of Prohibition: Marijuana Comes to the Workplace.” At least 33 states have authorized the use of medical cannabis. At least 18 states have “legalized” the recreational use of cannabis. To date, federal law continues to classify cannabis as a Schedule 1 substance defined as “drugs with no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse.” The conflicting legal regimes create uncertainty for employers. This presentation will review state and federal laws relating to cannabis and discuss some noteworthy court decisions.
Litigation Attorneys Steve Silverman and Katerina Vassil will co-present “Legal and Practical Hurdles Surrounding Lithium: The Next Extraction Revolution.” As E&P companies explore participating in lithium extraction from produced water, they face many legal and business hurdles but recognize that the benefits may be tremendous. This program explores those hurdles, including overcoming title issues, lease language limitations, and other challenges by answering such fundamental questions as who owns the extracted lithium and the produced water where it resides. Just as importantly, it will address the state of extraction technologies and their current scalability and sustainability limitations.
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John McCreary
Steve Silverman
Katerina Vassil

Who, What, When, and Why of Authority Rules and Regulations
2025-10-15 13:00 - 14:00 | Webinar
Municipal Attorneys Betsy Dupuis and Morgan Madden will present “Who, What, When, and Why of Authority Rules and Regulations” to the Pennsylvania Municipal Authorities Association on Wednesday, October 15, 2025. Most municipal authorities in the Commonwealth have some iteration of rules and regulations to govern and guide the use of equipment, services provided, and authority-owned facilities. Sometimes these regulations simply cover the basics including fees for tapping, services, etc., and yet other municipalities have more robust regulations that dictate, for example, how repairs are to be completed and who is responsible for costs associated with the same. As a general rule, authorities should regularly review their rules and regulations and ensure that those rules and regulations are sufficient and enforceable based upon current operations and services, and ensure both the system and the authority are protected from unauthorized actors and a constantly evolving legal and regulatory landscape. This presentation will discuss the source of municipal authorities’ authority, the framework within which municipal authorities can and should develop rules and regulations and further discuss basics and best practices for promulgating and enforcing sensible authority rules and regulations.
Learning Objectives:

Provide an overview of the statutory and regulatory rules around authority creation and governing instruments for each authority.
Emphasize the importance of the underlying relationship between authorities and the entities that created them.
Underscore the importance of understanding an authority’s infrastructure– who owns it, who manages it and who pays when it needs replaced.
Review best practices for how to develop internal rules and procedures for authority operations, personnel and municipal relationships.
Deliver tips and best practices for developing authority rules and regulations for customers and constituents.

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Betsy Dupuis
Morgan Madden

2025 PA Chamber’s Annual Environmental Conference
2025-10-28 08:00 - 15:30 | Sheraton Harrisburg Hershey
Environmental Attorney Gary Steinbauer will co-present “Federal and State Policy Changes in Environment and Energy” at the PA Chamber of Business and Industry’s Annual Environmental Conference on Tuesday, October 28, 2025. This Conference brings together industry leaders, policymakers, and stakeholders to provide critical updates on environmental policy in the Commonwealth. It also explores insights and aspirations for the future of energy and infrastructure investment in Pennsylvania, as well as what that future holds for the state’s emerging policy landscape. For more information, click here.

2025 PIOGATech - Air Quality Training
2025-12-17 09:00 - 15:45 | Shakespeare’s Restaurant & Pub at Olde Stonewall Golf Course, 1495 Mercer Road, Ellwood, PA, 16117, United States
Environmental Attorney Christina Puhnaty will present on the “Implementation of Pennsylvania’s Existing Source Rule” at the PIOGATech – Air Quality Training on Wednesday, December 17, 2025. This course is designed to provide a basic understanding of the factors that influence air emissions, an overview of the regulations as they relate to oil and gas operations, compliance, and testing methods. For more information, click here.
