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Joel R. Burcat: Lawyer with Saul Ewing LLP

Joel R. Burcat

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Harrisburg,  PA  U.S.A.
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  • Environmental Law
  • Oil and Gas Law
  • Mining Law
 
Contact InfoTelephone: 717-257-7506
Telecopier: 717-238-4622, 717-257-7516
http://www.saul.com
 
University Temple University; Pennsylvania State University, B.S., with distinction, 1976
 
Law SchoolVermont Law School, J.D., 1980
 
Admitted1980, Pennsylvania
 
BornPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, October 28, 1954
 
Biography

Recipient, 2007 Distinguished Service Award, PBA Environmental, Mineral and Natural Resources Law Section. Co-Editor, Pennsylvania Environmental Law and Practice, 1994, 1999 (second Ed.), 2001 (third Ed.), 2006 (fourth Ed.), 2008 (fifth Ed.), 2010 (sixth Ed.). Co-Author and Author: "Tahoe-Sierra Preservation Council, Inc. v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency: Is There a There There?" 32 Environmental Law Reporter 11212-20 (2002); "Post-Dissolution Liability of Corporations and Their Shareholders Under CERCLA," 50 The Business Lawyer 1273-92 (1995); "The Law of Environmental Lender Liability," 21 Environmental Law Reporter 10464-80 (1991); Chapter, "The Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986," Community Right-to-Know Deskbook 1-22, Environmental Law Institute, 1988; "Surface Mining Regulation in Pennsylvania," 57 Temple Law Quarterly 1 (1984). Assistant Attorney General, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources, 1980-1983. Chairman, Environmental, Mineral and Natural Resources Law Section, Pennsylvania Bar Association, 1992-1993.

 
Reported CasesReynolds v. Rick's Mushroom Service, Inc., 246 F.Supp.2d 449 (E.D. Pa. 2003); Machipongo Land & Coal Co. v. DER, 719 A.2d 19 (Pa. Cmwlth. 1998), rev'd in part and remanded 569 Pa. 3, 799 A.2d 751 (2002), cert. denied 123 S.Ct. 486 (2002); Smith Land & Improvement Corp. v. Celotex Corp., 851 F.2d 86, (3d. Cir. 1988).
 
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Governor Corbett Signs Marcellus Shale Bill Into Law
Joel R. Burcat, February 15, 2012
On February 14, 2012, Governor Tom Corbett signed into law H.B. 1950, the new Marcellus Shale law. The new law, Act 13 of 2012, will completely update the regulatory system associated with oil and gas drilling, establish a drilling impact fee and will largely supersede and preempt local regulation...

Pennsylvania General Assembly Passes New Oil and Gas Law
Joel R. Burcat, February 10, 2012
On February 7, 2012, and February 8, 2012, respectively, the Pennsylvania Senate and the House of Representatives voted in favor of the Conference Committee’s Report of House Bill 1950. H.B. 1950 (Printer’s No. 3048) may be found at...

Butler v. Charles Powers Estate: Recent Pennsylvania Court Decision Could Upset 130 Years of Oil and Gas Conveyances
George Asimos,Joel R. Burcat, September 30, 2011
A recent decision of the Pennsylvania Superior Court has thrown into turmoil oil and gas ownership in Pennsylvania. Butler v. Charles Powers Estate, A.3d, 2011 WestLaw 3906897 (Pa. Super., Sept. 7, 2011). Interpreting nearly 130 years of Pennsylvania law, a three-judge panel of Pennsylvania’s...


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Joel R. Burcat
Saul Ewing LLP
2 North Second Street, 7th Floor
Harrisburg, PA 17101




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