Pennsylvania High Court Quashes Appeals Of Chapter 78 Fracking Regulations

(January 8, 2020, 8:05 AM EST) -- HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Dec. 24 quashed two appeals without prejudice, one by a hydraulic fracturing trade group and the other by a state environmental agency, each of which took issue with a Commonwealth Court decision regarding the statutory authority of state agencies to set fracking regulations.  The Supreme Court did not elaborate on its decisions in the orders (The Marcellus Shale Coalition v. Department of Environmental Protection of Pennsylvania, et al., No. 66 MAP 2019 and No. 68 MAP 2019, Pa. Sup.)....