Company, Residents Appeal Fracking Well Permit Approval In Pennsylvania

(May 5, 2017, 10:52 AM EDT) -- HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board (EHB) on April 26 consolidated two cases and issued a discovery order for a trial in which a hydraulic fracturing company and a citizens group both appeal a decision by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) that granted a permit for fracking waste disposal wells (Pennsylvania General Energy Company LLC v Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, No. 2017-031-R, and Judith Wanchisn, et al. v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, No. 2017-032-R, Pa. EHB)....