Split Panel: Objections To Fracking Permit ‘Insufficient’ To Deny Application

(May 22, 2017, 2:47 PM EDT) -- HARRISBURG, Pa. — A split panel of the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court on May 18 ruled that a municipality wrongly denied a permit sought by hydraulic fracturing companies because the objections to the permit were “insufficient” to show that the impact would be detrimental (EQT Production Company, et al. v. Borough of Jefferson Hills, No. 1184CD2016, Pa. Cmwlth.; 2017 Pa. Commw. LEXIS 238)....

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