3rd Circuit: Groups May Not Intervene In Fracking Case Dealing With Well Ordinance

Mealey's (July 18, 2017, 12:58 PM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — A panel of the Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on July 17 ruled that environmental groups that sought to intervene in a lawsuit between a hydraulic fracturing company and a municipality regarding underground injection control wells (UICs) were not parties to the lawsuit and therefore could not challenge a consent decree reached between the company and the municipality (Seneca Resources Corporation v. Highland Township, et al., No. 16-3592, 3rd Cir.; 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 12716)....