3rd Circuit Vacates, Remands Delaware River Basin Fracking Case For Fact-Finding

Mealey's (July 5, 2018, 2:39 PM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — A panel of the Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on July 3 vacated and remanded a case brought by a hydraulic fracturing company against the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC), ruling that a compact that governs fracking in the basin is “ambiguous” as to whether the company’s proposed activity in the basin is subject to the review authority of the DRBC (Wayne Land and Mineral Group LLC v. Delaware River Basin Commission, No. 17-1800, 3rd Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 18132)....