Panel: Pennsylvania Agencies Have Regulatory Authority Over Fracking Sites

(July 23, 2019, 1:42 PM EDT) -- HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court on July 22 ruled that state agencies had the statutory authority to set hydraulic fracturing regulations pertaining to drilling sites, spill remediation, the storage of waste water and the process of reporting waste at fracking sites (The Marcellus Shale Coalition v. Department of Environmental Protection of Pennsylvania, et al., No. 573 MD 2016, Pa. Cmwlth., 2019 Pa. Commw. LEXIS 672)....

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