Fayette County Adopts Illegal Wastewater Injection Well Ban
Is Fayette County in southwestern Pennsylvania, with some 333 drilled and active shale wells as of the end of last year, turning against the Marcellus industry? Perhaps. And perhaps drillers will want to give the county a pass for future development following an unnecessary and illegal ban against wastewater injection wells passed last week by the three county commissioners — two Republicans (Scott Dunn and Dave Lohr) and one Democrat (Vincent Vicites).
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