CONSOL to Begin Drilling at Pittsburgh Airport Next Week

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coming next weekThe last hurdle has been jumped for CONSOL Energy with their plan to begin drilling at Pittsburgh International Airport. MDN has extensively covered the plan put forward by CONSOL to drill 47 wells on airport property--a plan that will ultimately net the airport something like $1 billion in revenue (see CONSOL Energy Reveals Drilling Plan for Pittsburgh Airport). The last hurdle was zoning permit approval from Findlay Township, where the property is located. MDN pointed out more than a month ago that Findlay was holding things up (see Local Town Slows CONSOL’s Plan to Drill at Pittsburgh Airport). Wednesday night, Findlay supervisors voted 2-1 to approve CONSOL's permits to drill at the airport. But not without 23 "conditions" attached to their approval, including limits on noise, working hours, creation of a public complaint hotline and air monitoring throughout drilling operations. Still, CONSOL was happy with the end result and says they're ready to begin, as early as next week, a drilling program that will be "a model for the entire nation"...

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