New Hearing Dates for Hilcorp’s Forced Pooling Request in PA
Last October MDN told you about Hilcorp's request to force some Pennsylvania landowners in Lawrence County, PA to allow Hilcorp to drill under (not on) their property in the Utica Shale layer (see Hilcorp Uses PA Forced Pooling Law Against Lawrence Cty Landowner). After much tooing and froing, the PA courts told the Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP) that the DEP would need to make the decision (see Ironic: PA Enviro Court Forcing DEP to Rule on Forced Pooling). The DEP set a public hearing for March 25 & 26 in Lawrence County, and then postponed it (see Hilcorp Forced Pooling Hearing Postponed, More Landowners Added).
We finally have final final final hearing dates from the DEP--May 7 & 8. Here's the lowdown from the DEP, in which they say the hearings will be conducted "like a trial"...
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