Athens County Asks Gov Kasich & ODNR to Stop New Injection Wells

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Athens County, OH Commissioners have just passed a resolution calling for a ban on new injection wells in the county. The resolution has zero force and no weight of law--it's not a legal document and if it were, it would be illegal. Only the Ohio Dept. of Natural Resources (ODNR) can decide whether or not to issue permits for Class II injection wells in Ohio. Local municipalities have no say in the matter. But that doesn't stop the nutters in Athens County from mouthing off (the thing they do best). Here's their latest haughty communication requesting the Governor and the ODNR immediately and indefinitely refrain from issuing any more injection well permits not only in the People's Socialist Paradise of Athens County, OH, but throughout the entire state of Ohio as well...

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