Low-Level Judge Upholds West Deer Twp Denial of Olympus Well Pad

Olympus Energy (formerly Huntley & Huntley) drills in the Greater Pittsburgh region, in Allegheny and Westmoreland counties. Last year Olympus filed an application to build a new well pad in a rural part of Allegheny County, in West Deer Township. So-called “concerned citizens” (anti-fossil fuel zealots) got amped up to oppose the rural project (see Antis in West Deer, PA Gear Up to Oppose Olympus Well Pad). The antis successfully convinced the board of supervisors to come over to the dark side. Last December, West Deer supervisors voted 4-0 to deny a permit to build the Dionysus pad (see West Deer Township Denies Olympus Permit to Build Shale Pad). Olympus appealed the decision to the Court of Common Pleas. Last week a judge ruled in favor of the zealots.

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