Olympus Drops W Deer Well Pad Case After 2nd Pad is OK’d by Town

Olympus Energy (formerly Huntley & Huntley) drills in the Greater Pittsburgh region, in Allegheny and Westmoreland counties. In 2021, Olympus applied to build a new well pad in a rural part of Allegheny County, in West Deer Township. So-called “concerned citizens” got amped up to oppose the project. They succeeded when town supervisors rejected the Dionysus well pad (see West Deer Township Denies Olympus Permit to Build Shale Pad). Olympus appealed the rejection, and a county court judge upheld the town's rejection. So Olympus appealed it to Commonwealth Court. Last week Olympus suddenly filed a request to drop the appeal. Why?

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