Ohio Delays Decision to Frack Under Egypt Valley Wildlife Area

Earlier this year, an undisclosed shale driller asked the Ohio Oil and Gas Land Management Commission (OGLMC) to consider opening up an additional 4,360 acres of state-owned Egypt Valley Wildlife Area in Belmont County for shale drilling under the land (see New Request to Frack Under Another 4,743 Acres of OH Wildlife Areas). At a meeting on Monday, May 5, the OGLMC decided to delay a decision on the proposal until a future meeting. However, the May 5 meeting was not without controversy. A Cleveland Plain Dealer reporter tried to confront commission members to ask questions and was turned back by a police officer. The reporter said the officer "grabbed her arm." A video of the event shows no such thing happening.

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