ODNR Rejects Marietta Hearing Request, Issues Injection Well Permit

Two weeks ago, Marietta, OH, officials, including the city’s Republican mayor, law director, water superintendent, and a majority of city council members, asked the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Oil and Gas Chief Eric Vendel to deny a permit application from DeepRock Disposal Solutions for the Stephan #1 injection well, which would be the company's fifth injection well in the area (see Marietta, OH Officials Ask ODNR to Deny Permit for Injection Well). City officials sent a letter to Vendel claiming the Stephan #1 well would be in close proximity to Marietta’s Source Water Protection Area, which serves 32,000 residents in multiple water systems. The letter says that “five disposal wells are too many.” The ODNR has responded...

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