Anti-Fracking CROWD Pressures Health Dept. to Deny “Leto” Air Permit

Olympus Energy (now owned by EQT) 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 Residents of West Deer (CROWD) 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). CROWD then attempted to block a second well pad, the Leto pad, proposed by Olympus in another West Deer location (see West Deer Antis Try to Block 2nd Olympus Shale Well Pad). However, West Deer supervisors approved the Leto pad in June 2023, which set off the antis who threatened to sue (see West Deer Approves Olympus “Leto” Well Pad, Antis Pledge to Sue). They followed through with a lawsuit (see Anti-Fracking CROWD Lawsuit Against West Deer Gets Day in Court). The CROWD antis aren't waiting for the results of that lawsuit. They're also pressuring the Allegheny County Health Department to deny an air permit for the installation of a tri-ethylene glycol dehydrator at the site.

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