Local leaders sue for right to control location of gas wells

By Alice Su

Pennsylvania's state legislature passed a law that strips local zoning authority location of fracking wells.

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"… ound,” said David M. Ball, a petitioner in the lawsuit and councilman of Peters Township, Washington County.Sen. Tim Solobay, D-Canonsburg, oversees three of the s …"

"… But we’re mindful of the fact that we need to do it right.”Ball said Peters Township councilmen had spent two years developing a mineral extraction ordinance, …"