ODNR faces multiple legal challenges to injection well approvals (Updated) – Athens County Independent

ODNR faces multiple legal challenges to injection well approvals (Updated) – Athens County Independent

Stock photo. MARIETTA, Ohio — The Ohio Department of Natural Resources faces multiple legal challenges to permits it approved for new Washington County fracking waste injection wells, the most recent lawsuit filed last Friday, Nov. 7. The ODNR Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management granted the permits at issue this year under outdated permitting rules.  It applied the rules in place at the time of the initial permit applications. Those rul…