Zoning Changes required for fracking
December 6, 2014
Court: Federal laws supersede local zoning ordinances for proposed gas compressor station in Myersville – The Frederick News-Post : Natural Resource
October 10, 2013
- Oct. 8 — The U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland rules that local zoning laws are pre-empted by the federal Natural Gas Act. So, according to the court ruling, those portions of the town code that prevent the siting, construction or operation of the Myersville compressor station are null and void.
Is your moratorium valid? Talk of the Towns article Dec. 2012
December 15, 2012
Is your moratorium valid? Talk of the Towns article Dec. 2012
This is accurate and had been carefully reviewed before it was finalized. It is also good that this is going to towns, as the land owner associations have been lying about it. I hope it is not too technical The important disctinctions about the Binghamton facts were that their law was not a zoning law and every other moritorium and ban I have seen is zoning.
So, this “dire necessity” test [which I feel was not the proper one and that is part of the appeal] does not apply to zoning bans. Joe Heath, Esq.
MSC, drillers seek to intervene in Act 13 suit
April 10, 2012
MSC, drillers seek to intervene in Act 13 suit. Contains text of Robinson Twp v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
GDACC 
