Fwd: SECRET Frac chemicals in Pa. court case

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From: Bob Donnan <donnanl...@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, Jan 17, 2024, 6:24 AM
Subject: SECRET Frac chemicals in Pa. court case
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David Hess spells-out the important implications of the latest court action by PROTECT PT.

Re-posted on THE ENERGY AGE blog today, complete with photos & PDF’s:

https://the-energy-age.com/2024/01/17/pa-ehb-allows-appeal-of-gas-well-permits/

Here’s a small sampling…

Environmental Hearing Board Allows Protect PT Appeal to Proceed

Appeal of Olympus Shale Gas Well Permits in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania

Protect PT filed its appeal on March 10, 2023, asserting that the Department’s issuance of the permits--

• Violates Article I, Section 27 of the Pennsylvania Constitution [Environmental Rights Amendment] because it fails to take into account Olympus’ compliance history;
• Allows the introduction of PFAS, PFOA ['forever chemicals'] and other chemicals into the environment without properly regulating or limiting their use; and 
• Fails to require full disclosure of those chemicals.

“Without knowledge of the types of proprietary chemicals used, it is impossible for Appellant to provide anything but speculation as to

• the types of chemicals being used,
• the dangers of those chemicals to health and the environment, and
• the likelihood that they might be released into the environment. Given those constraints, a petition for supersedeas is almost certainly doomed to fail."

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