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Pa. Commonwealth Court Rules in Favor of Compressor Station

Bradford Township, in McKean County, wants to forbid the construction of a natural gas compressor station. But a state judge has overruled a lower court’s decision.

The Commonwealth Court has ruled that the operation of a compressor station falls within the definition of “gas production” as used in a township’s zoning ordinance, and thus cannot be banned by a township in areas where gas production is otherwise permitted.

Read more at: shale.sites.post-gazette.com

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