The PIOGA Press
On October 14, the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania invalidated several sections of a Grant Township, Indiana County, local ordinance that was enacted in an attempt to prevent an oil and gas operator from operating an underground injection well that had been permitted by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). In Pennsylvania General Energy Company, L.L.C. v. Grant Township, Civil Action No. 14-209, 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 139921 (W.D. Pa. Oct. 14, 2015), Pennsylvania General Energy Company, L.L.C. (PGE) filed a federal complaint against Grant Township to challenge the constitutionality, validity and enforceability of a self-described Community Bill of Rights Ordinance. Babst, Calland, Clements and Zomnir, P.C. in Pittsburgh represents PGE in this case.
