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Ohio: Wastewater Disposal

By Greg Russell on July 11, 2011

The Wheeling Intelligencer has a free-market/regulatory success story for Ohio taxpayers (resulting in large part from cross-state regulatory program differences):  “For months, Pennsylvania gas drillers tapping into the Marcellus Shale have been shipping the hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, waste to eastern Ohio. The Buckeye State is on pace to gain nearly $1 million in fees from out-of-state drillers for accepting the brine.”

Of course, there are the usual statements regarding environmental fears.  Still, interesting.

  • Posted in:
    Energy, Environmental
  • Blog:
    Energy & Environmental Law Blog
  • Organization:
    Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

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