Wednesday, November 03, 2010
WV Supreme Court Of Appeals Allows Drilling
WEST VIRGINIA....
The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals released its decision Wednesday to allow owners of natural gas companies to drill in Chief Logan State Park. The court ruled that, while deeding property in 1960, Lawson heirs retained interest in the gas rights and that any state laws passed prohibiting drilling after that did not invalidate that transaction. The state Department of Environmental Protection had challenged the June 2009 decision of Logan County Judge Roger L. Perry. The Sierra Club Inc., West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, Friends of the Blackwater and Cordie O. Hudkins, a former state parks official, joined DEP in the appeal.
The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals released its decision Wednesday to allow owners of natural gas companies to drill in Chief Logan State Park. The court ruled that, while deeding property in 1960, Lawson heirs retained interest in the gas rights and that any state laws passed prohibiting drilling after that did not invalidate that transaction. The state Department of Environmental Protection had challenged the June 2009 decision of Logan County Judge Roger L. Perry. The Sierra Club Inc., West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, Friends of the Blackwater and Cordie O. Hudkins, a former state parks official, joined DEP in the appeal.
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