DEP Appeals Decision to Allow Drilling in WV State Park
Save Email Print
Posted: 11:58 AM Dec 17, 2009
DEP Appeals Decision to Allow Drilling in WV State Park
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP)
The state Department of Environmental Protection is appealing a court decision that would allow natural gas drilling in Chief Logan State Park.
width:200 and height: 106 and picwidth: 200 and pciheight: 106
Font Size:

The state Department of Environmental Protection is appealing a court decision that would allow natural gas drilling in Chief Logan State Park.

The agency wants the state Supreme Court to uphold its 2007 decision that denied Houston-based Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.'s application for nearly three dozen drilling permits in the southern West Virginia park.

Logan Circuit Judge Roger Perry overruled the agency last June, saying Cabot should be permitted to drill in the park.

The state Division of Natural Resources and several environmental groups also are asking the state's only appellate court to overturn Perry's ruling.

©2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
This content requires the latest Adobe Flash Player and a browser with JavaScript enabled. Click here for a free download of the latest Adobe Flash Player.
National AP Video
WHSV Poll
Do you think the Staunton Augusta Fire Squad should create a joint operation with the Waynesboro Rescue Squad to improve response times in Fishersville, where homeowners are paying higher premiums due to emergency response and staffing issues?

Yes
No
Not Sure


WHSV - TV 3 on Facebook