The PIOGA Press
This article is an excerpt of The 2020 Babst Calland Report, which represents the collective legal perspective of Babst Calland’s energy attorneys addressing the most current business and regulatory issues facing the oil and natural gas industry. A full copy of the Report is available by writing info@babstcalland.com.
Increasing industry headwinds have resulted in a slowdown of new permitting activity and an increase in ordinance restrictions on oil and gas development. Substantive validity challenges to zoning ordinances seeking to limit development to industrial areas have continued despite Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court’s clear pronouncements that local considerations control legislative decisions as to the location of development. Pennsylvania courts have also dealt with issues such as the legal standing and the timing of ordinance challenges.
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