New York Court of Appeals Upholds Municipalities’ Fracking Bans
Monday, June 30, 2014

The New York Court of Appeals has just released its decision upholding the right of local governments to enact bans on high volume hydraulic fracturing.  The court held that the State’s Oil, Gas and Solution Mining Law “does not preempt the home rule authority vested in municipalities to regulate land use.”  The decision can be found here.

 

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