PA Court determines the extent of notices in Fracking cases as it applies to Water and Doctors

by Carl D. Berry on Mar. 28, 2017

Accident & Injury Household Mold 

Summary: Required notices in Fracking cases as it applies to water districts and doctors

The Court determined that since the Department of Environmental Protection does not regulate private water sources, the General Assembly’s distinction between private water 
supplies and public is reasonable when giving notice of possible potentially hazardous conditions in the public water supply. Thus, the DEP does not have to locate, identify, and give notice to all private well owners in the case of a spill.

The court also restricted disclosure of the specific chemicals used in fracking as trade secrets when physicians are treating those affected.

http://www.pacourts.us/assets/opinions/Commonwealth/out/284MD12_7-17-14.pdf?cb=1

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