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Patriot Water Treatment Bristles at ODNR Directive
Tuesday, February 19, 2013WARREN, Ohio – The president of Patriot Water Treatment LLC says that the Ohio Department of Natural Resources is poised to do more environmental harm than good by directing wastewater from D&L Energy to Class II injection wells rather than ship the water to his treatment plant in Warren.
Workers Piece Together Pipeline in Poland Township
Monday, February 18, 2013POLAND, Ohio – Dotted lines of pipes propped up on pallets flow north and south above the muddy fields as teams of pipefitters are deployed to weld them together and operating engineers to bulldoze the 15-foot trenches where they’ll be buried.
Four weeks ago, these fields were untouched, the residents of this rural neighborhood at the Pennsylvania line only hearing the beeping sounds of men and bulldozers at work from the nearby Carbon Limestone Landfill.
Even More Gas Processing Plants to Be Built Here
Friday, February 15, 2013YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- The Mahoning Valley is on target to attract at least two more gas processing plants and hundreds of millions of dollars in new investment within the next two years as two midstream companies jockey for position in this part of the Utica shale.
Blue Racer Midstream LLC, a $1.5 billion joint venture between Dominion and Caiman Energy II, plans to develop three new processing plants in Ohio, one slated near the hamlet of Petersburg in southeastern Mahoning County, principals say.
Feds Come Down on Lupo; Reveal He Dumped 20 Times
Friday, February 15, 2013YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Using the Mahoning River as a backdrop, federal, state and local law enforcement officials sought to deliver a clear, united message: that the government will hold accountable and prosecute those who willingly violate state and federal environmental laws.
"Companies and workers must follow the rules when they extract its valuable resources," declared U.S. Attorney Steven Dettelbach during a press conference in front of the B&O Station, his back facing a flowing Mahoning River.