LOGAN — Hocking County commissioners Sandra Ogle and Jessica Dicken signed a letter of support last week for an amendment to the collection of taxes on Class II brine injection wells, which if passed would make it moderately more difficult for out-of-state oil and gas producers to inject hazardous wastewater into the ground... read full story
"Our commission believes there is an injustice associated with the right that oil and gas companies have to dump their out-of-state waste in poor Appalachian counties, while counties get virtually no return for assuming the significant environmental risks associated with underground injection,"