Beck Energy filed a mandamus action in the Ohio Supreme Court, seeking to vacate a stop work order issued by Munroe Falls to halt work on the Sunoco well. Beck Energy seeks a declaration that: “The Home Rule Amendment to the Ohio Constitution, Article XVIII,Section 3, does not allow Munroe Falls to enact a zoning […]
Beck Energy Challenges Munroe Falls Zoning Ordinances Which Prohibit Drilling Read Post »
The Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas struck down Broadview Heights’ drilling prohibitions as preempted by ORC Chapter 1509. See Bass Energy, Inc. v. City of Broadview Heights, Cuyahoga Common Pleas Court Case no. CV-14-828074, Opinion and Judgment Entry (Mar. 10, 2015). Following the recent Ohio Supreme Court decision, State ex rel. Morrison v. Beck
Broadview Heights Drilling Ban Preempted by Ohio Statutes Read Post »
The Ohio Supreme Court held that City of Munroe Falls’ ordinances requiring drillers to get a conditional zoning certificate, pay a deposit for a performance bond, hold a public hearing and a wait a year before drilling were preempted by State law regulating drilling. Justice French wrote the lead opinion joined by Justices O’Connor and
Texas Eastern Transmission, a private Texas pipeline corporation, moved for immediate possession of land in Belmont County, Ohio, based upon federal approval of a pipeline route. See Texas Eastern Transmission, LP v. 3.2 Acres Permanent Easement and 4. Acres Temporary Easement of Land in Colerain Township, Belmont County, Ohio, S.D. Ohio, Case No. 2:14-cv-02650, MOTION
In Bass Energy, Inc. v. City of Broadview Heights, Cuyahoga Common Pleas Court Case no. CV-14-828074, two oil and gas companies sued the City of Broadview Heights, seeking a declaratory judgment to declare the city’s ban on drilling invalid. The City claims the ban is protected by the Home Rule provision of the Ohio Constitution,
Oil and Gas Company Sues Ohio Suburb over Gas Drilling Ban Read Post »
The Ohio Supreme Court will decide whether 2004 Ohio HB 278, which preempts municipalities and other local governments from regulating oil and gas drilling, violates the Ohio Constitution’s Home Rule provision, Ohio Constitution Article XVIII, Section 7. H.B. 278 declared that the Division of Mineral Resources Management in the Department of Natural Resources has