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ConventionSection: Pennsylvania Independent Oil & Gas Association
its borders, Slagel asserts.
"The United States is a major energy
consumer. If we convert more of our
vehicles to natural gas, if we progres-

sively use more of our own oil and natural gas as our energy use becomes
more efficient, there is no doubt it will
have global implications," Slagel says.

"Frankly, it has global implications right
now. The Saudis are flooding the world
with oil because they want to shut down
the U.S. industry."
❒

PIOGA Challenges Township, CELDF
WEXFORD, PA.-A Pennsylvania municipality's attempts to block oil and natural gas activities by claiming its community bill of rights trumps the state and
federal constitutions may be overturned
by a federal judge, and the involved
energy company is continuing its legal
counterattack.
Grant Township, in western Pennsylvania's Indiana County, adopted a community bill of rights in June 2014. In addition to bans on disposing any waste
from oil or gas fracturing activities, the
measure also invalidates any permits for
such activities from state or federal entities
that are inconsistent with that prohibition,
states the people have the right to make
their own laws under their own leadership,

and rejects the legal principle that corporations have rights similar to people
(AOGR, October 2015, pg. 112).
Kevin J. Moody, general counsel and
vice president, government affairs, for
the Pennsylvania Independent Oil & Gas
Association, says Pennsylvania General
Energy Company LLC sued the township
in the U.S. District Court for the Western
District of Pennsylvania after its officials
blocked the company from converting
one of its natural gas wells into a wastewater disposal well.
Later in 2014, the court agreed the
bill of rights ordinance overstepped the
township's authority under state statutes,
so the court didn't reach the constitutional
issues. The township asked the court to

reconsider, a request it denied on Feb. 5,
Moody says. PGE subsequently filed a
motion asking for sanctions against the
township and the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF),
which is providing legal services to the
township.
CELDF is involved in writing antifracturing regulations with local governments in several states. Its website states
it provides free and low-cost legal services
to help communities develop groundbreaking rights.
Local Priority
PIOGA is coordinating with PGE on
countering Grant Township's legal filings,
Moody says. A trial date for damages

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