Commonwealth Court Supports the Fairfield Township and Inflections Energy LLC

The Commonwealth Court decision, in the case of B. Gorsline, et al. v. Board of Supervisors of Fairfield Twp. v. Inflection Energy, LLC, et al. – 1735 C.D. 2014, was an important victory for natural gas development. The decision established some extremely important precedents with big fracking implications going forward.  The essence of the original complaint filed against Fairfield Township Supervisors was a  local neighbor s opposition to construction traffic that would pass their residence on the way  to the proposed Inflections site.  They challenged the approval of the application (permitting) by Fairfield Township and appealed to the Lycoming County Court of Common Pleas where it inexplicably got assigned to a local judge  overturning the Township’s approval. Fairfield Township Zoning Map – Notice that R-A District (yellow) encompasses the bulk of the Township and prohibiting development there would have effectively excluded it from the Township. The Commonwealth Cou
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