Rice sues West Pike Run to expand compressor station
Friday, January 20, 2017
A Rice Energy subsidiary has sued West Pike Run Township in Washington County Court in an effort to gain approval to expand a Marcellus compressor station, according to the Observer-Reporter.
Rice Poseidon Midstream of Southpointe filed a lawsuit to request that the court direct the township to issue a zoning permit for the expansion of its Blue Moon Station on Babich Farm. Rice filed the suit, claiming the township should have acted on the company’s request by now under state law.
Additionally, the lawsuit asked the court to require West Pike Run to approve its land-development application sans conditions.
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