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ST. CLAIRSVILLE Jill Hunkler of Barnesville spoke to the Belmont County Board of Commissioners on Wednesday, asking members to further oppose a plan to install two saltwater injection wells at the intersection of U.S. 40 and Ohio 331.
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources issued permits late in 2020 to New Jersey-based Omni Energy Co. permitting the wells. Multiple local residents and officials have objected and raised a variety of concerns ranging from pollution to ground stability and increased truck traffic.
There are several residences, businesses and county agencies in the surrounding area, along with the Belmont Correctional Institution state prison.
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Shelley Hanson
QUESTIONS â An environmental group is challenging the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in court regarding the permitting process of the fracking waste recycling facility in Martins Ferry.
MARTINS FERRY A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers permit that would allow a fracking waste loading facility to be constructed on the Ohio River in Martins Ferry is being challenged by an environmental group.
The Corps permit was requested March 30 by 4K Industrial “to construct a barge loading and off-loading waterfront facility. The facility will be receiving fluids from the gas and oil markets for processing, to reuse the fluids for drilling operations or to be sent to a disposal facility.”
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T-L File Photo/SHELLEY HANSON
Shown here is the 4K Industrial Park’s fracking waste recycling facility in Martins Ferry. An environmental group is challenging the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in court regarding the permitting process.
MARTINS FERRY A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers permit that would allow a fracking waste loading facility to be constructed on the Ohio River in Martins Ferry is being challenged by an environmental group.
The Corps permit was requested March 30 by 4K Industrial “to construct a barge loading and off-loading waterfront facility. The facility will be receiving fluids from the Gas and Oil markets for processing, to reuse the fluids for drilling operations or to be sent to a disposal facility.”