From my local paper tonight…
HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has dropped its plan to force a Houston-based drilling company to pay nearly $12 million to extend a public water line to residents whose wells have been contaminated with methane gas.Environmental regulators say Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. instead will pay residents a total of $4.1 million under a settlement announced late Wednesday. The company also has agreed to pay to install whole-house gas mitigation systems in each of the 19 affected homes.
Could this maybe open the door for more settlements?