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Residents and water districts press commissioners for three-year moratorium on injection well permitting
Summary
During public comment, residents and local water associations asked the board to seek a three-year moratorium on state injection well permits, cited PFAS costs and raised concerns about ODNR oversight and seismicity; the board acknowledged concerns and noted related state-level activity.
Several residents and representatives of local water associations used the public-comment period at the Nov. 20 meeting to urge the Washington County Board of Commissioners to seek stronger controls on injection wells and to protect local aquifers.
George Banziger said Deeprock was late in filing commercial activity taxes on five occasions this year and raised questions about the Ohio Department of Natural Resources’ capacity to monitor injection wells. Jay Huck, representing Putnam Water and identified as a Muskingum…
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