CLEVELAND, Ohio - The Buckeye Environmental Network sued the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, claiming the agency improperly approved two fracking waste injection wells near Marietta by using outdated regulations.

The lawsuit, filed in the 10th District Court of Appeals, argues the wells will threaten local drinking water sources. It claims the permit applicant should have to abide by regulations passed in 2022, rather than those that were in place prior, when the company first applied for the permits.

The regulation changes were prompted by incidents of fracking waste migrating away from injection wells.

The old rules required applicants to look within a half mile of an injection well for conduits that could carry migrating waste to the surface. The new rules established a wider r

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