Owner of Natural Gas Company to Sue Council for Fracking Ban that Affect his Business

[Ulrik]

A natural gas drilling company is suing state regulators and a western New York town where it has operated for decades over a local moratorium that threatens to put the company out of business.

"I've drilled over 100 wells in this county," said John Holko, owner of Lenape Resources, a small natural gas company based in Alexander, 35 miles southwest of Rochester. "I have 100 miles of pipeline, compressor stations and a disposal well. I supply gas to farmers, industrial users and interstate commerce. Now, because three guys on a town board decide they don't want me here anymore, I'm out of business. There's something dramatically wrong with that."

[Tom Hitchcock]

If Lenape Resources has been operating in the region for decades, then why has natural gas been suddenly banned?