Southern Illinois landowners and members of an environmental group have filed an appeal after a Madison County judge denied their request last month for a preliminary injunction to block the state's fracking rules from being implemented.
The state's permit application process for hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, has opened, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (DNR) said on Tuesday.
A request by a group of southern Illinoisans for a preliminary injunction to block the state's fracking rules from being published was rejected Friday by a Madison County judge.
A group of southern Illinoisans could learn by Friday whether their request for a preliminary injunction to block the state's fracking rules from being published will be granted by a Madison County judge.
A group of Southern Illinoisans and environmentalists have filed a lawsuit in Madison County seeking to stop the state's fracking rules from being published this week in the Illinois Register.
The Joint Committee on Administrative Rules approved the Illinois Department of Natural Resources' revised fracking rules, to the disdain of many environmentalists.
The Illinois Legislature's Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (JCAR) decided on Tuesday to not vote on proposed regulations involving hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. The legislative panel will hold its next meeting to consider the fracking rules on November 6.
The Illinois Legislature's Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (JCAR) decided on Tuesday to utilize a 45-day extension as its weighs proposed regulations on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.
