Court Cites Expert Testimony of Center Director in Oil & Gas Case

On June 19, 2020, the Lawrence County Court of Common Pleas issued an opinion in the case of Chito v. Pulaski Twp. Zoning Hearing Bd., (Docket 10467 of 2015), in which the court denied a substantive challenge to the township’s regulation of oil and gas drilling. In reaching this conclusion, the court cited the expert testimony of Ross Pifer on the issue of the historic compatibility of oil and gas drilling and agricultural communities in Pennsylvania.