Forest Service Being Sued
A suburban Pittsburgh energy company claims in a federal lawsuit that the U.S. Forest Service is illegally refusing to allow it to drill for gas and oil in the Allegheny National Forest, where it owns mineral rights.
Catalyst Energy Inc. says the Forest Service is making them obtain a notice to proceed, but isn't issuing the notice. Catalyst also says the notice is unauthorized.
Catalyst says the Forest Service's refusal to issue the notice is depriving the company of its property.
More than 90 percent of mineral rights are privately owned in the Allegheny National Forest, although the government owns the surface rights.
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Catalyst Energy Inc. says the Forest Service is making them obtain a notice to proceed, but isn't issuing the notice. Catalyst also says the notice is unauthorized.
Catalyst says the Forest Service's refusal to issue the notice is depriving the company of its property.
More than 90 percent of mineral rights are privately owned in the Allegheny National Forest, although the government owns the surface rights.
For more on this story, go to pennlive.com.
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