Hughes v. Department of Environmental Quality
ELR Citation: 44 ELR 20036 No(s). 312902 (Mich. Ct. App. Feb 11, 2014)
A Michigan appellate court held that Mich. Admin. Rule 324.102(x), which defines the term “injection well,” does not include wells completed using hydraulic fracturing. Accordingly, "frack" wells are not subject to the environmental regulations applicable to injection wells. For a well to be cat...