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...