The commissioners court on Tuesday voted to revoke permission for the energy giant to cross any roads in the county. The unanimous vote came after a lengthy executive session and the motion was made by Pct. 3 Commissioner Lon Shell.
It was in Shell’s precinct that contractors on the Permian Highway Pipeline (PHP) hit a karst feature on March 28 while attempting a horizontal bore under the Blanco River. That resulted in the spillage of thousands of gallons of drilling mud and drilling fluid into the Trinity Aquifer.
Read the full article from Anita Miller with Hays Free Press News-Dispatch here.
Permission revoked by County for pipeline to cross under roadways
