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State Well Permit Prevails Over Local Zoning – Again

By Charles Sartain on March 22, 2016
Posted in Legislation, Local Ordinances

st. tammanyCo-author Brooke Sizer

The state laws of Louisiana regulating oil and gas exploration and production will trump local regulations. See St. Tammany Parish Government v. State of Louisiana, Office of Conservation. (Forgive us for that word that should be avoided in a civil society.) 

The conflict

St. Tammany is a home-rule charter parish that…

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