Addison Township v. Gout

I concur, in part, because I agree that the defendants’ argument, to the extent based on permit requirements for the transportation and processing of oil and gas,1 should be rejected, and *817with the following statement in the opinion of the Court:

The permits defendant received were not issued by the Supervisor of Wells, but rather were acquired from the dnr and Michigan Public Service Commission pursuant to other regulatory authority. Further, they were issued for only a limited purpose. We find defendant’s assertion that merely because it was required to obtain permits that *818have a limited…