EQT Production Company and ET Blue Grass Clearing, LLC v. Borough of Jefferson Hills

OPINION BY

SENIOR JUDGE LEADBETTER

The Borough of Jefferson Hills appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County (common pleas) reversing the decision of the Borough Council of the Borough of Jefferson Hills (Council) to deny the conditional use application of EQT Production Company and ET Blue Grass Clearing, LLC (the Applicants) to construct, operate, and maintain a natural gas production facility on an area of their property known as the Bickerton Well Site. In support of its denial of the application, Council primarily cited the Applicants’ alleged failure to satisfy…