City Council will hold a public hearing to decide upon four gas well moratorium variance requests filed by EagleRidge, Inc. Specifically, EagleRidge, Inc. is requesting that the moratorium on gas well drilling be lifted for four of its applications currently pending with the City’s Gas Wells Inspections Division.

EagleRidge is the same operator who was caught illegally dumping frackwater into Hickory Creek. They were operating two wells across from UNT for several years without permits from the city.

City Council unanimously implemented a moratorium on approving new applications for drilling in February and extended the moratorium until October in June. EagleRidge has repeatedly ignored City Code at its drilling sites.

Citizen involvement is needed to hold EagleRidge to the rules everyone else has to follow.