Petroleum Trade Group Challenges Ban on Fracking in Southern California City
July 22 --An ordinance prohibiting hydraulic fracturing and other oil and gas activities both in and around Compton, Calif., is unconstitutional and preempted by state law, a trade association representing petroleum companies alleged in a lawsuit (W. States Petroleum Ass'n v. City of Compton, Cal. Super. Ct., No. BC552272, 7/21/14).
In its July 21 complaint filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court, the Western States Petroleum Association also claimed that the Southern California city's ordinance exceeds its police power.
The ordinance, which was adopted April 22, prohibits the use of hydraulic fracturing or any other well stimulation treatment to extract or produce oil, gas or other hydrocarbons from any surface location within the city, or outside the city limits where the subsurface bottom hole is located beneath the city.
The association asked the court to declare the ordinance null and void under the state constitution and in violation of its members' due process rights under both the federal and state constitutions. It also asked the court to bar the city from implementing and enforci
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