Denton Responds to HB 40 Being Signed by Gov Abbott

“We will certainly continue to enforce our current regulations to protect the health and safety of our residents, but we do not know how the operators or courts will react,” she said.

City officials will not litigate the new measure as it stands. UPI

Mayor of Denton in the Denton Record:

• HB 40 goes far beyond Denton’s fracturing ban and offers no solution to the multifaceted challenges of urban drilling. 
• It took a city like Denton and its residents to shine the spotlight on the inherent and unique problems associated with urban drilling