Western Wisconsin Residents Test New Legal Approach To Block Frac Sand Mines

Jan 28, 2016 at 11:02 AM CST
Lawsuit Argues Mines Are Private Nuisances Wednesday, January 27, 2016, 6:30pm By Rich Kremer http://www.wpr.org/western-wisconsin-residents-test-new-legal-approach-block-frac-sand-mines Residents in Wisconsin's Jackson County are suing to stop the development of two frac sand mining operations. The cases are the first of their kind in the state. A group of 20 landowners neighboring two proposed frac sand mines in the Town of Alma and village of Hixton want a judge to declare the projects private nuisances. Tom Lister, the group’s attorney, said the judge will have to decide whether the mines would interfere with neighbors’ property rights and whether the need for the sand mines outweighs those rights. He argues there are already more mines than necessary.

Jan 28, 2016 at 11:02 AM CST

Lawsuit Argues Mines Are Private Nuisances

Wednesday, January 27, 2016, 6:30pm

By Rich Kremer

http://www.wpr.org/western-wisconsin-residents-test-new-legal-approach-block-frac-sand-mines

Residents in Wisconsin's Jackson County are suing to stop the development of two frac sand mining operations. The cases are the first of their kind in the state.

A group of 20 landowners neighboring two proposed frac sand mines in the Town of Alma and village of Hixton want a judge to declare the projects private nuisances. Tom Lister, the group’s attorney, said the judge will have to decide whether the mines would interfere with neighbors’ property rights and whether the need for the sand mines outweighs those rights. He argues there are already more mines than necessary.