Hays County rescinded county road permits which allowed Kinder Morgan to install its Permian Highway Pipeline.
The Hays County Commissioners Court voted Tuesday following executive session to immediately rescind the permits which allowed Kinder Morgan to cut through and drill underneath county roads.
Precinct 3 Commissioner Lon Shell said the motion is meant to prevent polluted groundwater wells which occurred in Blanco County when horizontal directional drilling damaged karst features and caused drilling fluids to enter the groundwater.
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