Exemption for Frac Company Hits Snag in Wisconsin Senate


Exemption for Frac Company Hits Snag in Wisconsin Senate


MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Environmental exemptions that would clear the way for a Georgia company to build a $70 million frac sand processing plant in western Wisconsin that environmentalists oppose hit a snag Wednesday in the state Senate.

The Republican chairman of the Senate Natural Resources Committee said he had no intention of taking up the amendment with the exemptions added to a largely technical bill in a late-night vote by the state Assembly last week. While state Sen. Rob Cowles said it wasn`t his plan to consider it, "there`s always forces above us that can override this guy."...

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