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By Jim Carney
Beacon Journal staff writer
Published on Monday, Sep 28, 2009
STOW: The city plans to continue to fight a proposed natural-gas well on church property.
City Council has adopted a resolution to fight the so-called mandatory pooling of neighboring properties so a proposed Beck Energy Corp. gas well can be built on the property of the Stow Community United Church of Christ on Pilgrim Drive.
Mandatory pooling allows developers of wells to go ahead with a well, even though not all landowners affected by the drilling have signed lease agreements.
Stow Law Director Brian Reali said the city maintains that it owns the mineral rights on the right of way on Pilgrim Drive and should be able to block the proposed well that has drawn the ire of some neighboring property owners.
David Beck, corporate secretary of the Ravenna-based Beck Energy, said he is researching the title to the land where the company wants to drill a $400,000 gas well and has not yet determined whether the city has any mineral rights.
Reali said he believes the city has ''a fee simple interest in the street which means we own everything above and below ground.''
The company has an Oct. 2 deadline to file its paperwork for the well with the state so a hearing can be held in November to determine whether the mandatory pooling can proceed.
The company has already relocated the proposed well on the church's property to eliminate the need to get permission from neighboring property owners Denise and Dan Tonelli, who
oppose the plan.
The Tonellis say they fear the well would be unsafe and could harm property values, particularly because they would be just 130 feet away.
Lee and Jean Wagner of Kay Drive, have also refused to sign a lease with Beck.
Church officials have said the revenues from the well — along with free access to natural gas — will ensure their ministry can continue well into the future.
The Tonellis say their concerns are not unfounded and point to numerous violations Beck Energy has been cited with by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.
In one instance, Beck Energy was fined $17,000 in 2008 for a brine discharge in two Monroe County streams.
ODNR spokeswoman Beth Ruth said the company made the necessary remedial work in Monroe County and is now ''in good standing'' with the state.
David Beck said his company fired the employees responsible for the Monroe County incident and has ''corrected the problem with ODNR and continue to work with them.''
And Beck said many of the other violations his company has received were minor.
The Monroe County incident and a problem with a 20-year-old well on Portage County Park District property, Beck said, are the only two ''serious'' problems the company has had to contend with.
Chris Craycoft, executive director of the Portage Park District, said Beck Energy's insurance company paid the park district about $63,000 for compensation after an oil-spray incident at a well at the Camp Spelman property on Ferguson Road in Franklin Township.
Jim Carney can be reached at 330-996-3576 or jcarney@thebeaconjournal.com.
STOW: The city plans to continue to fight a proposed natural-gas well on church property.
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