$5 billion Ohio ethane cracker plant clears another hurdle

A legal challenge holding up a proposed $5 billion ethane cracker plant in Belmont County has been cleared.

Thailand-based developer PTT Global Chemical America has reached a settlement agreement with three environmental groups that will bring more pollution-detecting safeguards at the plant, ending a ten-month legal challenge before the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.

The safeguards include enhanced leak protection, additional stack testing and publication of more data on a public website. 

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