In a decision lawyers said has broad applicability for Pennsylvania open records law, the Commonwealth Court has ruled that the state Department of Environmental Protection may not deny requests for records related to water supply contamination from oil and gas drilling operations simply on the basis that it would be burdensome to search for them.
Michael Berry, a media law attorney with Levine Sullivan Koch & Schulz in Philadelphia, said the ruling applies to all state agencies and affirms the purpose of the state’s Right-to-Know Law.
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