CLINTON TWP — The township is getting another Marcellus Shale natural gas well.

The township supervisors on Tuesday approved a land development for Snyder Brothers to drill vertically on land leased by Joe Thrower off Lardintown Road near Route 228.

Supervisor Mary Zacherl, board chairwoman, said the company, which is based in Kittanning, plans to drill the week of Aug. 15, with fracking beginning in September.

Hydraulic fracturing, more commonly known as fracking, is the process in which water, sand and chemicals are pumped at high pressure into a shale formation to crack the rock, releasing the natural gas.

Unlike the previously approved plan by XTO Energy to drill horizontally on property off Kennedy Lane, Snyder Brothers will drill vertically.

Doug Miller of Snyder Brothers said trucks accessing their site will travel only on state roads.

Zacherl said the company is drawing water from a mine pool in West Winfield.

Zacherl said the township encourages gas drilling as long at it’s not hurting residents.

“This is an economic engine we want in the township — why wouldn’t we — but we want it in the safest way,” she said.