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Category: 3 – Gas Drilling

3 - Gas Drilling 

Casey Pushes for Federal Oversight of Fracking

On April 8, 2011 by Webmaster

PSATS Week in Review U.S. Sen. Bob Casey is pushing for Federal oversight in regulating a key aspect of natural gas drilling activity.  Casey’s “FRAC Act” would put hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” under the auspices of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and…

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Williams Road Maintenance Agreement

On April 5, 2011 by Webmaster

Williams Road Maintenance Agreement – PDF

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DEP Secretary to Now Approve all Marcellus Drilling Citations

On April 5, 2011 by Webmaster

In a move that has drawn a chorus of outrage from environmental advocates, Pennsylvania’s gas drilling inspectors have been ordered to stop issuing violations against drillers without first gaining prior approval from secretary of the Dept. of Environmental Protection.  The change was…

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Corbett Says He Might Support a Local Drilling Impact Fee

On April 5, 2011 by Webmaster

Gov. Tom Corbett has long held that he would not support a natural gas severance tax.  However, he recently said that he might support a local fee on drillers.  Speaking to reporters Wednesday, the Governor echoed previous statements from his staff that…

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House OKs Major’s ‘Clean and Green’ Bill

On February 15, 2011 by Webmaster

2/15/2011 The state House has approved legislation sponsored by Rep. Sandra Major (R-Susquehanna/Wayne/Wyoming) to address small noncoal surface mining on land enrolled in the state’s Farmland and Forest Land Assessment Act, also known as Clean and Green. The Clean and Green program…

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Marcellus Shale Update

On August 1, 2010 by Webmaster

Rep. Sandra Majors Summer 2010 Newsletter The Marcellus Shale region covers up to 60 percent of the Commonwealth and all of the 111th District, which is why this is such an important issue for the residents of my district. As this industry…

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Shale Gas Costing 2/3 Less Than OPEC Oil Incites Water Concern

On May 25, 2010 by Webmaster

Bloomberg When Victoria Switzer awoke on a cold night in March, her dog was staring out the window at the flame roaring from a natural-gas-drilling rig 2,000 feet behind her house. She remembers trees silhouetted in a demonic dance as the plume…

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House Committee Holds Hearings on Marcellus Shale and Severance Tax

On May 21, 2010 by Webmaster

House Finance Committee chairman David Levdansky (D-Allegheny) took his committee on the road this week, holding hearings on his gas severance tax bill, HB 2443. This bill would levy a 25 cents per cubic foot tax on natural gas extracted within the…

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