In response to a question, Secretary Allan said the agency professionals are constantly monitoring drilling companies to make sure they comply with their leases and agency best management practices, including encouraging the use of existing access roads and right-of-ways. He noted PSATS is helping townships deal with these issues in a number of ways, including distributing a model zoning ordinance that allows communities to control the location of drilling activities. Many out-of-state workers are still being brought in to fill more skilled positions in the drilling industry, although he said there are local efforts to develop the skills needed by the companies. Secretary Allan said they deal with local timber companies and do not generally know where the timber is sold. The country of Malaysia possesses a strong network of services and equipment companies that support the needs of the Oil and Gas value chain, both domestically and regionally. He also said counties have supported the adoption of a natural gas production severance tax and have followed the discussion of a possible local impact fee to deal with the costs imposed by drilling on county and local governments.

The Commissioner said he opposed a natural gas severance tax saying the industry and its workers are generating local tax and county fee revenues. Commissioner Coolidge reported his county has relied on tourism in the past to support local businesses, but housing Marcellus Shale workers has caused a significant shortage of hotel rooms to support the tourism industry. He also said drilling has caused a housing shortage and an increase in crime in the county. Why isn’t there a similar commitment to passing a reasonable Marcellus Shale drilling fee and funding billions of dollars of much needed green infrastructure repair and upgrades? What you should really wonder is how much money would they lose if they weren’t trying to be green. Getting a fair price for a lease may involve talking with neighbors-how much are they asking or getting? Much of the region that is now the Middle East was situated in tropical areas between latitude 20n south and 20n north between the Jurassic (135 Ma) and the Late Cretaceous (65 Ma). Small BusinessMobile applications are now not a leisure activity anymore and have become a vital part of human life. Advanced technologies also can be used to locate small reservoirs found in existing oil and gas areas.

Using gas there is no fallback to alternative fuel as in dual fueled engines. Both commissioners said there was an increased need to update local emergency response services– fire and emergency medical– to deal with the problems presented by the drilling industry. He said the transfer will require the agency to look to other sources of monies to support their operations, like the Oil and Gas Fund, the Environmental Stewardship (Growing Greener) Fund and the new drilling fee revenue. The present study evaluates produced water management in Pennsylvania from 2006 through 2011 to determine whether surface water discharges were sufficient to cause salt or bromide loads that would negatively affect drinking water sources. Unlike other engineering failures, the nuclear disasters have the potential to affect more than one generation. He said upgrading ATV trails requires more funding than snowmobile trails. He noted DCNR is working on a study in Armstrong County to better connect trails. Commissioner McLinko said the drilling activity has brought tremendous economic opportunity to the county making it the leader in generating new jobs in the entire state. Hill. He too pointed to the elimination of conservation district oversight of local drilling impacts as an issue.

Hill said the Association supports making natural gas holdings taxable under local property taxes like coal and other mineral holdings. Douglas Hill provided the Committee with background from a statewide perspective on infrastructure, worker education, housing and tourism, human service and criminal justice, environmental and landowner concerns related to drilling. 1.8 million from the new impact fee, 1 percent of the revenue from the drilling fee. The Senate Republican Policy Committee Wednesday held a hearing on the opportunities and challenges of developing Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale natural gas reserves hearing from 16 witnesses about the local impacts of drilling operations. Doug McLinko, County Commissioner, Bradford County, and Erick J. Coolidge, County Commissioner, Tioga County, started the hearing describing the positive economic impacts Marcellus Shale development has brought to their counties. Tioga County saw 261 wells drilled so far with 564 new permits issued last year which amounts to about 10 to 15 percent of the Marcellus Shale development in the state.

125 million in rebuilding roads in the county over the last year to handle the increased truck traffic. There are 30 water withdrawals, 76 water impoundments, 243 miles of temporary water lines, 97 miles of interstate gas lines and 377 miles of gathering lines serving the county. 10. Why exactly don’t you own a bottle of consuming water via security measures? Heritage Parks: In response to a question about again zeroing out of the Heritage Parks Program, Secretary Allan said they are still eligible to apply for grants under the agency’s Community Conservation Partnership Grants. Lifeguards: In response to questions about not having lifeguards at State Parks, Secretary Allan said DCNR will continue the open swim policy at State Parks. The HVDC units and associated transformers, AC cable compensating reactors and High Voltage Gas Insulated Switchgear (GIS) will be installed in buildings fitted to the deck of the semisubmersible floating platform, which will be moored by anchors to the seabed. He said DCNR will look to enforce their guidelines and best management practices on drillers on State Park land and other areas where they don’t own mineral rights to make sure any surface impacts are minimized.