Marcellus Shale Newswire 4/20/2012
Vol. 2, Issue 53
A Collection of Marcellus Shale and Gas Drilling Articles from Pennsylvania and Beyond
PennEnvironment
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
New air-quality rules issued today for Marcellus operations
By Don Hopey
April 18, 2012
http://old.post-gazette.com/pg/12109/1225168-455-0.stm
Marcellus Shale operations in Pennsylvania and oil and gas operations nationwide will need to reduce air pollution emissions to comply with new federal rules issued today.
The News Journal
Docs say drilling law hurts health
By Kevin Begos and Michael Rubinkam
April 14, 2012
PITTSBURGH — Public health advocates and doctors on the front lines of Pennsylvania’s natural gas-drilling boom are attacking the state’s new Marcellus Shale law, likening one of its provisions to a gag order and complaining that vital research money into health effects was stripped at the last minute.
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Gas industry wants a say in shale lawsuit
By Laura Olson
April 18, 2012
HARRISBURG — A Commonwealth Court judge said he hopes to rule by Monday on whether the gas-drilling industry and top Republican legislators should be permitted to intervene in a lawsuit challenging the state’s new Marcellus Shale law.
Seattle Times Newspaper
Expert says all Pa. oil, gas waste needs treatment
By Kevin Begos
April 15, 2012
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2017987916_apusgasdrillingwastewater.html
PITTSBURGH —A former top environmental official says Pennsylvania’s successful efforts to keep Marcellus Shale wastewater away from drinking water supplies should be extended to all other oil and gas drillers.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Shale law Act 13 means new money, more regulations
By Laura Olson
April 15, 2012
HARRISBURG — When oil and gas drillers in Pennsylvania wake up on Monday, they’ll be under new rules on how they deal with officials, where they can locate their operations and the price tag attached to wells.
Essential Public Radio
Natural Gas Industry Looking at Possibility of Using Coal Drainage instead of Fresh Water
By Deanna Garcia
April 19, 2012
A report issued by the RAND Corporation finds that using abandoned mine drainage for hydraulic fracturing gas wells could be employed more frequently in future development, thereby lessening the burden on fresh water supplies. The report, funded by the Marcellus Shale Coalition, concludes that drainage from closed mines is plentiful, and the technology to use it is feasible.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Beaver County township orders Chesapeake to stop drilling on farm
By Rich Lord
April 18, 2012
http://old.post-gazette.com/pg/12109/1225121-503-0.stm
A Beaver County township has ordered a halt to shale gas drilling on a farm that is also a habitat for bats, saying that it violates local zoning rules.
The gas company, Chesapeake Appalachia, disputes the township’s cease-and-desist order and continues work on the well.
CentreDaily.com
Towns, doctors contest Marcellus Shale impact fee
By Cliff White
April 16, 212
http://www.centredaily.com/2012/04/16/3164045/towns-doctors-contest-law.html
NEW YORK—The U.S. natural gas market is bursting at the seams.
A new law imposing an impact fee on Marcellus Shale natural gas wells is being challenged by an informal coalition of municipalities, an environmental group and some medical professionals, who have lodged a legal challenge arguing provisions in the legislation make it unconstitutional.
The Philadelphia Inquirer
New law empowers Marcellus gas drillers
By Bill Reed
April 16, 2012
Natural gas drilling near homes, wastewater pits near schools, and pipelines running through parks are all allowed under the controversial Marcellus Shale drilling law that took effect Monday.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Studies try to measure economic boom spurred from Marcellus Shale
By Amy Friedenberger
April 16, 2012
The Morning Call took a look at towns that boomed from the Marcellus Shale industry moving into town. What the reporter found was that it’s hard to quantify the increase in jobs in the towns and whether they are a direct result from the industry.
Farm and Dairy
Pennsylvania: Marcellus Shale legislation goes into effect for fees, but not zoning portion
By Kristy Foster
April 17, 2012
SALEM, Ohio — Most of Pennsylvania’s Marcellus shale impact fee legislation is now official, but a state appellate judge blocked part of it with an injunction April 11.
The Times-Tribune
Water test reports leave homeowners in need of a translator
By Laura Legere
April 16, 2012
FRANKLIN TWP. – The pages Tammy Hadlick pulled from an envelope marked certified mail on a recent afternoon held a wealth of information about her family’s drinking water, none of which she could decipher.
