Township Supervisors Association Supports Impact Fee

February 6, 2012 | 9:02 PM

By Scott Detrow

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The Penn­syl­va­nia State Asso­ci­a­tion of Town­ship Super­vi­sors is sup­port­ing the impact fee leg­is­la­tion, which a joint con­fer­ence com­mit­tee approved ear­lier this evening.

The bill restricts local gov­ern­ments’ abil­ity to zone and reg­u­late nat­ural gas drilling by cre­at­ing statewide stan­dards for well set­backs, and requir­ing munic­i­pal­i­ties to allow gas extrac­tion in all zones, except for dense res­i­den­tial areas.

PSATS Exec­u­tive Direc­tor Dave Sanko’s let­ter said “if we take a look at it, there are some rea­son­able and com­mon sense stan­dards” in the bill. “There are still some oppor­tu­ni­ties for a com­mu­nity to reg­u­late cer­tain things. If anyone’s inten­tion was to over-regulate or ban, they’re not going to be happy. But that’s not allow­able in the cur­rent law, either.”

Here’s the let­ter Sanko sent lawmakers: