Corbett Praises Impact Fee Vote

Scott Detrow / StateIm­pact Pennsylvania

Gov­er­nor Cor­bett tours the Car­pen­ters Train­ing Cen­ter in Pitts­burgh, before announc­ing his impact fee pro­posal last fall.

Gov­er­nor Cor­bett says he’s look­ing for­ward to sign­ing the Mar­cel­lus Shale impact fee into law.

Once that hap­pens, coun­ties will have 60 days to enact a fee on nat­ural gas wells.

Here’s the governor’s statement:

Har­ris­burg – Gov­er­nor Tom Cor­bett today thanked the mem­bers of the House and Sen­ate for pass­ing House Bill 1950, which is a com­pre­hen­sive Mar­cel­lus Shale pack­age. The Con­fer­ence Com­mit­tee report passed today in the House.

“After long nego­ti­a­tions and a lot of hard work, we have reached a con­sen­sus on how to address the impacts in the Mar­cel­lus Shale regions,” Cor­bett said. “I am very pleased with the coop­er­a­tive spirit shown by the Gen­eral Assem­bly and their staffs while work­ing to resolve this com­plex issue. I look for­ward to sign­ing this leg­is­la­tion into law.”

Last Octo­ber, Cor­bett out­lined his Mar­cel­lus Shale pro­posal, which fol­lowed the work of the Mar­cel­lus Shale Advi­sory Com­mis­sion and includes a plan to help cre­ate thou­sands of jobs for Penn­syl­va­nia res­i­dents, to enhance pro­tec­tion of our nat­ural resources, and to move the state toward energy inde­pen­dence.  House Bill 1950 con­tains 24 of the leg­isla­tive rec­om­men­da­tions offered by the advi­sory commission.

“This leg­is­la­tion reaf­firms our strong com­mit­ment to safe and respon­si­ble nat­ural gas devel­op­ment here in Penn­syl­va­nia,” Cor­bett said.

Once the bill reaches the governor’s desk, he will have 10 days to sign it into law.