Corbett’s Budget Would Cut DEP Spending

As we con­tinue mon­i­tor­ing House debate on a Mar­cel­lus Shale impact fee, here’s a look at how the Depart­ment of Envi­ron­men­tal Pro­tec­tion and Depart­ment of Con­ser­va­tion and Nat­ural Resources fared in Gov­er­nor Corbett’s pro­posed budget.

From the Times Leader:

The Depart­ment of Envi­ron­men­tal Pro­tec­tion will see fund­ing cut by 7.8 per­cent or $10.5 mil­lion; and the Depart­ment of Con­ser­va­tion and Nat­ural Resources’ bud­get is decreased by about $2.5 mil­lion or 4.6 percent.

In addi­tion to the pro­posed state-level cuts, DEP expects to see a $40 mil­lion drop in fed­eral fund­ing this year.

Yes­ter­day, StateIm­pact Penn­syl­va­nia took a look at how drilling roy­al­ties would fund a third of DCNR’s 2012–2013 budget.