Drill Bits: Impact Fee Roundup
- More on the first round of impact fee payments: around 1,500 counties and all 67 counties will receive money from the fee – that’s because in addition to the per-well formula driving money to counties with Marcellus wells, a chunk of the statewide dollars are distributed to each county. (Post-Gazette; Patriot-News)
- That’s why, for example, Lancaster County will receive $440,000. (Lancaster Online)
- As expected, Bradford and Susquehanna Counties will take in the most money. (Times-Tribune)
- Governor Corbett says his administration has no plans to drill in state parks. (PA Environment Daily)
- In New York, drilling proponents are growing frustrated with ongoing delays in the Empire State’s hydraulic fracturing regulations. (Innovation Trail)