This time tomorrow, legislation overhauling Pennsylvania’s natural gas drilling regulations and imposing a per-well impact fee may be headed to Governor Corbett’s desk. A joint House-Senate conference committee approved a 174-page bill tonight. Senate rules allow a vote on the plan first-thing tomorrow morning. The House requires a 24-hour wait on all votes, which means [...]
Next week, the state Senate will hold a vote on a natural gas drilling impact fee. Top Republicans and Democrats are hashing out the measure’s final details this weekend, with the goal of introducing the new language in committee on Monday, and holding a floor vote on Tuesday. Part one of the bill, covering environmental [...]
Here’s a sign Governor Corbett’s proposed natural gas impact fee is gaining momentum: the County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania, which previously expressed “strong reservations” about the proposal, is now backing it. Executive Director Doug Hill says the shift comes after numerous discussions with two of Corbett’s Marcellus Shale point men, Lieutenant Governor Jim Cawley and [...]
Republican Governor Tom Corbett unveiled his long-awaited proposal to levy an impact fee on Pennsylvania’s natural gas drillers on Monday. The plan would charge a $40,000-$10,000 fee per well, and direct the bulk of its revenue to county and local-level governments who are dealing with the clogged roads, uptick in emergency service demands and other [...]
Here’s the full CCAP press release, expressing overall support for Corbett’s impact fee, but laying out “strong reservations” about its county-level implementation. (Harrisburg, PA) –The County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania (CCAP) today announced its support for the direction taken by Governor Corbett in his plan to implement numerous recommendations of the Marcellus Shale Advisory Commission, [...]
Pennsylvania’s county commissioners aren’t on board with a major aspect of Governor Corbett’s Marcellus Shale impact fee proposal. Corbett wants counties, not the state, to implement and collect a fee. That raises “significant concerns,” according to County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania executive director Doug Hill. CCAP’s members held a conference call to discuss the Corbett [...]
As Governor Corbett’s Marcellus Shale impact fee moves from proposal to bill, one factor may tie things up in the legislature: the Republican’s plan to let counties, not the state, assess and collect the levy. Under Corbett’s proposal, each gas-producing county has the option to impose an impact fee, and can then set its own [...]
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