Maryland Senators Support Lease Tax to Fund Fracking Study Hydraulic Fracturing | Industrywide Issues | Maryland | Regulation | Statewide MD | Taxation October 25, 2012October 25, 2012 Two “prominent” Maryland State Senators, both from Montgomery County in the Washington, D.C. suburbs (and both Democrats), are supporting legislation that would create a long-term moratorium on shale gas drilling in the state: Please Login to view this content. (Not a member? Join Today!) Related