DRBC Delay Costs Wayne County Landowners $187.5M, Hess Pulls Out

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thanks for nothingThank you Carol Collier (Executive Director) and the other members of Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC): You've just cost Wayne County, PA landowners a collective $187.5 million by your continued inaction to allow drilling in Wayne County. Newfield Appalachia PA and Hess Corp. started sending notices last week to Wayne County landowners that they've decided to terminate the leases they made with them in 2009--on more than 100,000 acres. Not wanting to tick off the DRBC and the member states of NY, NJ, PA and DE, the drillers blamed the lease terminations on a change in strategy--they want to drill in oily shale plays. But we know the real reason...

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