New Zoning Law Needlessly Restricts Drilling in SWPA Borough

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Pittsburgh, PA is located in Allegheny County. So you can imagine that any town, borough or hollow in Allegheny is somehow in the Pittsburgh political orbit--including Jefferson Hills. Most large cities like Pittsburgh lean liberal in their politics, and surrounding neighborhoods often lean that way too. Like Jefferson Hills (population 10,619). Last week Jefferson Hills Borough Council voted 6-0 to lard on new restrictions for shale drilling--on top of the already strict standards set up by the state Dept. of Environmental Protection. The new unnecessary standards create a "conditional use" situation where a driller has to get paperwork signed in triplicate for every minor step in the drilling process...

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