PA’s Act 66 Sets Stage for “Transformative Growth” in NEPA Marcellus

In July 2020, PA Gov. Tom Wolf signed into law House Bill (HB) 732, a bill that grants tax breaks to companies willing to build brand new petrochemical plants in the Keystone State--plants that use huge quantities of Marcellus Shale gas (see Victory Lap! Gov. Wolf Signs Tax Break Bill for New Petchem Plants). Wolf vetoed a prior version and got a lot of negative feedback, so when the bill came around a second time he signed it. HB 732 became Act 66 in PA’s codes and regulations. Act 66 is meant to attract big petrochemical plants to northeastern PA. So far only one such facility (already in the works prior to the new law) has taken advantage of the Act 66 law. Efforts are underway to change that.

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