MSC Challenges PA EQB Authority to Boost Bonds for Conv. Wells

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Yesterday MDN told you that the Pennsylvania Environmental Quality Board (EQB), a division of the state Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP), has accepted the petitions of rabid anti-drilling zealots aimed at boosting bonds to drill new conventional and unconventional (shale) wells (see PA EQB Advances Antis’ Request to Boost O&G Well Bonds). The Marcellus Shale Coalition (MSC) sent a letter to the EQB warning the agency that according to the way MSC reads the law, the EQB does NOT have the statutory authority to boost bonding rates for conventional (non-shale) wells.

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