PA DEP Hints May Not Make Sept 1 Deadline for Conventional Review

In late July, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf, controlled by the extreme left in the Democrat Party, allowed PA House Bill (HB) 2644 to become law without his signature (see New PA Act 96 Helps Boost Plugging Orphan Wells – Left Goes Nuts). Wolf took a big hit from the lunatics in his own party following his inaction on 2644. So he tried to make up for it by publishing a notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin to justify his action of allowing 2644 to become law (now called Act 96), and to instruct the state Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP) to conduct a comprehensive review of conventional oil and gas driller compliance--and to do it by September 1st (see PA Gov. Wolf Instructs DEP to Draft New Regs Following Act 96). In a meeting with the PA Department of Community & Economic Development (DCED) last week, acting Secretary of the DEP, Kurt Klapkowski, said the September 1st deadline is "aggressive."

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