PA Supremes Invent New DEP Power to Block Drilling Near Schools

April 21, 2023April 21, 2023

We appear to finally be at the end of an eight-year road with respect to new shale drilling regulations in Pennsylvania adopted back in 2016. Two days ago, the PA Supreme Court overturned a Commonwealth Court decision that blocked the Dept. of Environmental Protection's (DEP) ability to control shale drilling near schools and public playgrounds. In October 2016, after five years in the making, PA adopted new shale drilling regulations called Chapter 78 (see PA’s New Chapter 78a Drilling Regs Go into Effect Oct 8).

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