Permitting Reform Countdown: Who’s For, Who’s Against Before Nov 9

The Marcellus Shale Coalition (MSC) is leading a three-state push by Appalachian drillers to get the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act (BAAJA, S. 5653) over the finish line. The timing is no accident. When the U.S. Senate returns from its campaign break on Monday, November 9, the first thing it will do is take a make-or-break procedural vote on this permitting reform bill. Here's where things stand: who's lined up for it, who's lined up against it, and why a bill about paperwork matters to every landowner and driller in the Marcellus/Utica.

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