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PA DEP Sec Krancer Tells EPA You Don’t Understand Dimock
January 12, 2012January 12, 2012

Michael Krancer, Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, sent a letter to federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 3 Administrator, Shawn Garvin, on Jan. 5 about the situation in Dimock, PA (a copy is embedded below). The letter is a follow-up to a conversation between the two about the long history and ongoing media circus that is Dimock. In the letter, Mr. Krancer says:

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Economic Impact | Hydraulic Fracturing | Industrywide Issues

White House Credits Marcellus & Fracking for Economic Boom
January 12, 2012January 12, 2012

Yesterday, the White House released a report titled “Investing in America: Building an Economy that Lasts” (a copy of is embedded below). The report credits the Marcellus Shale and fracking with fueling an economic boom in the U.S.

The relevant section says this:

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Energy Services | Industrywide Issues | Pennsylvania | Pipelines | PVR Partners | Susquehanna County

PVR Buys Rail-Trail Right-of-Way for Pipeline in PA
January 12, 2012January 12, 2012

A possible new Marcellus Shale pipeline is in the works in Susquehanna County, PA (northeast region of the state). Yesterday, Penn Virginia Resource Partners (PVR) announced they signed a deal granting them a right-of-way along a the Rail-Trail from Union Dale, PA to the New York State border. The plan is to connect wells in Susquehanna County to the Tennessee Pipeline in Union Dale.

PVR is a coal and natural gas midstream company with 4,200 miles of natural gas gathering pipelines and seven natural gas processing plants. The amount to be paid for the right-of-way was not disclosed.

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