PA DEP Signals Recommendation on Shale Drilling Setbacks by Year End

It's time to make a LOT of noise with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) if you care about Marcellus drilling continuing in the Keystone State. In December, the Pennsylvania Environmental Quality Board (EQB) accepted a petition by radical green groups, including the Clean Air Council and Environmental Integrity Project, to “study” the issue of increasing setbacks for shale drilling so far that it would ban ALL new Marcellus/Utica drilling in the Keystone State, which is no exaggeration (see EQB Votes to Consider Ban on Marcellus Drilling Via Crazy Setbacks). Yesterday, the Shapiro DEP told the EQB it is actively reviewing the rulemaking petition and will have a recommendation on setbacks for the board by the end of this year.

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