PA Marcellus News Digest
October 15, 2012
Articles
Auditor general candidate DePasquale promise drilling pollution-related audits
Times-Tribune
Borys Krawczeniuk
Oct 12
If elected, state auditor general candidate Eugene DePasquale promised Thursday to audit the state's water protection programs to ensure Marcellus Shale drilling is not polluting drinking water.
Link: http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/auditor-general-candidate-depasquale-promise-drilling-pollution-related-audits-1.1387105
Times-Tribune
Borys Krawczeniuk
Oct 12
If elected, state auditor general candidate Eugene DePasquale promised Thursday to audit the state's water protection programs to ensure Marcellus Shale drilling is not polluting drinking water.
Link: http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/auditor-general-candidate-depasquale-promise-drilling-pollution-related-audits-1.1387105
Gas royalties rolling in for SPWA
Observer-Reporter
Bob Niedbala
Oct 12
JEFFERSON – Southwestern Pennsylvania Water Authority has begun receiving royalty checks for the natural gas taken from beneath the Wisecarver Reservoir property in Franklin Township.
Link: http://www.observer-reporter.com/or/story11/10-12-gas-royalties-SPWA
Observer-Reporter
Bob Niedbala
Oct 12
JEFFERSON – Southwestern Pennsylvania Water Authority has begun receiving royalty checks for the natural gas taken from beneath the Wisecarver Reservoir property in Franklin Township.
Link: http://www.observer-reporter.com/or/story11/10-12-gas-royalties-SPWA
PUC targets Roaring Brook drilling ordinance
Times-Tribune
Robert Swift
Oct 12
HARRISBURG - State utility regulators are recommending changes to the proposed gas drilling ordinance in Roaring Brook Twp., and township officials appear likely to follow their advice.
Link: http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/puc-targets-roaring-brook-drilling-ordinance-1.1387073
Times-Tribune
Robert Swift
Oct 12
HARRISBURG - State utility regulators are recommending changes to the proposed gas drilling ordinance in Roaring Brook Twp., and township officials appear likely to follow their advice.
Link: http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/puc-targets-roaring-brook-drilling-ordinance-1.1387073
Business news briefs: Lawrence County to get gas-powered power plant
Post-Gazette
Oct 12
A New Jersey firm has announced plans to build a natural gas-powered power plant in Lawrence County. LS Power of East Brunswick said the $750 million, 900 megawatt facility will open in 2016 or 2017 and will be fueled by natural gas that comes from a pipeline out of Tennessee that also will transport gas from nearby Marcellus Shale wells.
Link: http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/business/news/business-news-briefs-lawrence-county-to-get-gas-powered-power-plant-657267/
Post-Gazette
Oct 12
A New Jersey firm has announced plans to build a natural gas-powered power plant in Lawrence County. LS Power of East Brunswick said the $750 million, 900 megawatt facility will open in 2016 or 2017 and will be fueled by natural gas that comes from a pipeline out of Tennessee that also will transport gas from nearby Marcellus Shale wells.
Link: http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/business/news/business-news-briefs-lawrence-county-to-get-gas-powered-power-plant-657267/
Reports raise questions about 'unknown' fracking risks
Post-Gazette
Oct 12
A pair of new federal reports raise questions about the "unknown" risks of the hydraulic fracturing techniques used in natural gas development, and whether national regulators should be more involved in the oversight process.
Link: http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/news/us/reports-raise-questions-about-unknown-fracking-risks-657264/
Post-Gazette
Oct 12
A pair of new federal reports raise questions about the "unknown" risks of the hydraulic fracturing techniques used in natural gas development, and whether national regulators should be more involved in the oversight process.
Link: http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/news/us/reports-raise-questions-about-unknown-fracking-risks-657264/
Drillers opt for benign additives with frack water
Tribune-Review
Timothy Puko
Oct 12
Industry experts call it continuous innovation: Drillers are replacing harsh chemicals with benign substances when fracking and someday soon might not need water to crack deep shale formations for natural gas.
Link: http://triblive.com/business/2752929-74/chemicals-gas-frack-fracking-drillers-benign-companies-nitrogen-percent-waterless#axzz28zs5Y4wn
Tribune-Review
Timothy Puko
Oct 12
Industry experts call it continuous innovation: Drillers are replacing harsh chemicals with benign substances when fracking and someday soon might not need water to crack deep shale formations for natural gas.
Link: http://triblive.com/business/2752929-74/chemicals-gas-frack-fracking-drillers-benign-companies-nitrogen-percent-waterless#axzz28zs5Y4wn
Study to look at emissions from gas drilling
Tribune-Review
Oct 11
Big questions about the extent of air pollution from natural gas drilling could be answered in a new study from the University of Texas.
Link: http://triblive.com/business/2760915-74/gas-drilling-environmental-leaks-methane-natural-participating-emissions-extent-university#axzz28zs5Y4wn
Tribune-Review
Oct 11
Big questions about the extent of air pollution from natural gas drilling could be answered in a new study from the University of Texas.
Link: http://triblive.com/business/2760915-74/gas-drilling-environmental-leaks-methane-natural-participating-emissions-extent-university#axzz28zs5Y4wn
Perilous Pathways: Abandoned Wells Don’t Factor Into Pennsylvania’s Permitting Process
NPR State Impact
Scott Detrow
Oct 12
Link: http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2012/10/12/perilous-pathways-abandoned-wells-dont-factor-into-pennsylvanias-permitting-process/
NPR State Impact
Scott Detrow
Oct 12
Link: http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2012/10/12/perilous-pathways-abandoned-wells-dont-factor-into-pennsylvanias-permitting-process/
Preserve our parks: Do recent DCNR ousters spell trouble?
Patriot-News
Editorial
Oct 15
[...]
The park system won recognition as the best managed park system in America, earning a gold medal from the American Academy for Park and Recreation Administration and the National Recreation and Park Association. Nearly 38 million people visit them.
Clearly, the park system has flourished under the leadership of John Norbeck, the state parks’ director since 2006. And that is what makes his departure all the more puzzling.
Link: http://blog.pennlive.com/editorials/print.html?entry=/2012/10/preserve_our_parks_do_recent_d.html
Patriot-News
Editorial
Oct 15
[...]
The park system won recognition as the best managed park system in America, earning a gold medal from the American Academy for Park and Recreation Administration and the National Recreation and Park Association. Nearly 38 million people visit them.
Clearly, the park system has flourished under the leadership of John Norbeck, the state parks’ director since 2006. And that is what makes his departure all the more puzzling.
Link: http://blog.pennlive.com/editorials/print.html?entry=/2012/10/preserve_our_parks_do_recent_d.html
DEP alters policy on foul-water notifications
Post-Gazette
Don Hopey
Oct 14
The state Department of Environmental Protection has a new review policy for water contamination cases related to Marcellus Shale gas well operations that lets department administrators in Harrisburg instead of field offices decide whether residential water users should receive letters notifying them about problems.
Link: http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/marcellusshale/dep-alters-policy-on-foul-water-notifications-657473/
Post-Gazette
Don Hopey
Oct 14
The state Department of Environmental Protection has a new review policy for water contamination cases related to Marcellus Shale gas well operations that lets department administrators in Harrisburg instead of field offices decide whether residential water users should receive letters notifying them about problems.
Link: http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/marcellusshale/dep-alters-policy-on-foul-water-notifications-657473/
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