PA Marcellus News Digest
December 6, 2012
Special: 4 new injection wells for PA- hearings next week
Clearfield County Dec 10th-An EPA hearing for a Class 2D disposal injection well will be held on Monday Dec. 10 at 7 p.m. at Brady Township Community Center's building No. 2; 71 Community Center St., Luthersburg, PA 15848
Elk County Dec 11th-Injection well #38268 - Elk County, Highland Township, PA - Seneca Resources Corporation Dec.11. The EPA hearing will be held at the fire hall in Highland Township, James City at 7 p.m.
Warren County Dec 12th Two injection wells EPA hearing, December 12, 2012 - 6:00 pm Columbus Township Fire Department, 44 North St. near Bear Lake in Warren County
Clearfield County Dec 10th-An EPA hearing for a Class 2D disposal injection well will be held on Monday Dec. 10 at 7 p.m. at Brady Township Community Center's building No. 2; 71 Community Center St., Luthersburg, PA 15848
Elk County Dec 11th-Injection well #38268 - Elk County, Highland Township, PA - Seneca Resources Corporation Dec.11. The EPA hearing will be held at the fire hall in Highland Township, James City at 7 p.m.
Warren County Dec 12th Two injection wells EPA hearing, December 12, 2012 - 6:00 pm Columbus Township Fire Department, 44 North St. near Bear Lake in Warren County
Releases
Delaware River Basin Commission
Rejects Petition to Review Pipelines
Wallaby
Dec 5
West Trenton, NJ: In response to a request for a hearing submitted on August 9 and a petition submitted on September 12 by the Delaware Riverkeeper Network and signed on to by 52 environmental, civic, community and faith organizations (list below) the Delaware River Basin Commission officially rejected the request that it exercise its existing authority over pipelines.
Link: http://wallaby.telicon.com/PA/library/2012/2012120566.HTM
Rejects Petition to Review Pipelines
Wallaby
Dec 5
West Trenton, NJ: In response to a request for a hearing submitted on August 9 and a petition submitted on September 12 by the Delaware Riverkeeper Network and signed on to by 52 environmental, civic, community and faith organizations (list below) the Delaware River Basin Commission officially rejected the request that it exercise its existing authority over pipelines.
Link: http://wallaby.telicon.com/PA/library/2012/2012120566.HTM
Community College Faculty and Staff: Cut Fracking Ties, Support Sustainability
Protecting Our Waters
Iris Marie Bloom
Dec 6
Philadelphia – In a standing-room-only meeting Tuesday, the governing body of the Community College of Philadelphia’s faculty and staff union denounced the College’s ties to the Marcellus Shale Coalition. MSC is the primary fracking industry lobbying group in Pennsylvania.
Link: http://protectingourwaters.wordpress.com/2012/12/06/community-college-faculty-and-staff-cut-fracking-ties-support-sustainability/
Protecting Our Waters
Iris Marie Bloom
Dec 6
Philadelphia – In a standing-room-only meeting Tuesday, the governing body of the Community College of Philadelphia’s faculty and staff union denounced the College’s ties to the Marcellus Shale Coalition. MSC is the primary fracking industry lobbying group in Pennsylvania.
Link: http://protectingourwaters.wordpress.com/2012/12/06/community-college-faculty-and-staff-cut-fracking-ties-support-sustainability/
Articles
Federal report says natural gas exports would benefit economy
Pitt Trib
Timothy Puko
Dec 5
The more natural gas America exports, the greater the economic benefits for the country, according to a federally backed study released Wednesday that could be key in whether the government issues export permits to gas companies clamoring for them.
Link: http://triblive.com/news/adminpage/3082961-74/gas-report-exports#axzz2EAnaubnh
Pitt Trib
Timothy Puko
Dec 5
The more natural gas America exports, the greater the economic benefits for the country, according to a federally backed study released Wednesday that could be key in whether the government issues export permits to gas companies clamoring for them.
Link: http://triblive.com/news/adminpage/3082961-74/gas-report-exports#axzz2EAnaubnh
Proposed injection well still topic of interest
Ridgway Record
Joseph Bell
Dec 4
The Elk County Board of Commissioners took another step in opposing the construction of an "injection well" by Seneca Resources along Lamont Road between state Route 66 and Highland Road near James City in Highland Township.
On Tuesday morning, the commissioners voted 3-0 to adopt a resolution opposing the possible injection well.
Link: http://www.ridgwayrecord.com/content/proposed-injection-well-still-topic-interest
Ridgway Record
Joseph Bell
Dec 4
The Elk County Board of Commissioners took another step in opposing the construction of an "injection well" by Seneca Resources along Lamont Road between state Route 66 and Highland Road near James City in Highland Township.
On Tuesday morning, the commissioners voted 3-0 to adopt a resolution opposing the possible injection well.
Link: http://www.ridgwayrecord.com/content/proposed-injection-well-still-topic-interest
New Group Formed to Revive State's Manufacturing Industry
Jeff Cox
Wallaby
Dec 6
[...]Is there any conflict between manufacturing and drilling in getting skilled labor?
Walker: From my perspective, no. They are not competing. In fact, the natural gas industry has a shortage of skilled labor in Pennsylvania. There is a reason you are seeing license plates from Louisiana and Texas on those well pads. We just do not have the skilled labor yet to catch up to the jobs that are available, which is reason part of the vision of 20/20 is workforce education.
Link: http://wallaby.telicon.com/PA/library/2012/20121205CZ.HTM
Jeff Cox
Wallaby
Dec 6
[...]Is there any conflict between manufacturing and drilling in getting skilled labor?
Walker: From my perspective, no. They are not competing. In fact, the natural gas industry has a shortage of skilled labor in Pennsylvania. There is a reason you are seeing license plates from Louisiana and Texas on those well pads. We just do not have the skilled labor yet to catch up to the jobs that are available, which is reason part of the vision of 20/20 is workforce education.
Link: http://wallaby.telicon.com/PA/library/2012/20121205CZ.HTM
Fouled water strains Butler County residents
Pitt Trib
Timothy Puko
Dec 5
Janet McIntyre is sick of drinking water from plastic bottles.
She’s among a growing number of neighboring families in Butler County using donated bottled water, claiming their tap water sickened them, stinks and stains what it touches. Federal, state and industry testing ruled unfounded the neighbors’ claims that gas drilling polluted water wells.
Link: http://triblive.com/news/allegheny/3034901-74/butler-county-mcintyre-residents-township-woodlands-drilling-janet-drinking-neighborhood#axzz2EC9AhOJD
EQT And Consol Bid To Drill At Pittsburgh-Area Airports
NPR State Impact
Scott Detrow
Dec 5
Link: http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2012/12/05/eqt-and-consol-bid-to-drill-at-pittsburgh-area-airports/
NPR State Impact
Scott Detrow
Dec 5
Link: http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2012/12/05/eqt-and-consol-bid-to-drill-at-pittsburgh-area-airports/
Ex-Pa. Gov. Rendell to Gov. Cuomo: Fracking would be good for New York state
NY Post
Carl Campanile
Nov 30
Gov. Cuomo and New York would be frackin’ “crazy” to continue its fracking ban.
That’s the message from former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, a Democrat whose state has seen an economic boom from high-volume hydraulic fracturing for natural gas.
Link: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/dem_frack_boost_681K6tOSjmS7xU1vaTGFtO
NY Post
Carl Campanile
Nov 30
Gov. Cuomo and New York would be frackin’ “crazy” to continue its fracking ban.
That’s the message from former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, a Democrat whose state has seen an economic boom from high-volume hydraulic fracturing for natural gas.
Link: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/dem_frack_boost_681K6tOSjmS7xU1vaTGFtO
Photos reveal effects of Marcellus shale drilling
Pitt Tirb
Kurt Shaw
Dec 1
Featuring the work of six documentary photographers, the “Marcellus Shale Documentary Project” exhibit on display at Pittsburgh Filmmakers Galleries in Oakland peels back the layers of a complex industry that is much talked about in our region.
Link: http://triblive.com/aande/museums/3032181-74/fair-drilling-brown-gas-goldsmith-marcellus-neighbors-fracking-homes-shale#axzz2EBweNszc
Pitt Tirb
Kurt Shaw
Dec 1
Featuring the work of six documentary photographers, the “Marcellus Shale Documentary Project” exhibit on display at Pittsburgh Filmmakers Galleries in Oakland peels back the layers of a complex industry that is much talked about in our region.
Link: http://triblive.com/aande/museums/3032181-74/fair-drilling-brown-gas-goldsmith-marcellus-neighbors-fracking-homes-shale#axzz2EBweNszc
Impact Fee Sends $2.5 Million To Housing Efforts
NPR State Impact
Scott Detrow
Dec 3
Link: http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2012/12/03/impact-fee-sends-2-5-million-to-housing-efforts/
NPR State Impact
Scott Detrow
Dec 3
Link: http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2012/12/03/impact-fee-sends-2-5-million-to-housing-efforts/
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