In 2009, the Potter County Board of Commissioners formed a Natural Gas Task Force after obtaining input from a broad-based local steering committee. Now, it’s time to adjust to a new set of circumstances and challenges as the shale gas [...]
The Department of Environmental Protection today announced it will publish in this week’s Pennsylvania Bulletin a revised general permit for the processing and beneficial use of liquid waste from oil and gas well sites. “This permit encourages recycling of wastewater [...]
The Unconventional Gas Well Impact Fee Act (Act 13) was signed into law by Governor Corbett on February 14th. What exactly does this Act cover? What does it mean to the people of the Commonwealth, and how will it affect [...]
“Municipalities Roles, Water Use and Protections” UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A Web-based seminar sponsored by Penn State Extension will examine municipalities’ roles related to water use and protection in the face of burgeoning Marcellus Shale gas development in Pennsylvania. [...]
From Potter County Today Quay Schappell (left), chief operating officer for TerrAqua Resource Management, explains his company’s shale gas hydrofracturing wastewater treatment operation to public water supply managers. Jonathan Huff (second from left) of Roulette Township and Jim Clark, Penn [...]
The Department of Environmental Protection today announced it has fined Catalyst Energy Inc. $185,000 for a number of violations at its non-Marcellus oil and gas well operations in Forest, McKean and Warren counties. In addition to paying a fine and [...]
From Potter County Today A Web-based seminar sponsored by Penn State Extension will examine how Marcellus Shale natural-gas development in Pennsylvania is affecting transportation patterns in the state. The 75-minute webinar will begin at 1 pm today (Thursday, Feb. 16). [...]
Public Herald journalists Melissa Troutman and Joshua Pribanic say they were falsely detained in the middle of the night by two water truck drivers on an unmarked road in Tioga State Forest and labeled ecoterrorists. Troutman and Pribanic were on their [...]
HARRISBURG — The Department of Environmental Protection has fined Chesapeake Appalachia LLC a total of $565,000 in civil penalties and reimbursement costs for erosion and sediment control violations, wetland encroachment violations and an April 2011 well control incident. “The governor [...]
Gasland Director Josh Fox was arrested yesterday while attempting to videotape a House Energy and Environment Subcommittee meeting on hydraulic fracturing. Fox was arrested before the meeting began. An ABC news crew was also turned away from the hearing, but [...]
New estimate says Pa. Marcellus impact fee leaves billions more on the table over 2 decades HARRISBURG – Legislative inaction on a natural gas drilling tax has cost Pennsylvania $300 million in lost revenue, according to the Pennsylvania Budget and [...]
From Potter County Today Seneca Highlands Career & Technical Center, in partnership with the Potter County Education Council, is one of just eight ShaleNET Training Partners in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Ohio. Having an approved training provider in Port Allegany [...]
From Potter County Today A Municipal Checklist has been distributed to townships and boroughs across Potter County to help them deal with a myriad of issues that could arise as the result of natural gas drilling. Planning Director Charlotte [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Energy Department yesterday slashed its previous estimate of natural gas reserves in the Marcellus shale formation by 66 percent. Increased shale gas activity within states such as Pennsylvania during the previous two years has provided [...]
PHILADELPHIA – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that it plans to perform water sampling at approximately 60 homes in the Carter Road/Meshoppen Creek Road area of Dimock, Pa. to further assess whether any residents are being exposed to [...]
I have for sale is a Richmond 30 gallon hot water ...
[Read more]
