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Pennsylvania House Finally passes Marcellus bill

CPBJ -- The state House this afternoon passed a bill rewriting the state's regulations for Marcellus Shale natural gas drilling and imposing an impact fee.

The vote on the legislation, House Bill 1950, was 101-90. The state Senate passed it Tuesday night by a vote of 31-19. The bill now goes to Gov. Tom Corbett’s desk for his signature.

The bill imposes an impact fee based on the average yearly price of natural gas. The bill’s backers said the fee works out to roughly a 3 percent effective rate; opponents said it was closer to 1 percent.

The bill also limits municipalities’ ability to regulate the drilling industry, which has long argued it needs uniform statewide rules rather than a patchwork of local ordinances.

A statement on the bill’s passage from the Marcellus Shale Coalition was not imm

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Submitted Feb 08, 2012 By: Cakes77

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JohnofGB Champion Author Flint Posts:3,617 Points:738,120 Joined:Feb 2010	Message Posted: Feb 8, 2012 9:45:43 PM Ignore JohnofGB Report Abuse Its a good idea to have state control supercede local NIMBYs.
cheapchickKY Champion Author Lexington Posts:2,155 Points:436,230 Joined:Jan 2011	Message Posted: Feb 8, 2012 9:12:10 PM Ignore cheapchickKY Report Abuse I think local rule is preferable.
Batdan Rookie Author Atlanta Posts:66 Points:18,300 Joined:Apr 2007	Message Posted: Feb 8, 2012 7:53:21 PM Ignore Batdan Report Abuse And , where does this impact fee go and what is it spent on? Thanks for the article Cakes77.
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