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Posted on Apr 5, 2013
Advisory Opinions to Municipalities Since the Robinson Township decision, municipal governments are left with countless questions and concerns regarding their local ordinances which may or may not be ...
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Posted on Mar 19, 2013
Legal Challenges to ACT 13 As anticipated, ACT 13 was met with immediate and severe uproar from landowners and municipalities who sought to limit and control natural gas drilling and production within ...
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Posted on Feb 8, 2013
Genesis of ACT 13 – Pennsylvania's Comprehensive Oil and Gas Law Consolidation Several years after the "Renz" well was drilled and countless municipalities fought to deny gas ...
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Posted on Jan 25, 2013
Marcellus Shale in Pennsylvania: The Road to ACT 13 (Part 2) Gas Law before ACT 13 Prior to the natural gas boom which began around 2005, almost all regulations relating to Oil and Gas wells fell ...
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Posted on Jan 10, 2013
American Energy Independence As the "war on terror" rages perpetually across the globe, our nation's leaders have begun to take a proactive role in precluding hostile nations from having ...
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Posted on Dec 4, 2012
Natural Gas News: A Compressor Station in your Backyard? The recent natural gas boom in Northeastern Pennsylvania has created large amounts of wealth, construction, and concerns for many local ...
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Posted on Nov 2, 2012
Township Ordinance Fails to Prevent Compressor Station Operating in Residential Area New Century Pipeline (New Century) appealed a ruling from a Common Pleas judge stating that the Township of ...
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Posted on Nov 2, 2012
Chemical Company's Negligence Leads to Meningitis Outbreak A New England chemical manufacturing company which produced medicine used in "steroid" injections on patients suffering from ...
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Posted on Jul 13, 2012
Methane may have leaked into drinking water in Bradford County! According to the Scranton Times-Tribune, the Secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) released a letter stating ...
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Posted on Jul 13, 2012
4700 gallons of hydrochloric acid spilled out a drilling site last week about 80 miles northeast of Scranton! According to the Timesleader.com, the spill happened on July 4th. There are currently no ...
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