Acting Department of Environmental Secretary Michael Krancer told the House Appropriations Committee today his agency is set to do over 7,200 inspections of Marcellus Shale natural gas wells this year, a 44 percent increase over last year.
Krancer also said the first meeting of the Governor's Marcellus Shale Advisory Commission will be March 25 and the meetings will be open to the public. The meeting will be held in Room 105 Rachel Carson Building starting at 10:30.
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Cindy Dunn, Acting Secretary of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, told the House Appropriations Committee today DCNR has not been asked to identify new State Forest lands to lease for Marcellus Shale natural gas drilling.
Dunn said, overall, DCNR was lucky its budget received generally level funding, even in these difficult economic times.
Dunn provided the comments to the Committee because Gov. Corbett has not yet named a DCNR Secretary.
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