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Pennsylvania lawmakers reach compromise on natural gas drilling bill

Gant Daily -- Lawmakers in Pennsylvania have reached an agreement on a bill charging companies an “impact fee” for drilling natural gas in the Marcellus Shale, legislation that is expected to be part of Gov. Tom Corbett’s budget address on Tuesday.

Compromise legislation reconciling differences between House Bill 1950 and Senate Bill 1100 is said to have been drafted over the weekend by top legislative aides.

Corbett, a Republican at the end of his first year in office, and the GOP-controlled legislature have not released details on the tentative measure. The Post-Gazette reports that the impact fee would be between $190,000 and $355,000 per drilling well depending on the price of natural gas.

Debate on the legislation centers on whether to tax energy producers for operations in the Marcellus Shal

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Eliano Champion Author Baltimore Posts:1,396 Points:272,925 Joined:Jun 2011	Message Posted: Feb 7, 2012 7:17:08 AM Ignore Eliano Report Abuse drilling is good
sjf238 All-Star Author Philadelphia Posts:715 Points:350,085 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Feb 6, 2012 11:59:31 PM Ignore sjf238 Report Abuse Interesting.
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djwhit Champion Author Ohio Posts:1,311 Points:862,080 Joined:Jul 2009	Message Posted: Feb 6, 2012 3:14:26 PM Ignore djwhit Report Abuse WILL, VOTE IT!!! DOWN AND SHOW THEM WE SAID NO TO RAISING PRICES...........
Edpap Champion Author Pennsylvania Posts:1,527 Points:149,000 Joined:Oct 2011	Message Posted: Feb 6, 2012 2:59:17 PM Ignore Edpap Report Abuse there were issues with the bill stripping local municipalities of their citizens property rights through local laws... Do municipalities have control or did Corbett sell them out?
hoosierva All-Star Author Indianapolis Posts:975 Points:236,990 Joined:Jul 2011	Message Posted: Feb 6, 2012 2:46:41 PM Ignore hoosierva Report Abuse if there is a compromise, what is in the small details. Or will it be like other bills, we create them, vote them in and then see what we did. very scary thought
K9LO Champion Author North Dakota Posts:1,403 Points:305,015 Joined:Nov 2010	Message Posted: Feb 6, 2012 1:50:05 PM Ignore K9LO Report Abuse What, another way the state can make money. The greedy bastards strike in still another place.
JamesCalvin Champion Author Lancaster Posts:1,241 Points:158,925 Joined:Nov 2011	Message Posted: Feb 6, 2012 12:55:35 PM Ignore JamesCalvin Report Abuse Awfully complicated, sounds like to me!?! But, keep everybody happy! Right?! [Edited by: JamesCalvin at 2/6/2012 12:56:06 PM EST]
bills299 Champion Author Atlanta Posts:1,542 Points:541,975 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Feb 6, 2012 12:46:14 PM Ignore bills299 Report Abuse Sounds like another tax!!!