Over the past decade, the oil and gas production landscape in Pennsylvania has evolved rapidly. The industry’s use of modern-day hydraulic fracturing techniques to extract natural gas from subsurface formations has enabled gas development projects to proliferate in the state, expanding into new areas and generating a variety of economic benefits. It has also triggered an array of regulatory initiatives, designed to manage the new and changing issues that are associated with gas-production activities.
One such initiative is the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s proposed rulemaking for surface activities at oil and gas well sites. This proposal, which has a lengthy and, in some respects, unique procedural background, would significantly alter Pennsylvania’s rules for conducting surface activities at oil and gas well sites. A number of its components, moreover, might be vulnerable to legal challenges in court.
Background of the Proposed Rulemaking
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