The July 30 swearing-in of Correale F. Stevens to the Supreme Court prompted the state Department of Environmental Protection and Public Utility Commission to ask the court to rehear oral arguments regarding the Act 13 amendments to the state’s Oil and Gas Act.
The legislature approved the law in February 2012, but a group of local municipalities quickly sued in Commonwealth Court over a provision in the law that effectively prevented them from changing their zoning ordinances to block natural gas drilling within their boundaries. The Commonwealth Court declared the zoning provision unconstitutional.
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