From the Pennsylvania Forest Coalition (http://www.paforestcoalition.org/):
The House can vote on House Concurrent Regulatory Review Resolution #1 to kill DEP’s final conventional Chapter 78 and unconventional (Marcellus Shale) Chapter 78a drilling regulations.
If the House adopts the resolution, it then moves to the Senate for action.
As reported by PA Environment Digest, discussions were reportedly ongoing between House and Senate Republicans and other legislators and the Wolf Administration on whether a deal could be reached to avoid a vote on the Resolution.
The price of avoiding a vote to kill the entire package, however, could be killing the regulations in Chapter 78 applying to conventional drilling and making DEP start over or making other changes to the regulation, already approved by the Environmental Quality Board and the Independent Regulatory Review Commission.
Take Action Now – https://www.votervoice.net/mobile/TU/campaigns/46283/respond
This link sends a message to your House and Senate member supporting DEP’s drilling regulations. Change the subject heading.
Many thanks to Trout Unlimited for supporting our Constitutional rights to clean air and pure water.
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