DEP Head Aims to Streamline Efforts: Krancer Emphasizes Better Coordinated Oversight of State's Oil and Gas Industries from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The state's top environmental official says his agency has been operating too much like the Steelers on a sloppy game day and that the readjustments he announced Tuesday are aimed at smoothing out its oversight operations. Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Michael Krancer reverted to sports analogies throughout his briefing Tuesday to illustrate his rationale for the department's reorganization. He outlined a handful of structural changes, which he said will allow regulators to be more consistent, coordinated and efficient in managing natural gas drilling and other activities under their purview."