State House Panel Passes its Version of Shale Impact Fee from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
"The House GOP measure pushed through this morning closely matches the impact fee plan outlined by Gov. Tom Corbett and the environmental regulations suggested by his Marcellus Shale Advisory Commission. It also includes a provision to use royalty dollars from gas wells on state-owned land to fund environmental initiatives. But the section drawing some of the loudest concerns from Democratic members of the House Finance Committee was a provision stating that statewide rules would supersede all local laws for oil and gas operations."