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6.5% severance tax will have negative impact on jobs, energy production

Meghan Keely2017-02-07T13:36:44-05:00February 7th, 2017|

Association to Fight Any Effort to Enact Additional Tax on Energy Production in the Commonwealth Pennsylvania Independent Oil & Gas Association President & Executive Director Dan Weaver today issued the following statement regarding Gov. Tom Wolf's proposal to include a 6.5-percent natural gas severance tax in Pennsylvania's FY 2017-18 state [...]

New grant program encourages expanded natural gas use

Meghan Keely2016-11-01T13:36:09-04:00November 1st, 2016|

The Commonwealth Financing Authority (CFA) has opened the new Pipeline Investment Program (PIPE) for applications, offering up to $24 million funding to make Pennsylvania’s natural gas available to its residents, manufacturers, and pad-ready sites, hastening the development of low-cost energy and creating new jobs. “Pennsylvania boasts tremendous natural gas resources, [...]

PIOGA Board appoints Dan Weaver to President and Executive Director

Meghan Keely2016-09-01T09:46:43-04:00September 1st, 2016|

Current Public Outreach Director to lead organization with retirement of Lou D'Amico The Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Independent Oil & Gas Association has announced the selection of Daniel J. Weaver to the position of President & Executive Director, effective September 1. Weaver (pictured here at left) replaces Louis [...]

DEP offers webinars on new Chapter 78a regulations

Meghan Keely2016-08-23T14:28:15-04:00August 23rd, 2016|

The Department of Environmental Protection has begun a series of webinars intended to familiarize unconventional operators and consultants with the Chapter 78a, Subchapter C regulatory changes that are expected to go into effect by this fall. Beginning Monday, August 22, DEP is offering 10 webinars that will run through September [...]

Action alert: New EPA “zero discharge” rule applies to PA conventional formations

Meghan Keely2016-07-06T16:39:05-04:00July 6th, 2016|

On Tuesday, June 28, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency published its 6/28/16 EPA Final Rule (81 Fed. Reg. 41845) that prohibits the discharge of onshore "unconventional oil and gas" (UOG) wastewaters to publically owned treatment works (POTWs), effective August 29, 2016, per changes to 40 CFR §435.33 & §435.34. The [...]

ANF mineral rights legislation passes congressional committee

Meghan Keely2016-06-16T10:18:15-04:00June 16th, 2016|

Legislation authored by U.S. Rep. Glenn "GT" Thompson (PA-5) that will protect the rights of private mineral owners in Pennsylvania's Allegheny National Forest (ANF) was approved June 15 on a bipartisan basis by the House Natural Resources Committee. The Cooperative Management of Mineral Rights Act of 2015, H.R. 3881, seeks [...]

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