Wednesday, July 25, 2012

EZ-FRACK by EXECUTIVE ORDER

Because we are not fracking up Pennsylvania fast enough - Gov. Corbett has signed an executive order to speed up the process.


Governor Corbett Signs Executive Order Requiring DEP to Implement Permit Decision Guarantee Program

HARRISBURG, Pa., July 24, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Governor Tom Corbett today issued Executive Order EO2012-11, which requires the Department of Environmental Protection to immediately begin assessing how best to make timely permitting decisions. 

The order establishes a Permit Guarantee Program, in which DEP will strive to make permitting decisions within established processing times for complete and technically adequate applications.

2012-11.pdf 2012-11 - Permit Decision Guarantee for the Department of Environmental Protection  07/24/2012

1.  Types of Permits Covered.  This Executive Order authorizes the Department to establish by policy, using an open and participatory process, the elements of the Permit Decision Guarantee Program and the specific permits covered by the permit decision guarantee.  Such permits may include those with the most direct impacts on protection of public health, safety and the environment, as well as economic development.  The Department shall periodically revise and republish the policy, as needed. Notice of these actions shall be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.

2.  Applicant Responsibilities.  The permit applicant is responsible for submitting an application that contains all information needed by the Department to make a decision and meets all applicable environmental statutory and regulatory requirements.  Applicants are encouraged to schedule a pre-application conference with the Department as soon as practicable to discuss the permitting needs for the total project.

3.  Department Responsibilities.  The Department shall establish clear guidance that describes permit application requirements.  The permit decision guarantee policy developed by the Department for implementation of this Executive Order shall include a predictable processing time for each permit application covered by the permit decision guarantee.  The policy shall establish that the Department will strive to process environmentally-protective applications as expeditiously as possible, but no longer than the established processing times.  The policy shall indicate that only applications that are complete and technically adequate shall be eligible for the permit decision guarantee and that incomplete or severely deficient applications shall be returned to the applicant.  The processing time shall be the total number of business days beginning with the receipt of an application and ending with the final action by the Department.

4.  Coordinated Permits.  The Department will coordinate the review of applications for projects with multiple permits. The Department shall develop and update, as needed, a permit coordination policy that is consistent with the permit decision guarantee.



After all the frackers have paid good money for Corbett
2011 "donations" per Marcellus Money
    Chief Oil & Gas     PAC     January 21, 2011     $25,000.00    
    US Energy Exploration     Executive     January 21, 2011     $4,000.00    
    Shell     Executive     February 10, 2011     $50,000.00    
    Consol Energy     Executive     February 10, 2011     $1,000.00    
    Consol Energy     PAC     April 4, 2011     $7,000.00    
    Range Resources     PAC     June 7, 2011     $954.77    
    Range Resources     Executive     June 9, 2011     $1,000.00    
    Tanglewood Exploration     PAC     June 9, 2011     $1,000.00    
    Range Resources     Executive     June 9, 2011     $500.00    
    MarkWest Energy Partners     PAC     June 9, 2011     $1,000.00    
    Cabot Oil & Gas     PAC     June 9, 2011     $5,000.00    
    Range Resources     Executive     June 9, 2011     $300.00    
    Chief Oil & Gas     PAC     June 21, 2011     $5,000.00    
    Seneca Resources (National Fuel)     PAC     August 15, 2011     $1,000.00    
    Alpha Natural Resources     Executive     October 25, 2011     $1,250.00    
    Range Resources     PAC     November 1, 2011     $2,000.00    
    Chief Oil & Gas     PAC     November 1, 2011     $1,000.00    
    UGI     PAC     November 1, 2011     $2,500.00    
    Dominion     PAC     November 2, 2011     $1,500.00    
    Dominion     PAC     November 2, 2011     $1,000.00    
    Alpha Natural Resources     Executive     November 7, 2011     $1,250.00    
    Alpha Natural Resources     Executive     November 7, 2011     $500.00    
    Alpha Natural Resources     Executive     November 15, 2011     $2,500.00    
    Alpha Natural Resources     Executive     November 15, 2011     $2,500.00    
    Alpha Natural Resources     Executive     November 15, 2011     $2,500.00    
    Alpha Natural Resources     Executive     November 15, 2011     $1,250.00    
    Alpha Natural Resources     Executive     November 15, 2011     $1,000.00    
    Exxon Mobil     PAC     December 12, 2011     $10,000.00    
    Chesapeake Energy     PAC     December 12, 2011     $7,500.00    
    EQT     PAC     December 12, 2011     $1,000.00    
    Somerset Water Resources     Executive     December 12, 2011     $5,000.00    
    PIOGA     PAC     December 29, 2011     $5,000.00    
    Alpha Natural Resources     PAC     December 30, 2011     $7,353.85 

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