Tag: setbacks
Well-pad setback petition moves on to Pennsylvania DEP
The petition asks the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to consider adopting setbacks of 3,281 feet from any building and drinking water well, 5,280 feet from any building serving vulnerable populations (including schools and hospitals) and 750 feet from any surface water. Currently, the minimum statewide setback distance from homes and private wells is 500 feet.
Cecil Township dismisses Range Resources’ challenge to wellpad setback ordinance
The Cecil Township Zoning Hearing Board voted to dismiss oil and gas company Range Resources' challenge to its ordinance that increase well pad setbacks.
Pa. bill could pull funding from communities that restrict oil and...
Pennsylvania Senate Bill 102 proposes to pull impact fee funding from communities who "unreasonably" restrict oil and gas development.
Pa. environmental board delays vote on petition to increase well setbacks
The Pennsylvania DEP's Environmental Quality Board tabled a petition to increase setbacks from unconventional oil and gas wells at a hearing on April 8.
