Marcellus Shale Impact Fee Brings in More Than $204 Million for Communities
Moon, Robinson and Coraopolis, as well as other local municipalities, stand to benefit from the Act 13 impact fee—but not very much.
Gov. Tom Corbett today announced that Act 13 has generated more than $204.2 million through the new impact fee. Most of this money will be distributed directly to local communities across the state—including Moon, Robinson, Crescent and Coraopolis. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported that those communities will have their share of the local impact fee withheld until their ordinances governing drilling have been reviewed by the state and deemed in compliance with Act 13. In all four instances, residents lobbied the Public Utilities Commission to review those ordinances. In addition, Range Resources also filed a request for South Fayette's ordinance to be reviewed. Local municipalities will not benefit greatly. Moon Township will receive $…
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John A Geyer
10:58 am on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
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