Friday, November 9, 2012
The Public Utilities Commission said that while it does not agree with the court's decision, it will comply with it.
The Public Utilities Commission confirmed that it will release the local impact fee money associated with the state's new Marcellus Shale law to four local municipalities which had their oil and gas ordinances challenged and that were under review by the government agency. The state's Commonwealth Court late last month ordered that the agency "cease and disist" reviewing the ordinances. In a letter dated Tuesday and addressed to Solicitor John Smith, Bohdan R. Pankiw, chief counsel for the PUC wrote: "The Commission will comply with the interpretation set forth in that order and, as directed, will cease and desist from acting upon requests to review municipal ordinances." The letter also stated, "Consistent with this recent Commonwealth …
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Who doesn't love a top-10 list? Here's ours! See what was tops in October.
We wanted to give you a look back at the month of October, and remind you of some of the hottest stories that were on Canon-McMillan Patch. So without further ado... (Drum roll please) 10. Commonwealth Court to PUC: 'Cease and Desist'—Release the Impact Fee Money 9. Range to Cecil: PUC Challenge Could Be Dropped for Private Meeting 8. UPDATE: Coroner Called to Scene of 980 Crash 7. Cecil Crash Victim Identified 6. Upper St. Clair Man Jailed on Homicide Charge 5. Withholding of Impact Fee: Immoral by Range Resources and Illegal by the Corbett Administration 4. Canonsburg Man Jailed for Corruption of Minor 3. UPDATED: Trick or Treat Guide for Canonsburg, Cecil and North Strabane 2. Canonsburg Police Searching for Missing Girl 1. News Nearby…
Monday, October 15, 2012
Cecil Solicitor John Smith wrote the PUC a letter in opposition to Monday's decision to withhold impact fee money from those municipalities where their oil and gas drilling ordinances are under review by the state.
Cecil Solicitor John Smith wrote a letter to the Public Utilities Commission Monday after finding out that the agency had decided to withhold local impact fee money created through the Act 13 legislation from four local municipalities, including the township—saying the move was improper. Smith who is also spearheading the challenge to Act 13 brought by a cluster of communities including Cecil and Peters townships, as well as a nonprofit organization and medical doctor called the PUC’s move to withhold the money until a review of the municipalities’ ordinances to ensure they complied with the law was “overtly in violation” of the new Marcellus Shale drilling law. “Nowhere in Act 13 is the PUC given the authority to deem a township …
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Cecil's solicitor said the requests are "without merit."
A Cecil resident has asked the state Public Utilities Commission to review the township’s ordinance governing oil and gas operations—saying it does not comply with Act 13, Pennsylvania’s new law governing Marcellus Shale play. In a letter to the PUC dated Aug. 31, Alan Rank of 1683 Reissing Rd., wrote, “As a landowner residing in Cecil Township I believe that enforcement of the current municipal ordinance has and will prevent the development of oil and gas from taking place. Continued enforcement of this ordinance is only the latest in a trend of anti-industry behavior displayed by the township's officials.” The 32-page letter continued: “Even though much of the oil and gas industry has established Cecil Township as (its) home base of …
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Thursday, April 26, 2012
But lawyers challenging Act 13 said the PUC wants to "reverse it so as to enlarge their power and accommodate the interests of the oil and gas industry and to strike down municipal ordinances.”
The Public Utilities Commission on Wednesday asked the Commonwealth Court to modify a preliminary injunction it granted on April 11 as part of a challenge to the state’s new Marcellus Shale law—saying that clarification was needed so the department could meet its obligations under Act 13. The preliminary injunction means that implementation of portions of the new law will be delayed for 120 days from April 14 because “municipalities must have an adequate opportunity to pass zoning laws that comply with Act 13 without the fear or risk that development of oil and gas operations under Act 13 will be inconsistent with later, validly passed, local zoning ordinances." But in court documents, attorneys for the PUC argued that “conflicting …
Tara Smith
1:37 pm on Thursday, November 1, 2012
you and the marcellus shale lol :P The missing girl and shop n save shooting was definitely in my tops for sure more ›