Government Agencies

Federal Resources

Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC):

• DRBC Homepage
• Natural Gas Drilling in the Delaware River Basin
• DRBC Regulations

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA):

• Hydraulic Fracturing
• Marcellus Shale Gas Extraction
• Natural Gas STAR program

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC):

• FERC Homepage
• Natural Gas Resources
• Legal Resources
• Gas Pipelines
• Natural Gas Storage

Susquehanna River Basin Commission (SRBC):

• Natural Gas Shales and Natural Gas Well Development (Project Review, Susquhanna River Basin Commission)
• Marcellus Shale and Natural Gas Well Development: SRBC Presentations
• Press release: Seventeen Water Withdrawals for Natural Gas Drilling and other uses temporarily on hold to protect streams (April 18, 2012)

U.S. Department of Energy:

• Natural Gas Page

U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA):

• Natural Gas Page
• What is Shale Gas
   

Pennsylvania Resources

Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (PDA):

• PDA Memo Re: Natural Gas Leasing and Drilling on Eased Farms (Douglas M. Wolfgang, Director, August 15, 2008)

Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED):

• Marcellus Shale Page

Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR):

• Natural Gas Exploration on State Forest Land
• 2009-2010 Oil and Gas Lease Offering

Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP):

• Act 13 Information
• Industry Resources
• Marcellus Shale Advisory Commission
• Marcellus Shale Page
• Office of Oil and Gas Management
• Oil and Gas Programs
• Oil and Gas Reports
• Public Resources

Pennsylvania Department of Revenue (DOR):

• Letter Rulings
  • Inheritance Tax Legal Letter Ruling No. INH-03-008 (Applicability of Inheritance Tax on Oil and Gas Leasehold Interests)
  • Sale and Use Tax Legal Letter Ruling No. SUT-10-003 (Applicability of Mining Exemption to Fracturing Services)

Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT):

• Bureau of Maintenance and Operations
• PennDOT Local Technical Assistance Program (providing information on courses for municipalities, including road posting and bonding)

Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC):

• Press Release: PUC Continues Consideration of Laser Northeast Gathering Co. Application (May 19, 2011)