Corbett Tries to Slash Budget of Del River Basin Comm that resisted allowing fracking

[JPZenger]

http://articles.philly.com/2014-02-08/news/47129686_1_drbc-drilling-moratorium-budget-cut

"Gov. Corbett's proposed budget for 2014-15 would drastically cut funding for the Delaware River Basin Commission, which, despite his urging, has kept in place a moratorium on natural-gas drilling in the basin. Democratic gubernatorial contender John Hanger, a former environmental protection secretary, called the cut "naked retaliation for the DRBC's continuing moratorium on gas drilling in the Delaware watershed." He urged the Assembly to not cut the funding.

In Corbett's proposed budget, Pennsylvania's funding would drop by 53.5 percent, from $934,000 to $434,000. Funding for the Susquehanna River Basin Commission and similar agencies would not be cut.

In 2010, the commission instituted a drilling moratorium until regulations were in place. The regulations were proposed but never adopted. So, several northeastern counties underlain by Marcellus Shale have remained off-limits. Corbett has pushed to end the moratorium. In June, he wrote to his fellow commissioners conveying "a profound sense of frustration and disappointment on behalf of my constituents."

[femmocrat]

1. Maybe he has been taking lessons from Christie.

Sounds like retribution to me, too.

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