I was in Wellsboro and the forest is destroyed to install pipelines. How can we make sure that revenue is generated for state and local governments to make this OK?

Two of our Recommended Practices focus on this topic—Pipeline Boring and Site Planning, Development and Restoration—and the exhaustive measures we take as an industry to ensure necessary infrastructure is put into place with a minimal environmental footprint.

In addition to the revenue being generated in communities across the commonwealth, Marcellus Shale operators have paid more than $406 million over the past two years in impact fees. Municipalities are using the money in a variety of ways.