Tag archive for ‘natural gas’
DEP drops waterline plans (0)
12/22/10 •
Cabot agrees to pay $4.1 million to Dimock residents BY LAURA LEGERE Times Shamrock Writer The Department of Environmental Protection has dropped its plans to build a 12.5-mile waterline from Montrose to Dimock Twp. in exchange for Cabot Oil and Gas Corp. agreeing to pay $4.1 million to residents affected by methane contamination attributed to [...]
Some Dimock folks see ‘dirty tricks’ in Cabot document (0)
12/22/10 •
BY LAURA LEGERE Times-Shamrock Writer Legal releases delivered Thursday by the gas company deemed responsible for methane contamination in Dimock Twp. water wells have some township residents accusing the driller of using “dirty, dirty tricks” to try to free itself of a lawsuit pending in federal court. Early Thursday morning, attorneys for Cabot Oil and [...]
PSP, PennDOT explain enforcement rules and regs (0)
12/15/10 •
BY STACI WILSON Times-Shamrock Writer Representatives from Pennsylvania State Police and PennDOT answered questions about the recent crackdown on commercial trucking in the area at the county economic development board meeting on Thursday, Dec. 9. Questions about the increased stops of trucks and road bonding issues were raised at the October meeting. PSP Motor Carrier [...]
Judge denies Cabot motion (0)
12/01/10 •
BY LAURA LEGERE Times-Shamrock Writer A federal judge has denied a motion by Cabot Oil and Gas Corp. to dismiss a case brought by Dimock Twp. residents who claim their health and property has been harmed by the company’s natural gas drilling activities. Cabot sought to have a judge throw out the case brought by [...]
Gas well regulation clears final hurdle (0)
11/23/10 •
BY ROBERT SWIFT Times-Shamrock Writer HARRISBURG – A new state regulation to require natural gas drillers to use stronger cement in wells and publicly disclose more information about chemicals used in fracking fluids cleared a final major hurdle Thursday. The Independent Regulatory Review Commission voted unanimously to approve the well-construction regulation, which will take effect [...]
’60 Minutes’ takes aim at shale (0)
11/17/10 •
BY ROBERT L. BAKER A few Dimock Township residents got in the national spotlight on CBS’s “60 Minutes” news program Sunday night, and watched it feeling the public could still be better informed. Television journalist Lesley Stahl examined the pros and cons of America’s shale gas boom in a 15-minute segment of the Emmy Award-winning [...]
Montrose boro has water capacity concerns (1)
11/03/10 •
BY STACI WILSON A meeting between Pennsylvania American Water Company representatives and Montrose Borough Council members last week did not alleviate council’s concerns that a proposed water line to Dimock was getting railroaded through the system. Councilman Sean Granahan said, at Monday night’s borough meeting, that council still has questions about the water capacity of [...]
Fire doused at P&G gas well site (0)
11/03/10 •
BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF A fire at a gas well on the Procter & Gamble plant site brought firefighters and other emergency crews to the scene Monday evening. Ultimately, the local responders weren’t needed, as workers from Citrus Energy were able to get the well shut down. Crews were first called out around 5:15 p.m. [...]
Gas activist running for governor (0)
10/13/10 •
BY STACI WILSON Self-described election “long-shot” Virginia Cody officially announced her write-in candidacy for the state’s top post Thursday morning. Cody, 54, of Factoryville, a retired Captain in the U.S. Air Force, kicked off her gubernatorial campaign at a church in Dimock Twp., in the heart of Susquehanna County’s natural gas drilling. About 10 people [...]
Auburn approves gas plans (0)
10/13/10 •
BY PAT FARNELLI Auburn Township supervisors approved plans for a compressor station for UGI Energy Services at their meeting last Tuesday night (Oct. 5). The non-residential, single lot subdivision was approved by the supervisors after review. They said the property is located near Route 267 and a natural gas compressor station will be located about [...]