HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Corbett is expected to sign a sweeping bill that could force Pennsylvania's booming natural gas industry to help pay for a wide range of state and local government programs, toughen safety standards and limit the ability of local officials to keep drilling out of their towns.
The state House of Representatives' vote came more than three years after the exploration industry, armed with new technology, descended on Pennsylvania and began pouring billions of dollars into tapping the Marcellus Shale natural gas formation, the nation's largest-known natural gas reservoir.
The 174-page bill was negotiated among Republicans and unveiled Monday. It passed the House on Wednesday, 101-90, and the Senate on Tuesday, 31-19, largely along partisan lines. Only seven Democrats voted for it, while 13 Republicans voted against it.
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