Incredible, Isn't It, How Activist Environmentalists Can Slow-Roll The Country; When Is A Moratorium A Permitorium?

The story out of Delaware down below just goes to show how fortunate "we" are in North Dakota. I am not aware of many votes / studies / decisions taking decades to complete/make by North Dakota government agencies. The NDIC is making decisions and the commission is about as transparent as one could expect / hope for.

On the other hand, the story is completely different in Delaware. It's now been three years of study and the Delaware River Basin Commission still hasn't set rules for drilling in the Marcellus. Incredible. Even if they said "no" folks could get on with their lives, knowing they won't be getting royalties from their minerals. Which is probably what will happen anyway.

Oil & Gas Journal is reporting.

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett has asked the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) to remove a 3-year moratorium on natural gas drilling from the Marcellus shale.

In a letter to DRBC last month, Corbett said the agency has had more than enough time to implement regulations that would allow gas drilling from the Marcellus shale while protecting water quality in the Delaware River and its tributaries.

DRBC has published draft drilling regulations in 2010, but the agency cancelled a 2011 vote on the rules. That vote has not been rescheduled.