The Daily Local News is reporting that local regulation may be the next big obstacle to oil and gas development in Pennsylvania: “Kathryn Klaber, president of the Marcellus Shale Coalition, an industry group, told the commission Friday that drilling firms are having difficulty navigating the 779 zoning ordinances in the 1,491 municipalities in the Marcellus shale region.”
Fortunately, in Ohio, the Division of Mineral Resources Management’s preemption authority is pretty strong. See Ohio Rev. Code s. 1509.02.