Marcellus Shale Legislation Fails; Governor To Make Executive Changes

Legislators were unable to agree this session on changes to the State's Oil & Gas statute, W. Va. Code 22-6-1 et seq, so Governor Tomblin is going to make changes to the program that can be accomplished without amending the law. One thing he can do is to hire more inspectors, which will likely be a first step. Here is a report from the Beckley Register-Herald on what we can expect.