A total of forty-two counties have said they will adopt the drilling impact fee authorized by Act 13. The Corbett Administration said the fee will generate approximately $180 million in 2012, climbing to $211 million in 2013 and $264 million in 2014.

           The counties include: Allegheny (9 wells), Armstrong (112 wells), Beaver (1 well), Bedford (1 well), Berks (0 wells), Blair (6 wells), Bradford (1,008 wells), Butler (109 wells), Cambria (6 wells), Cameron (14 wells), Carbon (0 wells), Clearfield (136 wells), Clinton (85 wells), Columbia (3 wells), New- Crawford (0 wells), New- Dauphin (0 wells). Elk (58 wells), Erie (0 wells), Fayette (185 wells), Forest (6 wells), Greene (415 wells), Huntingdon (2 wells), Indiana (43 wells), Juniata (0 wells), Lawrence (2 wells), New- Lebanon (0 wells), New- Luzerne (2 wells), Lycoming (473 wells), McKean (53 wells), New- Mercer (0 wells), Monroe (0 wells), Perry (0 wells), Montour (0 wells), Potter (76 wells), New- Somerset (19 wells), Sullivan (41 wells), Susquehanna (462 wells), Tioga- (693 wells), Venango (1 well), Washington (560 wells), Wayne (4 wells) and Westmoreland (191 wells), Wyoming (98 wells) counties.

            4,344 of the 4,982 producing Marcellus Shale wells in Pennsylvania are in just 11 counties: Bradford-1,008, Tioga-693, Washington-560, Lycoming- 473, Susquehanna-462, Greene-415, Westmoreland-191, Fayette-185, Clearfield-136, Armstrong-112 and Butler-109.  All have adopted the fee ordinance.

4/23/2012