The ruling marks the first time that FERC, an independent agency that regulates the interstate transmission of electricity, oil, and natural gas, has updated its policy for reviewing gas projects since 1999.
DEP acknowledged areas needing more research included: continued sampling of landfill leachate, further investigation of roads treated with oil and gas brines, and sampling during gas pipeline pigging operations from its 2016 TENORM study.
Republicans who control Pennsylvania's Legislature are reprising a fight from last year, passing legislation Monday to require Gov. Tom Wolf to go through them if he wants to impose a price on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants.
