The State Review Process engages diverse stakeholders across government, environment, and industry to conduct evaluations of volunteer state oil and gas environmental regulatory programs and develop State Review Reports. These reports identify both program strengths that merit special recognition and potential regulatory gaps. Multi-Stakeholder State Review Teams develop recommendations to address any potential regulatory gaps and identify a possible pathway to program improvement.
The State Review Process is governed by STRONGER’s Rules of Participation. STRONGER offers a menu of Review options to States, based on the Guidelines. Reviews may encompass one Guidelines topic, a selection of topics, or all topics. Follow-Up Reviews identify actions taken by a state in response to recommendations from a prior review. As STRONGER is continually updating the Guidelines to maintain pace with regulatory developments and changes in the industry, Follow-Up Reviews may also evaluate a state against new and updated Guidelines topics.
State Review Reports are snapshots in time of a state’s regulatory framework for oil and gas development. Viewed as a complete body of work, Reports paint a picture of the continuous improvement of a state’s oversight of oil and gas development.
Pennsylvania has volunteered for six State Reviews:
2010 Hydraulic Fracturing Review
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