More than $8.5 million in natural gas impact fees distributed within 25th senatorial district

HARRISBURG, PA – The impact fee on natural gas wells will deliver more than $8.5 million benefiting communities in the 25th Senatorial District this year. Clinton County and eligible municipalities will share more than $1.1 million.

Impact fees are levied over and above regular business taxes paid by every corporation in Pennsylvania. The disbursements were based on a formula established in Act 13 of 2012 to ensure communities affected by drilling receive their fair share of funding for projects such as road and bridge repairs, housing and other infrastructure needs.

The Impact Fee provides funding to the Commonwealth Financing Authority, which has generated more grants for the counties as listed below (information provided by state Sen. Cris Dush):

• $535,738.28 for Cameron County government

• $876,450.97 for Cameron County municipal governments

• $301,539.18 for Centre County government

• $201,772.63 for Centre County municipal governments

• $437,234.22 for Clinton County government

• $697,798.25 for Clinton County municipal governments

• $1,001,473.88 for Elk County government

• $1,581,891.13 for Elk County municipal governments

• $218,176.42 for Jefferson County government

• $294,251.82 for Jefferson County municipal governments

• $539,500.07 for McKean County government

• $874,349.87 for McKean County municipal governments

• $389,137.47 for Potter County government

• $647,354.85 for Potter County municipal governments

With this year’s statewide impact fee distribution total of almost $279 million – a nearly 19% increase over last year – Pennsylvania has now realized, to date, more than $2.5 billion in Impact Fee revenues benefiting communities in all of the Commonwealth’s 67 counties.