Capitolwire.com reports this morning the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources does not have a contract to use high-tech seismic imaging to analyze State Forest land for natural gas leasing as Gov. Rendell said during the debate on leasing lands for drilling. The idea was to maximize the value of the lands leased to reduce the acreage involved.
A spokesperson for DCNR now says they are using the same process they did in 2008 to lease 74,000 acres for drilling that avoided areas with significant environmental or recreational value and near existing pipelines and roads.
The decisions on which lands to lease must be made by Spring to have the leases in place in time to generate the $60 million from leasing the budget settlement anticipates by June 30.
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