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Monthly Archives: September 2012

Legislators Return for Fall Session

The General Assembly returned to Harrisburg this week to begin preparing bills for votes in October. There is never a shortage of issues to be addressed, but there is a shortage of time. Only 6 session days are scheduled in the Senate, and 8 in the House prior to November election. Both House and Senate […]

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House, Senate Agriculture Committees Meet

In their first week back in Session from summer recess, both the House and Senate Agriculture committees met to move bills that are on the fall legislative agenda.

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Gas-products pipeline to advance Marcus Hook refinery’s rebirth

Sunoco announced Wednesday that its shuttered Marcus Hook refinery will be reborn as a facility to process Marcellus Shale natural-gas products, fueling new construction and new traffic through the Delaware River port.

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Pennsylvania’s Impact Fee To Generate More Than $200 Million

The PUC has reported that Pennsylvania collected $197 million to date in impact fee revenue resulting from Act 13, and will take in nearly $206 million, when all 58 companies meet their payments.

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House GOP Policy Committee Holds Hearing On Coal Issues

The House Republican Policy Committee Chaired by Rep. Dave Reed (R-Indiana) Friday held a hearing in Latrobe where a bipartisan group of state legislators heard from representatives of Pennsylvania’s coal industry about the positive impacts the sector has on the Commonwealth’s economy and potential roadblocks preventing additional job creation.

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Congress Has a Short Time Frame to Act on Critical Renewable Energy Issues

Members of Congress are set to return next week after five weeks of summer recess, an extensive amount of time used to reconnect with constituencies. However, with only a few short weeks before the November elections (the House has only 13 legislative business days set aside before Nov. 6), questions remain as to just how much political will lawmakers possess as they confront a long list of pending issues and issues which could turn votes in the election.

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Small Business Regulatory Reform Act

Small Business Regulatory Reform Act
ERG Partner John Nikoloff joins Gov. Tom Corbett, and Representative Tina Pickett for the signing of the 1349 – the Small Business Regulatory Reform Act at Pennsylvania Precision Cast Parts in Lebanon. The bill, which ERG Partners lobbied for, ensures that government agencies consider the impact new regulations could have on small business when new regulations are being created. Bradford County Rep. Pickett was the prime sponsor of the legislation. At left is Andrew Miller, owner of PA Precision Cast Parts, which employs more than 175 workers.

Information provided by the Office of the Governor:
September 10, 2012

Governor Tom Corbett Monday ceremonially signed legislation that will protect small businesses from unnecessary red tape and costly mandates.

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ERG Partners Participates in Re-Opening of Client’s Expanded Transload Site, Made Possible through Rail Freight Assistance Program

D&I Silica, LLC’s Ribbon Cutting
ERG Partners was pleased to participate in a ribbon cutting ceremony held this week to celebrate the expansion of client D&I Silica, LLC’s (D&I) Kittanning Transload Terminal in Western Pennsylvania. ERG Partner COO Tracy Wingenroth stands with D&I co-owner Arthur Stewart.

Kittanning, Pa – ERG Partners was pleased to participate in a ribbon cutting ceremony held this week to celebrate the expansion of client D&I Silica, LLC’s (D&I) Kittanning Transload Terminal in Western Pennsylvania.

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