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General Information

United States/Federal

• U.S. Energy Information Administration-Natural Gas

Maryland

• Maryland Geological Survey: Marcellus Shale
• Marcellus Shale Natural Gas in Garrett County, MD

New York

• Cornell University Cooperative Extension Natural Gas Resource Center

Ohio

• OSU Extension Service Marcellus Shale Gas and Oil Information
• Ohio Department of Environmental Protection: Drilling for Natural Gas in Marcellus and Utica Shales
• ODNR Division of Geological Survey: Marcellus and Utica Formations

Pennsylvania

• Penn State Public Broadcasting Explore Shale Interactive Website
• Penn State Cooperative Extension Natural Gas Program
• Marcellus Shale Education and Training Center
• Marcellus Shale Center for Outreach and Research

West Virginia

• W.V. Marcellus Shale Bill
• W.V. Department of Environmental Protection Office of Oil and Gas
• W.V. Geological Survey Marcellus Shale Map

Natural Gas Industry

• U.S. Department of Energy, Fossil Energy
• U.S. Energy Information Administration, U.S. Data on Natural Gas

Drilling Process

• Drilling Animation #1 of the Drilling Process
• Drilling Animation #2 of the Drilling Process

Regulation and the Environment

U.S.

• EPA’s Natural Gas Extraction, Hydraulic Fracturing Website
• EPA’s Hydraulic Fracturing Study
• EPA Oil and Gas Extraction Sector

Maryland

• Maryland Department of the Environment: Marcellus Shale Safe Drilling Initiative Study

New York

• Cornell University Cooperative Extension Natural Gas Resource Center, Environmental Issues

Ohio

• Ohio Environmental Protection Agency – Drilling for Natural Gas in Marcellus and Utica Shales: Environmental Regulatory Basics

Pennsylvania

• Penn State Cooperative Extension Natural Gas, Environmental Issues

West Virginia

• EPA Marcellus Shale in WV
• W.V. Division of Environmental Protection, Office of Oil and Gas
• W.V. Water Research Institute

Health Impacts of Natural Gas Exploration

• University of Pittsburgh Center for Healthy Environments and Communities,Marcellus Shale Gas Extraction

Leasing and Legal Assistance

• National Association of Royalty Owners – Appalachia
• Legal Aid of West Virginia
• W.V. Bar Association

Policy

• National Environmental Policy Act
• Federal Water Pollution Control Act
• Safe Drinking Water Act
• Natural Gas Act of 1938
• Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978

General Research Publications

• A Research Guide to the Marcellus and Utica Shales, Carnegie Mellon University
• The Marcellus Shale Initiative, Bucknell University
• Marcellus Center for Outreach and Research, Penn State University