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Marcellus shale drilling questions? See this extensive WWW site from Penn State Cooperative Extension, or if soil's related, contact a PAPSS soil scientist.

PAPSS is developing a manual for site-specific soil investigations in Pennsylvania. Click here to download a copy of the poster outlining this topic, which was presented November 2009 in Pittsburgh at the Soil Science Society of America Meeting.

PA DEP is updating various aspects of the PA Code that affect onlot sewage disposal. For detailed information on these changes see here: Act 537 Program Guidance; Site Suitability and Alternatives Analysis Guidelines for New Land Development Proposing Onlot Sewage Disposal (see March 21, 2007 agenda and more recent documents).

For those not familiar with soil limitations for on-site waste disposal in Pennsylvania, here is a video highlighting some concerns, which was put together by Penn State.