In This Issue:

- Enforcing a "Fair Day's Pay" - What Can You Do in the Face of This Initiative?

- Pennsylvania Finds Naturally Occurring Radiation from Gas Drilling Poses Little Threat

- Washington County and 59 Million Cubic Feet Per Day - Range Resources Finds Success in the Utica

- WVDEP Finds 1,100 ASTs "Not Fit for Service"

- Methane Emissions from Fracking Are Decreasing

- Excerpt from Enforcing a "Fair Day's Pay" - What Can You Do in the Face of This Initiative?

The Department of Labor ("DOL") announced in late 2012 it was launching a multi-year wage and hour enforcement initiative on Marcellus Shale contractors operating in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Following that announcement, DOL has issued several reports about the success of its efforts to recover what it describes as "a fair day's pay."