The Rendell administration is hiring 68 new staffers to oversee natural gas drilling operations in the Marcellus Shale formation, a major exception to state government’s shrinking payroll in tight fiscal times. These new employees for the Department of Environmental Protection will handle a number of jobs ranging from inspecting and monitoring activities at natural gas well sites to processing thousands of applications for Marcellus Shale drilling permits.

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