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Landowner/Leasing Resources Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler Warns Landowners:  Before Signing a Mineral Rights Lease, Check Your Mortgage Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, 5500-FS-DEP4300, PA-DEP Recommended Basic Oil & Gas Pre-Drill Parameters (2010). McMahon, David B., Information about Oil and Gas Leasing for Surface Owners Who Also Own Their Minerals (2008). McMahon, David B. et al, West Virginia Surface Owners Guide to Oil and Gas: 2ed (2005). GAO, GAO 11-34, Federal Oil and Gas Leases:  Opportunities Exist to Capture Vented and Flared Natural Gas, which would Increase Royalty Payouts and Reduce Greenhouse Gases (2010).