Unlike other states, under Pennsylvania state tax policy, natural gas and oil pipelines are exempted from local property taxes. There is a major gas pipeline being built in the district due to marcellus shale gas development. Pipeline companies prohibit development within the 100 foot wide right-of-way, there by limiting future development options for the landowner. This limits future potential property tax revenues for the school district, by constraining future land development. Located in the marcellus shale region, Shamokin Area School District is adversely impacted this way by the Atlantic Sunrise pipeline project. The Atlantic Sunrise Gas Pipeline passes through Mount Pleasant Township.