PUBLIC MEETING ON THE ADVERSE IMPACTS OF

 MARCELLUS NATURAL GAS ACTIVITIES:

WHERE ARE WE, WHERE ARE WE GOING

 

Date: Thursday, June 2, 2011.

 

Time:  6:15 PM SHARP. [Doors Open at 6:00 PM].

 

Location: Skyview Elementary School (near Marcellus well site)

 

            [Off River Road just South of DuPont Road, South of Westover]

 

 
    SPONSORS: WV/PA Monongahela Area Watersheds Compact (Barry Pallay & Duane Nichols) and the League of Women Voters (Kitty Lozier, Phyllis Marshall, Janice Gunel, Jonathan Rosenbaum)

    -- Welcome and Introductions (Identification of Groups Present).    Barry Pallay, Co-Chair Watersheds Compact, VP UMRA

    -- Overview of Permitted Wells near Morgantown Industrial Park In Relation to MUB Water Intake, Local Schools and Other Facilities.  Evan Hansen, President, Downstream Strategies

    -- The AES Sweetwater Facility for Recycling Marcellus Frackwater Being Installed at the Morgantown Industrial Park.    Duane Nichols, Co-Chair Watersheds Compact

    -- The Proposed Preston County Landfill for Marcellus Wastes Under Consideration in the Cheat Watershed.  Amanda Pitzer, Friends of the Cheat.

    -- Review of Marcellus Natural Gas Development Activities in Pennsylvania.  Martin Niverth, Upper Mon River Association.

    -- Update on Wetzel County Marcellus Developments.  Bill Hughes, Wetzel County Action Group

    -- Status Report on Activities to Ban Marcellus Drilling in and around Morgantown and the Watershed that Provides Drinking Water to Morgantown.  Speaker TBA

    -- Update on the Citizens Stream Monitoring Program of the Isaac Walton League.  John Butler

    -- West Virginia Source Water Protection, Certification & Training Program. How Does It Relate to Morgantown Needs.  Bill Toomey, DHHR, Bureau of Public Health

    -- WVU Source Water Protection Resource Program.  How Does It Relate to Morgantown Needs.  Gerald Iwan, WVU Natural Environmental Services Center

    -- WV-DEP Division of Water & Waste Management Programs Related to Source Water Protection, How Does It Relate To Morgantown Needs.  Randy Huffman, Cabinet Secretary, WV Dept of Environmental Protection, and staff.

    -- WV-DEP Division of Air Quality Programs Related to Air Quality Protection. How Does It Relate to Morgantown Needs.  Randy Huffman, Cabinet Secretary, WV Dept of Environmental Protection, and staff.

    -- The Land Protection Program of the WV-DEP Office of Oil and Gas Land/Mineral Protection Programs.  How Does It Relate To Morgantown Needs.  Randy Huffman, Cabinet Secretary, WV Dept of Environmental Protection, and staff.

    -- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Water Resources and Management Programs, How Does It Relate To Morgantown Needs.  Curt Meeder, Chief, Planning & Environment, USACOE.

    -- Morgantown Utility Board (MUB) Programs, How Does It Relate To Morgantown Needs.  Tim Ball, Director, MUB

    -- Update on Activities of the Morgantown Area Concerned Citizens. Kathy Cash, Sandra Fallon, Ann Payne, Alice Meehan, Catherine Tall

    -- Listing of the Concerns of the Groups Present.    Barry Pallay, Facilitator

    -- Resolutions on Water, Air and Land Protections Programs. Barry Pallay, Facilitator

    -- Concluding Remarks and Announcements

    **Questions are welcome.   
 

For DIRECTIONS, Google  SKYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. However, most of you know the bridge across the Mon between Morgantown and Westover. If you cross bridge from Morgantown to Westover, turn LEFT at Westover end of bridge.  You are on RIVER ROAD route 45.  Stay on River Road for about one and one half miles until you get to four-way intersection. Left at that intersection takes you into Morgantown Industrial Park. Right at that intersection takes you to Westover. Go STRAIGHT THRU intersection for roughly quarter mile and you will see entrance to Skyview Elementary and Westwood Middle School on your right.