I got this late and was asked to pass it on.

Jim Sconyers jim_scon@yahoo.com 304.698.9628

Remember: Mother Nature bats last.

--- On Tue, 12/8/09, Piper.Bonnie@epamail.epa.gov Piper.Bonnie@epamail.epa.gov wrote:

From: Piper.Bonnie@epamail.epa.gov Piper.Bonnie@epamail.epa.gov Subject: POSTPONED: Martinsburg, West Virginia public forum on Chesapeake Bay (tonight, Dec 8 at 7:00 pm) To: jim_scon@yahoo.com, kgrubb@fairmontstate.edu, fooce@hotmail.com, mariposa_wv1@verizon.net, sallywilts@yahoo.com, freesource@cheat.org, william.depaulo@gmail.com, mikeprice54@suddenlink.net, reginahendrix999@gmail.com, pjgrunt@gmail.com, celliot2@comcast.netgregg, bhaddaka@yahoo.com, edon1985@comcast.net, jkotcon@wvu.edu, sallywilts@yahoo.com, mdavis@wvu.edu, ATDK@aol.com, sandra.cress@gmail.com, kmfrederico@atlanticbb.net, regina1936@verizon.net, jkotcon@wvu.edu, blittle@citynet.net, mikeprice54@suddenlink.net, bill.price@sierraclub.org Date: Tuesday, December 8, 2009, 3:48 PM

Dear West Virginia Sierra Club members:

Due to the forecast for winter weather (snow, sleet and ice) in West Virginia, western Maryland and northwestern Virginia, and resulting concern for public safety, the public forum on the Chesapeake Bay Executive Order in Martinsburg, WV tonight at 7pm has been postponed. We regret any inconvenience this may cause.    Please pass the word on to your members or local citizens who might be planning to attend tonight (or instead on Jan. 5, 2010).

The public forum has been rescheduled for Tuesday, January 5 at 7pm at the Holiday Inn Martinsburg at 301 Foxcroft Avenue.

On January 5, the public forum will feature officials from multiple federal agencies including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Department of the Interior and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Public feedback on the draft strategy for the Chesapeake Bay is important and valuable to the federal agencies. Comments may be submitted online at http://executiveorder.chesapeakebay.net by clicking on “provide comments.” The public comment period runs through January 8, 2010. The draft strategy, also available on the website, will evolve through public comments, state consultations and agency revisions before the final strategy is published in May 2010.

Please let me know if you have any questions, or feedback about this notice.   I appreciate your notifying as many people as you can in your areas.

best,

Bonnie

Bonnie Piper Liaison to Environmental Organizations U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20460 Office:  202 564-7836 Email:  piper.bonnie@epa.gov