COMMUNITY COALITION FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE
May 25 We are growing! Keep up the momentum! Let's Hear YOUR Voice Again and Again!! Together we can STOP Marcellus Gas Drilling at Morgantown Industrial Park Upstream of Morgantown's Drinking Water Plant Near County Schools! PLEASE COME to a Community-side Rally to Express YOUR Concerns and Questions WHERE: Mon County Courthouse Square, High Street, Downtown Morgantown WHEN: Wednesday, May 25, Noon to 1:00 pm Bring Your Kids, Bring Your Friends, Bring a Sign (g-rated) Please forward this announcement to your friends, family and neighbors. Rally contact: frackinquestions@gmail.com
June 2 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 theMorgantown 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, UMRA.
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 toMorgantown Needs. Bill Toomey, DHHR, Bureau of Public Health
WVU Source Water Protection Resource Program. How Does It Relate to Morgantown Needs. Gerald Iwan, WVU National Environmental Services Center
WV-DEP Division of Water & Waste Management Programs Related to Source Water Protection, How Does It Relate To Morgantown Needs. Invited.
WV-DEP Division of Air Quality Programs Related to Air Quality Protection. How Does It Relate to Morgantown Needs. Invited.
The Land Protection Program of the WV-DEP Office of Oil and Gas Land/Mineral Protection Programs. How Does It Relate To Morgantown Needs. Invited.
Army Corps of Engineer Water Resources and Management Programs, How Does It Relate ToMorgantown Needs. TBA
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
Duane Nichols, Home- 304-599-8040, Cell- 304-216-5535.