The Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee meets February 12 to consider legislation to encourage the reuse of mine drainage water as drilling fluids, providing for abandoned mineral rights and natural gas infrastructure expansion.  The bills include--

-- Senate Bill 258 (Yaw-R-Bradford) relating to the abandonment of mineral rights;

-- Senate Bill 411 (Kasunic-D-Somerset) providing for the reuse of mine drainage as drilling fluids; and

-- Senate Resolution 29 (Yaw-R-Bradford) directing the Center for Rural Pennsylvania to study the potential for increased extension of natural gas distribution infrastructure by natural gas utilities to un-served and under-served areas.

The meeting will be held in Room 8E-B East Wing of the Capitol starting at 11:00.

Sen. Gene Yaw (R-Bradford) serves as Majority Chair and Sen. John Yudichak (D-Luzerne) serves as Minority Chair.

2/11/2013