The House Democratic Policy Committee is scheduled to hold a hearing on the proposal to expand gas drilling leasing on state lands on June 2.

Scheduled to testify are: John Quigley, Principal, John H. Quigley, LLC.; Former DCNR Secretary; John Childe, Attorney, Pennsylvania Environmental Defense Foundation; Mark Szybist, Attorney, PennFuture; John Norbeck, Vice President and COO, PennFuture; and Curt Ashenfelter, Executive Director, Keystone Trails Association.

The hearing will be in Room 418 of the Capitol Building starting at 10:00 a.m.

Rep. Greg Vitali (D-Delaware), Minority Chair of the House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee, is organizing the hearing.

Gov. Corbett issued an Executive Order last week laying out the ground rules for any new drilling on State Forest or State Park lands.

Click Here for a fact sheet on the Executive Order and Non-surface Disturbance Leasing of DCNR Lands.  For more information, visit DCNR’s Natural Gas Development and State Forests webpage.

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6/2/2014