FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
State Rep. Mike Sturla D-Lancaster Chairman, Majority Policy Committee www.pahouse.com/sturla	State Rep. Deberah Kula D-Fayette/Westmoreland Hearing  Co-Chairman www.pahouse.com/kula

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Majority Policy Committee, Kula to examine water quality issues related to Marcellus Shale industry Friday in Uniontown

HARRISBURG, May 11 – Chairman Mike Sturla, D-Lancaster, announced today that the House Majority Policy Committee will look at water quality issues relating to the Marcellus Shale industry in Pennsylvania from 10 a.m. to noon Friday, May 14 at Penn State Fayette's Eberly Campus, Williams Building, Swimmer Hall, One University Drive, Uniontown.

State Rep. Deberah Kula, D-Fayette/Westmoreland, requested the hearing and will serve as co-chairman. The current agenda is:

· 10 a.m. – Welcome and opening remarks

· 10:10 a.m. – John Walliser, vice president of legal and government affairs, Pennsylvania Environmental Council

· 10:30 a.m. – Panel from the Marcellus Shale Coalition

Ø Katie Klaber, president, Marcellus Shale Coalition

Ø Jeffery Kupfer, senior vice president, Atlas Energy

· 11:10 a.m. – Terry Engelder, professor of geosciences, Penn State University

· 11:30 a.m. – Eric Conrad, project manager of Oil and Gas Industry Partnership, North Central Workforce Investment Board

· 11:50 a.m. – Closing remarks

For more information about the Policy Committee, go to www.pahouse.com/PolicyCommittee.

The hearing is open to the public and media coverage is invited.

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