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Rep. Greg Vitali
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MEDIA ADVISORY
Vitali, Briggs to host policy hearing on state forest lease moratorium for Marcellus gas drilling
HARRISBURG, March 16 – State Reps. Greg Vitali, D-Delaware, and Tim Briggs, D-Montgomery, will co-host a House Majority Policy Committee hearing from 10 a.m. to noon Thursday, March 18 at the Upper Merion Township Building, 175 W. Valley Forge Road, King of Prussia.
The hearing will focus on Vitali's legislation, H.B. 2235, which would put a five-year moratorium on leasing additional state forest land for natural gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale region.
Speakers will include Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary John Quigley, Western Clinton County Sportsmen Club President Ray Werts, Chesapeake Bay Foundation Pennsylvania staff attorney Matt Royer, retired state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Policy Director Rick Carlson and Robert "Butch" Davey, retired DCNR forester.
Media coverage is invited.