Drilling for Natural Gas in the Marcellus Shale and in Bucks County:
Your Community Rights as a Tax Payer in Pennsylvania
Saturday, October 23, 2010, 1:00–3:00 p.m.
James Michener Free Library
401 West Mill Street, Quakertown, PA 18951
In response to high interest from landowners, lease-owners, their neighbors, and the people who live downstream of proposed gas drilling, the Bucks Transition Group is offering a free public forum for helpful information about the rights and protections for the people of Pennsylvania.
Drilling for natural gas is happening in the Marcellus Shale formation. Leases have also been signed in Nockamixon Township, Bucks County, PA.
Speakers:
1. Paul Schmidt will address legal avenues for affected communities and potential lawsuit claims related to injury to individuals and property. Schmidt co-chairs the Zarwin Baum Environmental Practice Group in Philadelphia and provides environmental legal services to a wide range of clients.
2. Shireen Parsons will discuss Pennsylvania citizens’ constitutional rights and possibilities of redress. Parsons is a community organizer for the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund in PA. CELDF is a nonprofit, community-interest law firm.
3. Nancy Janyszeski, Supervisor for Nockamixon Township, where over 300 property owners have signed leases.
Speakers will also discuss local rights to clean air, water, and soil and will address your questions and comments. Please join us.
Contact: Henry D'Silva
The Bucks Transitions Group
