1:00 – 3:30 p.m., Women’s Community Building

100 W. Seneca Street, Ithaca, NY

Grassroots activists, experts, and local officials concerned about protecting our local agriculture and tourism economies, community character, roads and infrastructure, will offer information on the revised Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement (SGEIS).  Speakers will address the portion of proposed drilling guidelines that intends to mitigate adverse social and economic impacts such as truck traffic, threats to food crops, and demand on local services.

Panel Moderator:

Martha Robertson, Chair of the Tompkins County Legislature

Panelists:

Ed Marx, Tompkins County Commissioner of Planning and Community Sustainability

Jannette Barth, Ph.D., Economist, Pepacton Institute

Barbara Lifton, NY State Assemblywoman for Tompkins and Cortland Counties

James (Chip) Northrup, Partner and investor in oil and gas projects, served on Governor of Texas’ Energy Advisory Council

The NY DEC hired a consulting firm, Ecology and Environment, to assist in analyzing social and economic impacts.  Join us for this event to learn what’s better about the new sGEIS, what concerns remain, and what are some recommendations for the DEC.

Attendees will be encouraged to submit comments on the newly revised SGEIS to the DEC.  Instruction on how to use online formatting and informational links will be provided and made available afterwards.

This event will be videotaped and available through the internet at www.shaleshockmedia.org several days following the meeting.

For more information contact Martha Robertson: mrob@twcny.rr.com,

Hilary Lambert: hilary_lambert@yahoo.com, Sara Hess: sarahess63@yahoo.com.