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By arimoore, on December 1st, 2009%
The free panel presentation, “Gas Drilling: Legal Issues For Land Owners” held on Thursday, Oct. 29, 7:00-9:30 pm at the Cornell Vet School is now available on the ccetompkins.org website in 2 installments:
http://ccetompkins.org/legalissues1.wmv (167MB)
1 hour 43 minutes – Panel Presentation
http://ccetompkins.org/legalissues2.wmv (146MB)
1 hour 16 minutes – Questions & Answers
The event included presentations by legal experts on the terminology and issues surrounding natural gas leases, and was followed by an opportunity to ask questions. Topics included general lease terminology, force majeure lease extensions, compulsory integration (the legal extraction of gas from under unleased land), liability issues, and the protection of rights and property. it was sponsored by Cornell Cooperative Extension South Central NY Agriculture Team, with Shaleshock Citizens Action Coalition, the Community Science Institute, Finger Lakes Bioneers, Interfaith Action for Healing Earth, NYS Assemblywoman Barbara Lifton, Sustainable Tompkins, and the Tompkins County Farm Bureau.
By arimoore, on October 30th, 2009%
November 5, 2009, 7:00 p.m.at the Unitarian Church, 306 N. Aurora St. at Buffalo St. in Ithaca. Presentations on the dSGEIS will help citizens understand the proposed regulations governing gas drilling and how to make their opinions heard.
Speakers include:
- David Kay, of the Community and Rural Development Institute (CARDI) at Cornell, will describe the environmental review process (SEQRA) that required the DEC to issue the dSGEIS. He will also provide an overview of the 809 page document—what’s in it and where to find it.
- Ed Marx, Tompkins County Commissioner of Planning and Public Works, will focus specifically on the section that describes mitigation measures that are proposed and how local governments may be affected.
- Helen Slottje, a local attorney with an expertise in environmental law and litigation, will address deficiencies in the document and the legal implications for citizens and local governments.
A short Q&A session will follow these presentations. The public is urged to attend this session to learn about the document, its strengths and weaknesses, as well as the November 19 public hearing to submit comments to the DEC.
By arimoore, on October 9th, 2009%
Gas Drilling: Legal Issues for Landowners (with or without a lease)
A free educational forum, open to all
With increased natural gas development in the Southern Tier will come new and complex legal issues that affect both landowners and communities. Please join us on Thursday, October 29, from 7:00 to 9:30 pm to hear presentations by legal experts, followed by an opportunity to ask questions.
The forum will be held at Cornell Vet School’s James Law Auditorium on Tower Road, just a block from Rt. 366.
Topics will include
- lease terms and considerations
- “force majeure” lease extensions
- intricacies of lease extension/expiration
- compulsory integration (the legal extraction of gas from under unleased lands)
- liability issues
- protection of rights and property
All are encouraged to attend this unique event sponsored by the Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) South Central NY Agricultural Team, together with Shaleshock Citizens Action Coalition, Community Science Institute, Finger Lakes Bioneers, Interfaith Action for Healing Earth, NYS Assemblywoman Barbara Lifton, Sustainable Tompkins, and Tompkins County Farm Bureau.
For more information, please contact Schuyler CCE at 607-535-7161, or Tompkins CCE at 272-2292, or by email at: cab377@cornell.edu. More details will soon be posted to the CCE Natural Gas Development Resource Center website: http://gasleasing.cce.cornell.edu/ .
By shirari, on June 11th, 2009%
On June 15th at 6:30 PM at the Danby Town Hall on 96B in Danby, New York there will be an open informational meeting for residents of Danby, both who have signed leases with the gas companies and those who have not. We will start with an overview of the gas drilling, and proceed to legal issues with leasing. Next, people who have had experience with gas drilling in their communities will speak, and then others will give information about government responses: from town, county, state, and federal levels. For more information contact Ric Dietrich at supervisor@town.danby.ny.us or at 607-227-2434.
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