WVEC Action Alert

March 3, 2011

Marcellus Shale Gas Regulation – SB 424

URGENT  - Please call or e-mail your representatives in the House of Delegates ASAP.  This is our last chance to pass a bill this session to regulate drilling in the Marcellus Shale. 

It is particularly Important to contact:
Acting Senate President Jeff Kessler:  (304) 357-7801  jeff.Kessler@wvsenate.gov
House Speaker Rick Thompson:  (304) 340-3210        speaker.Thompson@frontier.net
House Judiciary Chair Tim Miley (304) 3252                 tim.miley@wvhouse.gov

Find your legislators contact information at:  www.legis.state.wv.us or:  www.wvsoro.org/contact/legislators.html  

It is IMPERATIVE that our Delegates hear from you – there is a coordinated effort by some in the industry to stop the bill, saying - “Vote No” and “the future of the industry and WV’s economy are at stake.”  We are hearing that legislators are receiving hundreds of these messages – but VERY FEW from concerned citizens in support of a strong bill regulating Marcellus Shale Gas Drilling.

Please contact your Delegates and ask them to pass a strong bill that will protect West Virginia’s:

Water Resources
Surface Owners’ Rights
Environment and Natural Resources
Mineral Rights
Work Force

Updated Status:  The House has decided to forgo further consideration of HB 2878, and is planning to take up SB 424 (Senate Version), passed by the Senate Yesterday.

Contact your Delegates: www.legis.state.wv.us