MARCELLUS SHALE SAFE-DRILLING INITIATIVE ADVISORY COMMISSION
David A. Vanko, Ph.D., Chair (appointed by Secretary of the Environment & Secretary of Natural Resources)
Appointed by Secretary of the Environment & Secretary of Natural Resources: Shawn Bender; Steven M. Bunker; George C. Edwards; John Fritts; Margaret J. (Peggy) Jamison; Jeffrey Kupfer; Heather R. Mizeur; Dominick E. Murray; James M. Raley; Paul Roberts; William R. Valentine; Nick Weber; Harry Weiss, Esq.
Staff: Brigid E. Kenney
c/o Office of Planning, Department of the Environment
Montgomery Park Business Center, 1800 Washington Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21230
(410) 537-3083
e-mail: bkenney@mde.state.md.us
Initial Report (with Dept. of the Environment & Dept. of Natural Resources) to Governor, Senate President, & House Speaker on advisability of legislation to establish source of revenue to fund State activities concerning hydraulic fracturing and standards of liability for damages due Dec. 31, 2011.
Interim Report (with Dept. of the Environment & Dept. of Natural Resources) due Aug. 1, 2012.
Final Report (with Dept. of the Environment & Dept. of Natural Resources) due Aug. 1, 2014.
In June 2011, the Governor created the Marcellus Shale Safe-Drilling Initiative Advisory Commission (Executive Order 01.01.2011.11). With the Department of the Environment and the Department of Natural Resources, the Commission is to undertake a study of the short-term, long-term and cumulative effects of producing natural gas from the Marcellus shale formation. This formation underlies portions of Western Maryland. Drilling for natural gas from the Marcellus shale involves very deep wells with long horizontal sections and a process called hydraulic fracturing.
Authorization for the Commission extends through May 1, 2015.
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