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Source: NCDENR, 3/28/13
The North Carolina Mining and Energy Commission and several of its study groups are scheduled to meet in April to
continue developing a modern regulatory program for oil and gas exploration.
The April meetings are on the following schedule:
Funding Levels and Potential Funding Sources Study Group meets 3-5 p.m. April 1; 1-3 p.m. April 10
and 1-3 p.m. April 23. All three meetings are in the 5th floor conference room in the Archdale Building, 512 North Salisbury St., Raleigh. The group is gathering information on the possible costs needed to support local governments impacted by oil and gas operations. They are also addressing expected impacts to roads and bridges due to those operations, and how to offset costs to the state for administering oil and gas operations.
Committees of the North Carolina Mining and Energy Commission meet from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. April 4 in the Ground Floor Hearing Room of the Archdale Building, 512 North Salisbury St., Raleigh. The committees were created and staffed by members of the full commission to address specific issues such as handling wastewater during natural gas extraction and the establishment of rules to protect the environment and property rights.
The full North Carolina Mining and Energy Commission meets at 9 a.m. April 5 in the Ground Floor Hearing Room of the Archdale Building, 512 North Salisbury St., Raleigh. An agenda should be posted soon at http://portal.ncdenr.org/web/mining-and-energy-commission/april-5-2013.
The Local Government Regulation Study Group meets 1:30-3 p.m. April 12 at The Village Hall – Assembly Hall, 395 Magnolia Road, Pinehurst, and 1:30-3 p.m. April 26 in the 5th floor conference room of the Archdale Building, 512 North Salisbury St.,
Raleigh. The study group is required to make recommendations to the full N.C. Mining and Energy Commission on local government regulations for oil and gas exploration and development.
The Compulsory Pooling Study Group meets 9 a.m.-noon April 12 at a location to be determined, and 9 a.m.-noon April 26 at the McSwain Agricultural Center, 2420 Tramway Road, Sanford. The study group was developed to explore the issues surrounding compulsory pooling, which refers to joining leased and unleased tracts of land so there is sufficient acreage to form a drilling unit for natural gas extraction.
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