Saturday, October 09, 2010
Huffman Won't Reconfigure Gas Panel
WEST VIRGINIA....
In response to a letter sent to Governor Joe Manchin this past week by a coalition of watershed groups complaining that they're not represented on the nine-member advisory panel on gas drilling regulations in West Virginia, Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Randy Huffman says he won't reconfigure the panel. The Upper Monongahela River Association says the panel is too heavy with industry, which has six seats. Huffman says he understands the concern and will listen to any ideas, but he won't be overrun by the gas industry. Huffman says he's relying on the panel mainly for technical advice, and it's not a voting body. He says he gets the final say on rules and legislation offered to lawmakers.
In response to a letter sent to Governor Joe Manchin this past week by a coalition of watershed groups complaining that they're not represented on the nine-member advisory panel on gas drilling regulations in West Virginia, Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Randy Huffman says he won't reconfigure the panel. The Upper Monongahela River Association says the panel is too heavy with industry, which has six seats. Huffman says he understands the concern and will listen to any ideas, but he won't be overrun by the gas industry. Huffman says he's relying on the panel mainly for technical advice, and it's not a voting body. He says he gets the final say on rules and legislation offered to lawmakers.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 4:07 PM 
