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 F. 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 Department of the Environment
Montgomery Park Business Center, 1800 Washington Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21230
(410) 537-3085
e-mail: bkenney@mde.state.md.us
web: www.mde.state.md.us/programs/land/mining/marcellus/pages/index.aspx
Final Report (with Dept. of the Environment & Dept. of Natural Resources) due Aug. 1, 2014.
With the Department of the Environment and the Department of Natural Resources, the Commission is studying 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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