After reviewing the entries, replies and links regarding gas wells on this blog and others, it’s time to push all the commonwealth’s elected representatives to update and enforce the laws regarding gas and oil exploration, leasing and drilling.
It is becoming more obvious on a daily basis that our county commissioners (all three) are completly ineffective at even informing the residents of Our Fair County that there could be a serious problem if the landowners of even 1 acre sign a lease without considering the wording (read potential downside).
That being said, we really need to make our elected officials - State and Federal aware of the potential issues regarding leases, wells, and other related issues. In case you didn’t read the articles from the River Reporter, please go to Gas Muse 4/15/2008.
Also, here is another site from Damascus, PA, which may be of interest
http://naturalgaslease.pbwiki.com/Damascus%20Citizens
The point here is that if our county officials are not able or interested in doing what needs to be done to protect the landowners, especially the ones with smaller lots surrounded by larger lots, and the water issue, then it’s time to move up the ladder. We need to contact our state representatives and senators as well as our federal congressmen and senators, the news media and anyone else who could make a difference. If the websites posted on this blog in the past few days don’t give you great concern, I don’t know why. It has been said before on this and other sites, so please bear with me if you have heard this before.
At the end of the day, the greatest natural resource we have in Northeastern, PA is our clean, abundant water. Don’t let someone who has NO interest in this area and who doesn’t live here cause problems with our water.
Your thoughts?
There is a drilling operation in South Gibson on Route 92, just east of the intersection of State Route 2073; about .6 miles east of the intersection of Route 106 and Route 92 in Lenox. It is across from the saw mill and more obvious at night!