November 14, 7:00-9:00
Dryden Fire Hall, 26 North Street, Dryden, NY
Energy companies may be able to remove natural gas from your property even if you haven’t signed a drilling lease due to the Compulsory Integration provisions of the New York Oil, Gas and Solution Mining Law.The public is invited to learn more about this topic and to ask questions at a free, educational forum on Monday, November 14 at the Dryden Fire Hall, 26 North Street in Dryden. Doors will open at 6:30 and presentations begin at 7:00 p.m. Presentations will be followed by question-and-answer period.
Topics to be covered include: an explanation of Compulsory Integration (CI) and its legislative history; an overview of compulsory integration hearings and your rights; impacts of CI on your land rights and how CI could affect your ability to obtain mortgages and loans.
Presenters include: NY State Assemblywoman Barbara Lifton (125th District); Kenneth Holden, Esquire with Hancock Estabrook in Syracuse, who has extensive experience in natural gas leasing and an attorney and who has represented clients at compulsory integration hearings; and Nancy Larraine Hoffmann, farmer, spokesperson for Land Stewards of NY and former NY State Senator; Carol Chock, Tompkins County legislator and Chair of the Assessment and Land Values Committee of the Tompkins County Council of Government Task Force on Gas Drilling.
This forum is sponsored by the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County and Fleased. For more information contact Sharon Anderson, Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County at 607-272-2292 or Ellen Harrison at 607 539-7133 .
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