[Green] Oil & Gas Drilling on Ohio Public Lands

[Adeline Bailey]

Also done.

On Tue, Jan 10, 2023 at 2:07 PM George Banziger via Green <green at fuusm.org>
wrote:

> Green Sanctuary Committee
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>     The Ohio legislature has passed and the governor has signed HB 507,
> which allows extraction of oil & gas on public lands. There is still an
> opportunity to put limits on this activity by advocating for public comment
> on plans for this extraction. Below is the way that this can be done.
> Sending the message to Mr. Moffitt would be helpful at this point--try to
> modify your message so it doesn't look like you copied and pasted too much.
> I usually do this by putting something individual to me at the beginning.
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> *Over the holiday, the Ohio Legislature passed HB 507 mandating oil and
> gas extraction on public lands. This includes all state parks, forests and
> university lands and ODOT land. *
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> The Oil and Gas Land Management Commission
> <https://ohiodnr.gov/business-and-industry/municipalities-and-public-entities/commissions-and-councils/oil-gas-land-management-commission>,
> established in 2011, will oversee the leasing of public lands for oil and
> gas extraction in Ohio.
> The commission is now accepting public comments regarding the rules around
> public involvement in leasing Ohio public lands for oil and gas extraction.
> Deadline January 13, 5 pm. This is our only opportunity to have some say in
> giving away our public trust in Ohio. There are scripted comments below
> that you can make your own.  However passionate, please be professional and
> polite in your comments. We hope to start a group to oversee this process
> and advocate for protections. If you would like to be involved contact:
> Loraine McCosker loraine.mccosker at gmail.com, Cathy Cowan Becker
> Becker.271 at gmail.com  Thank you! Loraine, Cathy and Roxanne Groff
>
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> *Public comments are due to the Commission by 5:00 pm this Friday, January
> 13, 2023.* Please submit all comments to Nate Moffitt at
> Nathan.Moffitt at dnr.ohio.gov
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> Here is a suggested comment that you can edit or copy and paste to send
> in:
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> *Suggested email subject line*: Please provide for meaningful public
> involvement in oil and gas extraction on Ohio public lands
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> *Dear Oil & Gas Land Management Commissioners,Please include strong public
> notice and comment procedures regarding oil and gas leases on public lands
> in the proposed rule O.A.C. § 155-1-01. I care about Ohio's state parks and
> public lands. And I want a voice in their management and their future.*
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> *Please revise the proposed rule to include strong procedures for public
> involvement in the state lands leasing nomination process. State law
> requires the Commission to consider public comments and objections when
> deciding nominations (i.e., whether a state parcel will be offered for oil
> and gas leasing). R.C. § 155.33(B)(1)(h). However, nothing in the proposed
> rule provides meaningful procedures for public notice of and comment on
> nominations received by the Commission. These procedures are necessary for
> the implementation of the Commission's statutory function and for
> meaningful public involvement.Please revise this proposed rule to provide
> at least a 60-day period for public comment on any nominations received by
> the Commission.  And please provide for both timely website and email
> (optional notification list sign-up) notification of all nominations
> received. Along with each notice of nomination, please provide the parcel
> identifying information specified in statute. Please ensure the launch of
> the state lands nomination leasing process includes strong public
> involvement procedures. Strong public involvement is necessary for the
> meaningful operation of the Commission's decisional process.Sincerely,*
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> George & Gwen Banziger; 740-434-5685; 740-434-3354 (mobile)
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