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[Sandra Repp <sjr37 AT cornell.edu>]

> CORRECTION: Greg May will NOT be
> participating in this forum.  My mistake - AND my
> apologies!
>
> Gas Drilling & Compulsory Integration: What Are Your
> Rights?
> November 14, 7:00-9:00
> Dryden Fire Hall, 26 North Street, Dryden, NY 13053
>
> 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, Esq. of Hancock Estabrook in Syracuse,
> an 
> attorney with extensive experience in natural gas leasing who has 
> represented clients at compulsory integration hearings; Greg
> May, 
> vice-president for Residential Mortgage Lending at Tompkins Trust 
> Company; Carol Chock, TC Legislator and member of the TC
> Council of 
> Governments Gas Drilling Taskforce’s Committee on Land 
> Values/Assessment; and Nancy Larraine Hoffmann, farmer,
> spokesperson 
> for Land Stewards of NY and former NY State Senator. Also invited: 
> NYS Senator James Seward. 
>
> 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.