| When: | Back to Calendar » May 23, 2012 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm | Where: | Candor Fire Hall 74 Owego Rd Candor,NY 13743 USA |
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| Cost: | The event, cosponsored by RAFT and SAVE S-VE, is free and open to the public. Suggested donation for industry and regulators: $100. | |
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| Tags: | Ellen Harrison Fracking gas drilling lease | |
What: Educational public forum on getting out of a gas lease
When: Wednesday, May 23, 7 p.m.
Where: Candor Fire Hall, 74 Owego Road (Rte. 96B), across from church and Town Hall
Who: Ellen Harrison, founder and director of Fleased, and attorney Joe Heath
When you signed the lease, you probably had no idea that it would be so vastly different from your grandpa’s gas lease, or your dad’s. That’s exactly what happened to Ellen Harrison.
“I had no knowledge of fracking,” recalls Harrison. “If I had known then what I know now about the dangers of this unconventional process, I never would have signed a lease.”
Like many others, Harrison felt that she had been duped by the landman. To learn more about how she could remedy the situation, Harrison formed the advocacy organization FLEASED. It brings together people who felt they’d been grossly misled by the gas fracking companies and wish they hadn’t signed.
At this event Harrison will share information that she and other Fleased members have learned during the last several years.
Also presenting will be environmental attorney Joe Heath, who is general counsel for the Onondaga Nation. He will discuss lease termination and how to clear your title if your lease has terminated but the gas company has not yet filed papers with the county clerk clearing it.
“Many people who signed the lease feel trapped in an uncomfortable or frightening situation,” said Spencer resident Maura Stephens, a member of the sponsoring organizations, “especially after seeing what’s happening in Pennsylvania. Ms. Harrison and Mr. Heath will tell us, without pressure, what options we have to change our circumstances and protect our property as well as our families’ future health and well-being.”
The event, cosponsored by RAFT and SAVE S-VE, is free and open to the public. Suggested donation for industry and regulators: $100.
EDITORS: Learn more about FLEASED at http://fleased.org/. See a presentation by Joe Heath, Esq., athttp://flimarcellusconference.
For interview requests, please contact Maura Stephens, 607-351-3766 or 607-274-3829.
Directions to Candor Fire Hall, 74 Owego Road.
From Owego and points south: North on Rt .96, and continue on 96B (now the 96 detour). Pass a cemetery on right. Candor Fire Hall is on the left across from a church and Town Hall.
From Ithaca, Danby, points north: South on 96B past Dandy Mart & HiWay Dairy Bar. Candor Fire Hall is on the right just past Pucky Huddle (Quilt Shop). If you get to the cemetery you’ve gone too far.
From Spencer-Van Etten and points west: East on 96. In Candor, take detour left over Mill St. to the stop sign. Right on Rt. 96 B. Pass HiWay Dairy Bar on left. Pucky Huddle (Quilt Shop) on right; Candor Fire Hall is just past it on the right. If you get to the cemetery you’ve gone too far.
