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Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat
Commission (PFBC) will hold its fall quarterly meeting on Oct. 4-5 at the
Genetti Hotel and Suites in Williamsport. In addition to the regular meeting,
the PFBC will host a special public meeting at 7 p.m. Monday at the Genetti to
discuss water quality issues surrounding the Marcellus Shale drilling
industry.
The evening session allows members of the public who
cannot attend during normal business hours the opportunity to hear about current
issues and to interact with Commissioners, the executive director and agency
staff. Titled “Water Quality and Marcellus Shale: An Aquatic Resource
Perspective,” the evening meeting will feature several guest speakers.
The agenda includes:
- Welcome - John Arway, PFBC Executive Director
- Pine Creek Water Dogs - Jerry Walls, Retired Director, Lycoming County Planning Commission
- In-Stream Data Loggers - Len Lichvar, District Manager, Somerset Conservation District and PFBC Commissioner
- Perspectives, Concerns, and Responses of a Municipal Water Supply - Walt Nicholson, Interim Executive Director, Williamsport Sanitary Authority and Williamsport Municipal Water Authority
- Fish and Boat Commission Roles, Observations, and Recommendations - Tom Kamerzel, PFBC Director of Law Enforcement, and Mark Hartle, Chief, Aquatic Resource Section, Division of Environmental Services, PFBC
- Closing Remarks - Bill Worobec, President, PFBC Board of Commissioners
Commission committees will meet beginning at 10:15 a.m.
on Monday, Oct. 4, and again at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 5. Formal consideration
of the agenda by the full Commission will begin at approximately 10:45 a.m. on
Tuesday, Oct. 5. All committee meetings and the formal meeting are open to the
public.
Commissioners will address a variety of issues during
Tuesday’s formal meeting, including property acquisitions in Huntingdon and
Blair counties; boating regulation changes; and a final rulemaking order to
prohibit the collection of live, freshwater mussels.
A
complete copy of the meeting schedule and the full agenda for the meeting can be
found on the Commission’s web site at www.fishandboat.com/minutes.htm.
The mission of the Fish and Boat Commission is to
protect, conserve, and enhance the Commonwealth’s aquatic resources and provide
fishing and boating opportunities. For more information about fishing and
boating in Pennsylvania, please visit our website at www.fishandboat.com.
