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Three public hearings on this issue will be held in the Triassic Basin during the course of the study. The first public hearing took place on Monday, Oct. 10, 2011, in Sanford.  During this initial meeting, the draft plan of study was presented; the STRONGER process was discussed; and public comment was received as to how the study should be conducted. 

In addition to comment received at the Oct. 10 public meeting, written comment on the draft outline of the study was accepted through Oct. 18.

Two additional public meetings took place in March to discuss the draft report concluding the study. Draft findings and recommendations from the report were presented first in a public meeting held at the Wicker Center in Sanford on March 20, 2012, from 6:30 – 9:30 p.m. The second public meeting occurred on March 27, 2012, in the auditorium of East Chapel Hill High School in Chapel Hill from 6:30 – 9:30 p.m. These meetings were streamed live online at https://its.ncgovconnect.com/denr_shale_gas/. Instructions on how to access the live stream 

The same information was presented at both meetings, and public comments were accepted at both meetings as well as via mail and email. 

A third meeting was hosted by Chatham County on Monday, April 2, from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Public comments were received at this meeting. 

Written comments on the draft report were accepted through April 2, in addition to any feedback received at the two public meetings. 

As one piece of the state’s shale gas study, DENR requested a nonprofit organization called State Review of Oil & Natural Gas Environmental Regulations (STRONGER) to perform a review of North Carolina’s oil and gas regulatory programs. The STRONGER review process brought together representatives from the state, the oil and gas industry, and public interest stakeholders to evaluate the state’s regulatory programs against STRONGER’s set of national guidelines. STRONGER’s review panel met in late October to gather information about the state’s processes, and issued a report in late February 2012. 

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For questions, call Trina Ozer at 919-707-8605. 
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