Monroe County officials enter creative agreement with gas drilling company

Though Monroe County was only aware of one oil company exploring oil and gas interest in its borders, it took proactive steps to maximize the positive effects of a potential economic boom in its community. What started as a plan to set up various ordinances soon turned into a “gentlemen’s agreement” with one of the drillers interested in the county. The agreement spells out a deal between the county and the drilling company that includes a broad range of issues, from water quality and transportation guidelines, to comprehensive emergency plans in case something would go wrong. Monroe County Commission President Shane Ashley said the agreement came out of a need to protect some “special things” in Monroe County. “We have people on both side of this issue: those that want to drill and those that don’t want to drill,” Ashley said. “We have some special things in this community; our water is special to us. We have bottling plants. Most of our people on, say, Rock Camp on up are on well water. It’s critical because of the way the water flows underground. If it gets contaminated, it can move a long distance.” Horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing are not new technologies, but the discovery of the Marcellus shale has brought them to West Virginia for the first time. Relative inexperience in the technologies has left the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection without specific regulations for the deep drilling required of Marcellus, and the Legislature failed to pass such specific regulations in its recent session. Staying away from the bad stories, Graves said, was an idea that came to him after meeting in Charleston with a speaker who warned of the boom town effect where you start with a “laid-back rural community” that “brings in this highly profitable business that interrupts your environment, your social structure and adds to your economy.” Gordy, whose representative did not return attempts to contact it, has had public meetings with Monroe citizens and had a special meeting with cavers and geologists. Though the company has yet to begin drilling in Monroe County, it is currently exploring whether drilling would be economically feasible in the thinner layers of Marcellus shale that exist beneath Monroe County, Parsons said.

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The Monroe County Historical Museum, 126 S. Monroe St., Monroe, Mich., announces its hours and admission for the summer season.

The hours will be 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays.

The fees for this season will be $4 for adults, $2 for students ages 6 to 17, free for those age 5 and younger. There will also be a promotion in which visitors can pay for one day’s admission and get repeat admission free during the rest of 2011. Visitors must sign up for the admission pass at the front desk in the lobby at the museum. For information, call (734) 240-7780.

The museum also is participating in the Museum Adventure Pass program in southeast Michigan. Library card holders can request free passes to a variety of museums in southeast Michigan on a first-come, first-served basis, at their participating libraries.

The museum will open its new Civil War Sesquicentennial exhibits on Sunday June 12.

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