PrintPrintThe 20-member study committee, created in 2007 by an act of the S.C. General Assembly, will write a report on the issue in the coming months. Anyone can speak at the meeting, set for 7 p.m. Thursday at Trident Technical College in North Charleston.
Staff Report
Published Feb. 11, 2009
A state committee studying the feasibility of natural gas exploration in South Carolina’s coastal waters will have a public meeting Thursday in North Charleston.
Anyone can speak about the issue at the meeting, which starts at 7 p.m. in the Trident Technical College Nursing Auditorium in the 920 building. Public comment is limited to about two minutes.
The 20-member committee, created in 2007 by an act of the S.C. General Assembly, will write a report on the issue in the coming months.
According to the legislation, the committee is to consider implications relating to energy, economic development, tourism, fishing, the environment, agriculture, manufacturing, public safety, national security, employment and the impact on state and local economies.
The North Charleston meeting follows four meetings the committee held in Columbia in late 2008. Those meetings included testimony from stakeholders, state agencies, experts and others.
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