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Slide 1 ___________________________________ Chemung County Executive’s Advisory Commission on Natural Energy Solutions ___________________________________ Oct. 25 th , 2011 Thomas Santulli-Chemung County Executive Co chairs: Andy Fagan, Mark Watts ___________________________________ Coordinator-Jennifer Trimber ___________________________________ 1 ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ Slide 2 ___________________________________ Purpose “To address public sector ___________________________________ impacts and opportunities related to natural energy solutions in Chemung County” ___________________________________ Our purpose is “NOT” to be an advocate for any particular energy solution ___________________________________ 2 ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ Slide 3 ___________________________________ Goals of the Commission Goals of the Commission 1. Identify impacts/issues/opportunities ___________________________________ associated with the development and production of energy 2. For each impact/issue/opportunity ___________________________________ Commission will create a stakeholder subcommittee which will investigate, research, and provide alternatives and ___________________________________ recommendations back to the County Executive 3 ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________

Slide 4 ___________________________________ Membership Membership • Chemung County Planning-Randy Olthof ___________________________________ • Chemung County Health Department-Thomas Kump • Chemung County Legislature- Ted Bennett ___________________________________ Conservation District-Mark Watts-(co chair) • Cornell Cooperative Extension of Chemung County-Andy Fagan (co chair) • Chemung County Farm Bureau-Ashur Terwilliger ___________________________________ • Chemung County Emergency Management-Mike Smith 4 ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ Slide 5 ___________________________________ Membership continued Membership continued • Rural Association of Mayors & Supervisors- ___________________________________ George Richter • Chemung County Environmental Management Council-Lee Hanle Younge ___________________________________ • Water Quality Committee-Gene Stow • Chamber of Commerce-Kevin Keeley • Member(s) at large-David Shafer, William ___________________________________ Benedict, Donald Kraft 5 ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ Slide 6 ___________________________________ Membership (cont.) Membership continued • Law Enforcement-Christopher Moss and ___________________________________ Captain Thomas Argetsinger • Department of Public Works-Andy Avery • Town Highway Departments-Roger Burlew ___________________________________ • Chemung County Public Information-Karen Miner • Chemung County Storm Water-Jimmie Joe Carl ___________________________________ • Coordinator-Jennifer Trimber (Chemung County Environmental Management Council) 6 ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________

Slide 7 ___________________________________ Commission Subcommittees and Chairs ___________________________________ Information, Business Environmental Outreach & Education Impacts Opportunities Karen Miner and Andy Kevin Keeley Jimmie Joe Carl Fagan Roads & ___________________________________ Infrastructure Water Quality Law Enforcement Roger Burlew and Tom Kump Captain Argetsinger Andy Avery ___________________________________ Workforce Planning & Local Public Safety Development Zoning Mike Smith Dan Porter Randy Olthof 7 ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ Slide 8 ___________________________________ Research Evaluate ___________________________________ Verify Anticipate Minimize ___________________________________ Mitigate Educate ___________________________________ 8 ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ Slide 9 ___________________________________ Business Opportunities Kevin Keeley ___________________________________ Representatives of regional Business and Professional organizations have been collaborating to determine how the Chemung ___________________________________ County economy, entrepreneurs, and quality of life can benefit from the Marcellus Shale natural gas play. ___________________________________ 9 ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________

Slide 10 ___________________________________ Recent Activity: • Toured drilling rig and field office in Towanda, PA. • Hosted development workshop with Bradford, PA, Progress ___________________________________ Authority . • Hosted impact session with Williamsport Chamber staff. • Consulted local entrepreneurs who have captured drilling industry. ___________________________________ • Attended public hearings of local, state, and federal agencies. • Began study of drilling impacts on business and peripheral interests. ___________________________________ • Utilizing recent housing study which highlights new demands 10 ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ Slide 11 ___________________________________ Next Steps: • Develop delegation visit to a gas play such as the Barnett ___________________________________ Shale in Texas. • Address the recent increase in businesses forming in our region. ___________________________________ ___________________________________ 11 ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ Slide 12 ___________________________________ Workforce Development Dan Porter ___________________________________ CSS Workforce New York, representatives of regional Labor, Education, Training and Economic Development agencies collaborate to determine how Chemung County can best accommodate the ___________________________________ workforce demands and opportunities inherent in harvesting the Marcellus Shale natural gas play. ___________________________________ 12 ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________

Activity: Slide 13 ___________________________________ • Conducted consultations with gas drilling industry. ___________________________________ • Produced workshop with gas drilling related employers. • Promoted committee member tours of drilling rig sites. • Hosted briefing by Commission Co-Chair Andy Fagan: ___________________________________ Accessing Job Opportunities in the Natural Gas Industry • Conducted needs analysis meetings with Northern Tier. ___________________________________ 13 ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ Slide 14 ___________________________________ Five Questions Asked of Gas Drilling Industry: • How many employees do you have here now? ___________________________________ • Can you summarize the jobs and skills needed? • How much and how soon might local workforce ___________________________________ needs grow? • How long might local peak employment levels last? ___________________________________ • What other local workforce needs may arise? 14 ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ Slide 15 ___________________________________ Information, Outreach, & Education ___________________________________ Karen Miner & Andy Fagan • Charged with providing accurate ___________________________________ information • Website launched 09/09/10 and includes information on the activities of the Commission, Links and Resources covering ___________________________________ Energy topics, as well as NYS Legislative Activity 15 ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________