Chapter 5 Working With Stakeholders - Separating Fact From Myth

• Jurisdiction: United States

Hydraulic Fracturing
(Nov 2011)
CHAPTER 5
WORKING WITH STAKEHOLDERS - SEPARATING FACT FROM MYTH
Mark S. Squillace
Natural Resources Law Center
University of Colorado School of Law
Boulder, Colorado
Scott Anderson
Environmental Defense Fund
Austin, Texas
David Neslin
Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission
Denver, Colorado
Mark K. Boling
Southwestern Energy Company
Houston, Texas

MARK S. SQUILLACE is Professor of Law and the Director of the Natural Resources Law Center at the University of Colorado Law School. Before coming to Colorado, Professor Squillace taught at the University of Toledo College of Law where he was the Charles Fornoff Professor of Law and Values. Before Toledo, Mark taught at the University of Wyoming College of Law where he served a three-year term as the Winston S. Howard Professor of Law. Professor Squillace is a former Fulbright scholar and the author or co-author of numerous articles and books on natural resources and environmental law. In 2000, Professor Squillace took a leave from law teaching to serve as Special Assistant to the Solicitor at the U.S. Department of the Interior. In that capacity he worked directly with the Secretary of the Interior, Bruce Babbitt, on variety of legal and policy issues.

SCOTT ANDERSON is a Senior Policy Advisor, Energy Program, with the Environmental Defense Fund in Austin, Texas. Since 2005, he has served as Environmental Defense Fund's point person on policies relating to natural gas development and to the geological sequestration of carbon dioxide. Mr. Anderson is a frequent speaker at conferences and participates in stakeholder groups focused on reducing the environmental footprint of natural gas operations. He spent many years in the oil and gas industry prior to joining Environmental Defense Fund. He is the former Executive Vice President and General Counsel of the Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association (TIPRO). He was the long-time Secretary of the LIAISON Committee of Cooperating Oil and Gas Associations and was previously a member of the governing Council of the State Bar of Texas Oil, Gas and Mineral Law Section. He obtained his J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law, is a member of the State Bar of Texas, and is, among others, Co-Chairman of the National Petroleum Council Environmental and Regulatory Committee.

DAVID NESLIN is the Director of the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission. He works closely with the Colorado...