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Glenn Thompson: “I am extremely concerned about the Forest Service placing a moratorium on applications for permits to drill any…”

On the recordJuly 7, 2011
I am extremely concerned about the Forest Service placing a moratorium on applications for permits to drill any 'horizontal well and associated hydraulic fracturing.'
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Glenn Thompson
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Thompson criticizes the Forest Service's moratorium on drilling permits.

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