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Senate committee hears short, uncontested hearings for five Oil and Gas Board appointments
Summary
The Senate Natural Resources Committee held brief hearings on five governor’s appointees to the Board of Oil and Gas Conservation. Nominees — including landowners and industry representatives — drew unanimous proponent testimony and no opponents.
The Senate Natural Resources Committee opened hearings on Senate Resolutions 95, 96, 97, 98 and 100 to consider governor’s appointees to the Board of Oil and Gas Conservation.
Senator Daniel Zolnikov opened the sequence and introduced the nominees; proponents included a representative of the governor’s office, the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC), the Montana Petroleum Association and other local industry and county groups. Nominees presented brief statements and answered few committee questions. No opponents testified in person or online during any of the five hearings.
The governor’s office representative, Hannah Slusser,…
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