Office of Conservation

CONSERVATION HEARINGS IN BOSSIER CITY FOR FIRST TIME

The Department of Natural Resources' Office of Conservation will begin holding oil and gas public hearings in the Shreveport-Bossier area beginning Thursday, January 8, 1998. Commissioner of Conservation Warren Fleet said that oil and gas unitization hearings will be conducted each month in the Churchill Room, Holiday Inn Bossier City, from 9 am to 5 pm. Commissioner Fleet said having meetings in the northern part of the state fulfills legislative Act 208 as authored by Senator Max Malone. Senator Malone represents Bossier and Caddo parishes.

     The Office of Conservation has three district offices (Lafayette, Shreveport, and Monroe) that perform duties on a localized level. The district office in Shreveport, located at 1525 Fairfield Avenue, is responsible for review of applications for permits to drill, and other activities such as plugging and abandonment on oil and gas wells. District offices also maintain records and provide assistance to local landowners, industry, and citizens interested in oil and gas activities in those respective regions of the state.

     The following in a list of the monthly meeting dates in 1998:
     Feb.5      Mar. 19      Apr. 2      May 7      June 11     
     July 9      Aug. 6      Sept. 3      Oct. 8      Nov. 5      Dec. 3

     Meetings will take place at 9 am in the Churchill Room, Holiday Inn Bossier City, Old Minden Road, Bossier City. For additional information, contact the Department of Natural Resources, Office of Conservation, (504) 342-5500 or Shreveport District at (318) 676-7585.

Editors: For more information on this topic, please contact the DNR Public Information Office at (504) 342-8955.