Former Assistant Secretary for Lands and Minerals Management, U.S. Dept. of the Interior, speaks in Rifle

GARFIELD COUNTY, CO – Rebecca Watson, J.D., of the law firm Welborn Sullivan Meck & Tooley, P.C., and a former Assistant Secretary for Lands and Minerals Management, U.S. Department of the Interior, will speak in Rifle August 7 to the Garfield County Energy Advisory Board (EAB) in a community presentation. She will present an educational program related to oil and gas law, named Fracking, Federalism and Federal Environmental Regulation: Is the Oil & Gas Industry Exempt from Major Laws? Industry critics frequently claim that the oil and gas industry appears to be exempt from environmental regulation. The argument is made