EID-Ohio's Campaign Director, Mike Chadsey, describes his Consol rig tour and gets a chance to chat with his fellow visitors:

"Today, Energy in Depth joined several Portage County elected officials, first responders and Rootstown Township Trustees on an informational meeting and rig tour with Consol Energy.

Consol Energy has one rig running in Rootstown, Portage Co. and as Coordinator of Community Relations Miranda Kessel shares with us the entire Consol Energy team first goal is to be a good neighbor.

Right now we are in Portage County today and we are conducting a rig tour with local community stake holders that includes first responders and local elected officials. – Miranda Kessel

Before anyone was allowed on the rig everyone one in the group viewed a 20 minute safety video that explained Consol’s safety regulations and procedures and completed a Hazard Training Video Memory Check – that’s right there was a test in the end.

Then it was off to the site.

The entire tour took over 30 minutes from start to finish as the staff who was working on the pad explained how Consol was implementing the rules and regulations that Ohio has in place to protect human health and safety."

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