The Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee scheduled a public hearing on the re-appointment of Bernard A. Labuskes, Jr. to the Environmental Hearing Board for March 15.

Judge Labuskes was appointed to the Environmental Hearing Board by Gov. Ridge in November 1998 and became a member of the Board in January 1999.

Prior to the Hearing Board, he served as Assistant Counsel at the Department of Environmental Resources (now DEP) from 1985 through 1987, where he focused on litigation and enforcement matters. He was also a partner and chair of the Environmental Practice Group of McNees, Wallace & Nurick in Harrisburg.

2/25/2005