Gas Drilling Info
Comments on Draft SGEIS on Gas Drilling
The public comment period on the NYS Department of Environmental of Conservation draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement for horizontal drilling and high-volume hydraulic fracturing to develop the Marcellus Shale has been extended to December 31, 2009. The DEC is offering four ways in which to submit comments. Comments may be provided at one of the scheduled public hearings. The DEC has created an on line submission system which will allow you to write comments and tag them to your areas of concern at http://www.dec.ny.gov/cfmx/extapps/SGEISComments/. Attachments can be included. Comments may be emailed to dmnsgeis@gw.dec.state.ny.us. Finally, written comments may be sent to: Attn: dSGEIS Comments, Bureau of Oil & Gas Regulation, NYSDEC Division of Mineral Resources, 625 Broadway, Third Floor, Albany, NY 12233-6500.
Information Sessions/Hearings Schedule
DEC Hearings
Wednesday, October
28,
Sullivan County Community
College, E Building, Seelig
Theatre, 112 College Rd.,
Loch Sheldrake
Tuesday, November
10, Stuyvesant
High School, High School
Auditorium,
345 Chambers Street,
New York, NY
Thursday, November 12, Chenango
Valley High School, High School Auditorium, 221
Chenango
Bridge Rd., Chenango Bridge, NY
Wednesday, November 18,
Corning East High School Auditorium, 201 Cantigny
Street,
Corning, NY
Doors will open at 6 P.M. for individual questions
and speaker sign up. The public comment session
will start at 7 P.M. Interested parties should
check the DEC website, http://www.dec.ny.gov/energy/58705.html,
for possible changes in time and location.
Tompkins County Council of Local
Governments Hearing
Thursday,
November 19,
7:00 p.m., State Theatre,
107 W. State St., Ithaca.
The public is invited to
make verbal statements and/or
submit written statements
that TCCOG will submit to
the DEC as formal comments
on the dSGEIS.
Ask Governor to Extend DSGEIS Comment Period
The 90-day public comment period for the DEC's draft SGEIS is far too short for an informed review of this 800+ page document. The DEC has stated that they can only extend the comment period for the DSGEIS at the Governor's request. We are asking the governor to extend the comment period to March 1, 2010.
http://www.ny.gov/governor/contact/index.html
is the link for mail and phone
Email is
http://161.11.121.121/govemail
We suggest using all three
methods of contact: call,
send a letter, email
Sign Petition for Ban on Hydrofracking in New York
To sign a petition calling
for a ban on hydrofracking
in NYS, go to
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/NY-Statewide-Ban-On-Natural-Gas-Drilling
For more information about Gas Drilling
Marcellus Shale Formation—Are You Being "Fracked"?, by Gene Stolfi in the Winter 2008 issue of the Finger Lakes Sierran
Oil and Gas Accountability Project, http://www.ogap.org
The Endocrine Exchange, TEDX, http://www.endocrinedisruption.com/
NYS Department of Environmental Conservation, http://www.dec.ny.gov/
Shale Shock, http://www.shaleshock.org
Chenango Delaware Otsego Gas, http://www.un-naturalgas.org/
Catskill Mountainkeeper, http://catskillmountainkeeper.org/
Damascus Citizens for Sustainability, http://www.damascuscitizens.org/
Committee to Preserve the Finger Lakes, http://www.preservethefingerlakes.com
Documents of Interest
List of Possible Chemicals in Fracking Fluid
TEDX Analysis of Chemicals used in Fracking
MSDS Data Sheets from NYS DEC for 48 Fracking Chemicals used in NY