Resources

NYS Department of Environmental Conservation http://www.dec.ny.gov/

Environmental Issues

Find out about the issues that matter to you. Select an issue:

Supporting Organizations

Oil and Gas Accountability Project - http://www.ogap.org

The Endocrine Exchange, TEDX - http://www.endocrinedisruption.com/

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

Stop the rush on NYS Gas Drilling

Draft SGEIS on Gas Drilling

New York State Draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement Gas Drilling

Scenic NY

On September 30, 2009, the NYS Department of Environmental of Conservation released its draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement for horizontal drilling and high-volume hydraulic fracturing to develop the Marcellus Shale. The public comment period will be open until November 30, 2009. The Department 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.

Action Task List:

Governor extends DSGEIS Comment Period to Dec 30th, far short of the requested 120 day extension. Ask our Governor to Extend DSGEIS Comment Period beyond the busy month of December.

A 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

Submit a comment or speak at a hearing:

NYS DEC Hearings Schedule

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.

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