Residents have until Dec. 31 to comment on DEC drilling regs
ALBANY – The Dec. 31 deadline is fast approaching for individuals wishing to comment on the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s regulatory plan for drilling into shale formations.
A website available online at EnergyInDepth.org carries a New York-specific page with links and information on the draft DEC plan, along with a sample letter and submission form that residents can use to quickly and easily make their views known in Albany.
Coming in at more than 800 pages in length, the plan was released in September after nearly three years of study and research by the agency. If approved, it would allow the state to proceed one step closer toward the future possibility of exploring the prolific Marcellus Shale formation, an 8,000-foot-deep reserve that some researchers estimate could hold more than $1 trillion-worth of clean-burning, job-creating natural gas.
The draft DEC plan ranks among the most aggressive and comprehensive regulatory proposals ever introduced, said Lee Fuller of Energy In Depth, a coalition of small and independent energy producers formed earlier this year.
“Nearly 190 years of producing clean-burning natural gas in New York has demonstrated that we can do it safely, efficiently, and in a manner that creates jobs and revenue for those who live here,” said Brad Gill, executive director of the Independent Oil & Gas Association of New York. “With the state’s unemployment rate at nine percent, there’s never been a more critical time to leverage our homegrown resources into economic opportunities for the future. The DEC plan envisions a future in which that work can take place, and sets out the rules, standards and regulations needed to protect our environment while we’re doing it.”
A website available online at EnergyInDepth.org carries a New York-specific page with links and information on the draft DEC plan, along with a sample letter and submission form that residents can use to quickly and easily make their views known in Albany.
Coming in at more than 800 pages in length, the plan was released in September after nearly three years of study and research by the agency. If approved, it would allow the state to proceed one step closer toward the future possibility of exploring the prolific Marcellus Shale formation, an 8,000-foot-deep reserve that some researchers estimate could hold more than $1 trillion-worth of clean-burning, job-creating natural gas.
The draft DEC plan ranks among the most aggressive and comprehensive regulatory proposals ever introduced, said Lee Fuller of Energy In Depth, a coalition of small and independent energy producers formed earlier this year.
“Nearly 190 years of producing clean-burning natural gas in New York has demonstrated that we can do it safely, efficiently, and in a manner that creates jobs and revenue for those who live here,” said Brad Gill, executive director of the Independent Oil & Gas Association of New York. “With the state’s unemployment rate at nine percent, there’s never been a more critical time to leverage our homegrown resources into economic opportunities for the future. The DEC plan envisions a future in which that work can take place, and sets out the rules, standards and regulations needed to protect our environment while we’re doing it.”
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