Oxford village meetings to address drilling
OXFORD – Work sessions of the Oxford Village Planning Board this week will feature speakers representing opposing sides of the natural gas drilling debate.
The meetings come after the village board requested in July that the planning board make a recommendation on drilling, said Chairperson Anna Stark. New York Gov. Cuomo has indicated that local land use regulations will be considered in the process of issuing horizontal, hydraulic fracturing permits, something that is widely anticipated in the coming weeks.
Attorney Robert H. Wedlake of the Binghamton-based law firm, Hinman, Howard and Katell, will address the group on Wednesday, and independent Attorney David Slottje will speak on Thursday. Stark said Slottje would advocate for a moratorium on drilling, something he has done in numerous townships including Plymouth and Sidney.
“They will explain what a moratorium is and what effect it will have on the village,” said Stark of the speakers. “The number one concern is the safety of water to the residents of the Village of Oxford.”
Stark said the planning board was seeking maps of the landowners in the adjacent township who already have leases with companies and plan to horizontally extract gas from shale formations.
Oxford Town officials have accepted an invitation to attend the meetings. They will be held at 7 p.m. both nights in the Oxford Memorial Library meeting room.
The meetings come after the village board requested in July that the planning board make a recommendation on drilling, said Chairperson Anna Stark. New York Gov. Cuomo has indicated that local land use regulations will be considered in the process of issuing horizontal, hydraulic fracturing permits, something that is widely anticipated in the coming weeks.
Attorney Robert H. Wedlake of the Binghamton-based law firm, Hinman, Howard and Katell, will address the group on Wednesday, and independent Attorney David Slottje will speak on Thursday. Stark said Slottje would advocate for a moratorium on drilling, something he has done in numerous townships including Plymouth and Sidney.
“They will explain what a moratorium is and what effect it will have on the village,” said Stark of the speakers. “The number one concern is the safety of water to the residents of the Village of Oxford.”
Stark said the planning board was seeking maps of the landowners in the adjacent township who already have leases with companies and plan to horizontally extract gas from shale formations.
Oxford Town officials have accepted an invitation to attend the meetings. They will be held at 7 p.m. both nights in the Oxford Memorial Library meeting room.
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