This Just In From the DEC Draft Scope for Draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement on the Oil, Gas and Solution Mining Regulatory Program Well Permit Issuance for Horizontal Drilling and High-Volume Hydraulic Fracturing to Develop the Marcellus Shale and Other Low-Permeability Gas Reservoirs Draft Scope (PDF, 404 KB) The Department is accepting written comments on this draft scope through the close of business on December 15, 2008. A schedule of public meetings in the Southern Tier and Catskills to receive verbal comments will be announced shortly.Submit comments to: Attn: Scope Comments, Bureau of Oil & Gas Regulation, NYSDEC Division of Mineral Resources, 625 Broadway - Third Floor, Albany, NY 12233-6500 http://www.dec.ny.gov/energy/47554.html or email to: dmnog@gw.dec.state.ny.us with "Scope Comments" as the Subject Here's a few goings-on...
Oct 6 BRSC Drilling Task Force, Binghamton Library
Oct 7 Leasing Seminar-- Visions Federal Credit Union, Endwell Oct 7 Independent Oil and Gas Association Public Forum- Owego Oct 7 Mtg with Attorney General- Cazenovia Oct 9 Showing of "Rural Impact", Women's Center, Ithaca Oct 9 Broome Co. Municipality Mtg- Protecting Roads (open mtg) Oct 9 CheapGas Lease.com Mtg, Hancock Oct 15 Commission on the Environment Hearing-- Albany Oct 15 "Landowner Rights" Norwich Oct 17-19 NYS Conference on the Environment Oct 22 SRBC public hearing Oct 22 "Leases, Royalties, and Tax Implications" , Owego NY Oct 29 "Making Sure We Get it Right" - West Middle School, Binghamton Nov 6 DEC Hearing on Hazardous Waste- Syracuse Meetings and EventsOctober 15th, 2008 10:30 AM ALBANY — The State Assembly’s Committee on Environmental Conservation will host a public hearing Oct. 15 on the environmental impacts of natural gas and oil drilling. October 29, 2008, 7:00 – 9:00 PM West Middle School, Binghamton NY BRSC-Sponsored Forum: Making Sure We Get It Right: Health, Land, Law and Natural Gas Drilling This powerful forum featuring international, national, and local leaders on the issues, will provide our community members and our leaders with the information they need in order to understand the impact of natural gas drilling and how we can protect ourselves. With our region all too familiar with the toxic legacy of IBM, we need to make sure we get this right for the long-term health and safety of our communities. This will be an important forum. All speakers are confirmed, but we need to raise some funds to make this happen!! This is an urgent request for small contributions to continue educating around this important new issue that will affect our communities for decades!! Panelists: Dr. Theo Colborn (via remote) President, the Endo Disruption Exchange (TEDX). A world-renowned expert in the field of endocrinology, Dr. Colburn has testified before congress regarding the short and long-term health repercussions of natural gas drilling. Dr. Colburn is the co-Author of Our Stolen Future: Are We Threatening Our Fertility, Intelligence, and Survival? Bruce Baizel Staff Attorney, Oil & Gas Accountability Project. Nationally recognized expert in the field of natural gas drilling and regulation, Baizel has assisted state legislatures in Colorado and New Mexico in reviewing and updating oil and gas regulations, and was recently invited to present testimony to the Committee on Environmental Protection of the New York City Council about the potential impact of gas drilling around the watershed that supplies drinking water for New York City. Roger Downs Conservation Associate, Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter. Roger Downs has a strong academic background and many years of community activism in ecology, environmental law, and environmental impact analysis. Downs has organized successful grassroots conservation efforts, including working with Article 78 lawsuits, the SEQR process, protection of wetlands, and combating sprawl. Bill PammerCommissioner, Sullivan County Division of Planning and Environmental Management. Dr. Pammer has expertise in economic development, comprehensive planning, program evaluation, organization development methodologies, and community capacity building. As Commissioner, he has been very active in the gas drilling issue, strongly advocating for laws that improve a municipality’s ability to control and mitigate the negative impacts of gas drilling. How Can You Help? Donate! The more funds we have, the more we can do. Send your tax-deductible donations to (and make out your check to): BRSC Binghamton Regional Sustainability Center P.O. Box 907 Binghamton, NY 13902 Please note on your check that you are sending the funds to the Drilling Taskforce. You can donate your frequent flyer miles, too! They are tax-deductible! We have an immediate need of frequent flyer miles for Bruce Baizel, who is travelling from Durango, CO to Binghamton, NY. We would like to book his ticket as soon as possible, so please contact us immediately if you would like to help!!! Ask your friends and family to donate. This issue will affect all of us. Give them the chance to help. Again, the more funds we have, the more events we can plan, the more we can do to create a healthy, beautiful, thriving area. Join our forum organizing committee. We need your help! We will need writers, people to make phone calls, and on the night of the event, plenty of folks to help make things run smoothly. Be energized and have fun as you help make this important event happen.
Email Laura at sustainablenewyork@yahoo.com or Scott at lauffer@frontiernet.net if you are interested.
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