Post by Nick Pionessa on Dec 2, 2012 10:33:50 GMT -5
Greetings:
All hands on deck!!!
If you are super busy, read no further and just sign this NEW COALITION LETTER: www.toxicstargeting.com/MarcellusShale/letters/2012/11/28/cuomo
Today is the deadline for completing DEC's shale gas regulatory rulemaking proceeding. DEC has reportedly filed a Notice of Revised Rulemaking for a 90-day extension, but has not yet released its revised regulatory proposal.
Things are rapidly imploding. The rulemaking proceeding is intended to translate the Final SGEIS into regulatory requirements. It makes no sense to proceed with rulemaking before a Final SGEIS is adopted. No Final SGEIS will be adopted until DOH completes its "health impact analysis" review of the Revised Draft SGEIS. No plan has been disclosed for conducting DOH's review.
An example of the absurdity of continuing the rulemaking without a Final SGEIS is apparent on page two of the Revised Summary of Terms: "Part 560, applicable to HVHF wells, promulgates (emphasis added) many mitigation measures specified (emphasis added) in the Supplement [sic] Generic Environmental Impact Statement on the Oil and Gas Regulatory Program (SGEIS)."
There is NO SGEIS at this time!!! The Revised Draft SGEIS has not yet been adopted.
It is shocking that the Cuomo Administration would prematurely release such embarrassingly shoddy documents. This rush to judgment calls into question the integrity of the SGEIS and the rulemaking proceedings. Both must be restarted.
With that goal in mind, please sign a New Coalition Letter that was sent to Governor Cuomo last evening. See: www.toxicstargeting.com/MarcellusShale/letters/2012/11/28/cuomo
The self-explanatory letter requests that he:
a) terminate DEC's shale gas rulemaking effort; and
b) restart the Revised Draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement proceeding to require public participation in formulating the Department of Health's proposed "health impact analysis" review.
Take URGENT action today:
Ask Governor Cuomo to:
Terminate DEC's shale gas revised rulemaking proposal. Kill the Request for a 90-Day Extension.
Restart the SGEIS to allow public comment about how DOH should undertake its "health impact analysis" review.
DEC must not adopt shale gas rules until the SGEIS and the DOH "health impact analysis" review are complete.
No rulemaking should begin until a final decision is made about allowing shale gas fracking in NYS.
Email Governor Cuomo: www.governor.ny.gov/contact/GovernorContactForm.php
Call Governor Cuomo:
Albany: 518-474-8390
New York City: 212-681-4580
Binghamton: 607-721-8367
Twitter the Governor: @nygovcuomo
Facebook him: www.facebook.com/GovernorAndrewCuomo?sk=wall
See DEC revised rulemaking docs: www.toxicstargeting.com/node/34483
I want to thank the below-referenced elected officials and activists throughout the Southern Tier, the Finger Lakes, the Central New York Region and the Catskills who signed the letter in a matter of hours so that it could be submitted before the deadline. We have already begun to generate press coverage about the letter.
Thank you for your assistance. This fight has a long way to go. Onward and upward.
Walter Hang
All hands on deck!!!
If you are super busy, read no further and just sign this NEW COALITION LETTER: www.toxicstargeting.com/MarcellusShale/letters/2012/11/28/cuomo
Today is the deadline for completing DEC's shale gas regulatory rulemaking proceeding. DEC has reportedly filed a Notice of Revised Rulemaking for a 90-day extension, but has not yet released its revised regulatory proposal.
Things are rapidly imploding. The rulemaking proceeding is intended to translate the Final SGEIS into regulatory requirements. It makes no sense to proceed with rulemaking before a Final SGEIS is adopted. No Final SGEIS will be adopted until DOH completes its "health impact analysis" review of the Revised Draft SGEIS. No plan has been disclosed for conducting DOH's review.
An example of the absurdity of continuing the rulemaking without a Final SGEIS is apparent on page two of the Revised Summary of Terms: "Part 560, applicable to HVHF wells, promulgates (emphasis added) many mitigation measures specified (emphasis added) in the Supplement [sic] Generic Environmental Impact Statement on the Oil and Gas Regulatory Program (SGEIS)."
There is NO SGEIS at this time!!! The Revised Draft SGEIS has not yet been adopted.
It is shocking that the Cuomo Administration would prematurely release such embarrassingly shoddy documents. This rush to judgment calls into question the integrity of the SGEIS and the rulemaking proceedings. Both must be restarted.
With that goal in mind, please sign a New Coalition Letter that was sent to Governor Cuomo last evening. See: www.toxicstargeting.com/MarcellusShale/letters/2012/11/28/cuomo
The self-explanatory letter requests that he:
a) terminate DEC's shale gas rulemaking effort; and
b) restart the Revised Draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement proceeding to require public participation in formulating the Department of Health's proposed "health impact analysis" review.
Take URGENT action today:
Ask Governor Cuomo to:
Terminate DEC's shale gas revised rulemaking proposal. Kill the Request for a 90-Day Extension.
Restart the SGEIS to allow public comment about how DOH should undertake its "health impact analysis" review.
DEC must not adopt shale gas rules until the SGEIS and the DOH "health impact analysis" review are complete.
No rulemaking should begin until a final decision is made about allowing shale gas fracking in NYS.
Email Governor Cuomo: www.governor.ny.gov/contact/GovernorContactForm.php
Call Governor Cuomo:
Albany: 518-474-8390
New York City: 212-681-4580
Binghamton: 607-721-8367
Twitter the Governor: @nygovcuomo
Facebook him: www.facebook.com/GovernorAndrewCuomo?sk=wall
See DEC revised rulemaking docs: www.toxicstargeting.com/node/34483
I want to thank the below-referenced elected officials and activists throughout the Southern Tier, the Finger Lakes, the Central New York Region and the Catskills who signed the letter in a matter of hours so that it could be submitted before the deadline. We have already begun to generate press coverage about the letter.
Thank you for your assistance. This fight has a long way to go. Onward and upward.
Walter Hang