New Yorkers have an additional thirty days to prepare comments on high-volume horizontal hydraulic fracturing. At the outset of today’s DEC hearing in New York City – the fourth and final public hearing – a DEC spokesperson announced that the deadline for public comment has been extended an additional month, until January 11. The decision came in response to numerous requests from environmental groups and others who wanted more time to sort through the humongous 1500-page environmental impact study and the proposed rules.
On Friday, Dec. 2nd, from 6:30 to 9:30pm in the Danby Town Hall, 1830 Danby Rd. (96B), members of the Danby Community will host an event to make it easy for you to submit your concerns via letter or computer about fracking in New York to the DEC. Sample comments and letters, key talking points on major issues and problems within the rdSGEIS–that you can easily draw from to form your own comment–will be on display. You can stop by at anytime during the three hours. Pens, paper, envelopes, stamps, computers and refreshments will be provided. Bring your family, friends, and neighbors. Comments to the DEC are due by Dec. 12th, so let’s get this done together! For more information, contact Kelly Morris, 227-3528 or Anne Stork, 1-603-547-5451.
Come and join us before and during the event at State Theatre to SPEAK OUT AGAINST GAS DRILLING. We will start at 6pm at the Amphitheatre Pavilion on The Commons, and will utilize the Peoples’ Mic to amplify your message LOUD AND CLEAR. Be bold! Be daring! Speak truth to power! Have your say! We are all listening! Come and practice before you speak at State Theatre, or come and have your say and then stay and celebrate our unity in this critical fight against fracking.
Two sided with info on fracking and on two Ithaca events December 1st:
the 6pm People’s Assembly Against Gas Drilling,
and 7-11pm comment night at State Theatre.
Tompkins County Council of Governments Sponsor Public Hearing on Proposed DEC Gas Drilling Rules
The State Theatre, Ithaca
107 West State Street
Ithaca, NY 14850
ITHACA – The Tompkins County Council of Governments, TCCOG, announces that it is sponsoring a public hearing on Thursday, December 1st to provide citizens an opportunity to comment on the draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement on the Oil, Gas and Solution Mining (dSGEIS) and regulations that will govern high-volume hydraulic fracturing.
The hearing will be held from 7-11 p.m. in ITHACA’s State Theatre, adjacent to the downtown Ithaca Commons. The proceedings will be transcribed by a professional court stenographer. At the hearing, TCCOG will accept both written and oral testimony and present the all comments to the DEC prior to the December 12th comment deadline.
TCCOG Co-Chair Don Barber said, “TCCOG’s mission for this public hearing is to provide a local venue for citizens to voice their opinions about the Department of Environmental Conservation’s 2011 revised supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement (sGEIS) as it pertains to high volume hydraulic fracturing for natural gas in the Marcellus and Utica shales”.
According to Martha Robertson Chair of Tompkins County legislature, the Tompkins County Council of Governments supports open and transparent government processes and as such is sponsoring a local public hearing for citizens to respond to the 2011 revised dSGEIS. While the DEC has scheduled public hearings in other parts of the State, there are none within the Finger Lakes Region. To facilitate participation in the commenting process, TCCOG is sponsoring an additional public hearing for citizens within Tompkins County, the Finger Lakes Region, and beyond to make comments on the dSGEIS.
Caroline Town Councilman, Dominic Frongillo will moderate the hearing. Doors will open at 6:30 pm. Anyone wishing to make oral comments must register on a sign-in sheet. Forms will be provided for written comments. This hearing will follow the same format as others held by the DEC, with oral presentations limited to three minutes and speakers presenting in the order registered, as time permits. Those wishing to make comments will be asked to focus their comments specifically on the contents of the draft SGEIS, rather than general statements for or against gas drilling.
We are planning a People’s Assembly Against Gas Drilling before and during the December 1st DEC comment night at State Theatre, Ithaca NY. We will start at 6pm at Bernie Milton Pavilion on The Commons, and will utilize the People’s Mic to amplify your message LOUD AND CLEAR. Come and practice before you speak at State Theatre, or come and have your say and then stay and celebrate our unity in this long fight against fracking.
A Shaleshock planning meeting will take place Tuesday Nov 15th at 6pm at the Worker’s Center above Autumn Leaves on The Commons. If you would like to help make posters and fliers, we could use some help refining ideas. Email brew_bird AT yahoo.com
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