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Gas well data: Pending applications in NYS

By arimoore, on December 23rd, 2009%

Early this year Bo Lindsay made this useful PDF file enabling others to stay informed on the DEC’s status of pending gas well applications in NYS. Unlike PA, NYS has no single URL that displays this data. Without these instructions there is no other way to access and to stay informed on status of individual gas wells. An example of the DEC data is shown at the top of the PDF.

The file has just been revised to include a live clickable link to the DEC’s site to avoid manually typing the long URL. Thanks to Bo for this useful tool.
NYS gas well permit applications (PDF)

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Put this poster up in your neighborhood!

By arimoore, on September 3rd, 2009%

Thanks to everyone who’s been putting up our new poster about natural gas drilling in Tompkins County – we’ve seen them all over the place!

Let’s keep it up. Here’s a new PDF version of the poster that’s designed for any county (not just Tompkins). Please print and distribute!

Natural Gas Drilling: Coming to a field near you? (8.5×11)

Gas Drilling: Coming to a field near you? (11×17)

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New poster about natural gas drilling – put this up in your neighborhood!

By arimoore, on August 27th, 2009%

Want to help get the word out about natural gas drilling and how we can protect our communities? Download and distribute this new poster from Shaleshock: Gas Drilling: Coming to a field near you?

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Protect Chemung County's future

By arimoore, on August 12th, 2009%

The village of Horseheads is poised to grant an EIS (Environmental Impact Statement) waiver to Schlumberger (the largest servicer of gas drilling operations in the world) for the 67 acre plant they plan for Horseheads. Both the Planning Board and Village Board meet this week. Especially if you live in Chemung County, please fax the Village Board and Planning Board at (607) 739-3941. Below is a sample letter.
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The Safety of Fracturing Fluids – A Quantitative Assessment

By arimoore, on August 6th, 2009%

The Safety of Fracturing Fluids – A Quantitative Assessment by Steve Coffman, member of the Committee to Preserve the Finger Lakes –
August 4, 2009

In response to a FOIL request to New York State’s Department of Environmental Conservation, the Committee to Preserve the Finger Lakes received a list of 48 toxic substances (as defined by the DEC or EPA) permitted for use in hydraulic fracture drilling of gas wells in the Marcellus Shale formation in Yates, Schuyler, Steuben, Broome and Cortland Counties. The received materials came in the form of documents submitted by the drilling companies themselves: Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) and Company Drilling Data Sheets.
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