Phase I Environmental Database Services

Dear Governor Cuomo,

I am writing to ask that you reconsider the plan to exempt only the New York City and Syracuse watersheds from fracking.

As a long-time upstate resident and owner with my husband of a small farm, I objective strenuously to your decision to have upstate bear the brunt of this exercise in madness.

There is no case to be made on behalf of the new draft SGEIS. You must call a halt to this process unless and until all concerns of the citizenry are fully addressed.

I am late to the fight……….but I have sent the Governor, Senator Libous, and the DEC Commissioner this letter. This DEC proposal is a rubber stamp on a potential disaster in the making and is a travesty of democracy on so many levels, I can’t begin to list them all.

I have a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering and have worked on helping to classify hazardous wastes, testing of a rotary kiln incinerator for hazardous waste disposal as well as filing of air emission permits at major corporations. I no longer work in the Chemical Engineering field but when I heard what the technique of hydraulic fracturing involved and that it was exempt from EPA regulations such as the Safe Drinking Water Act, the Clean Air Act, and that its waste was (improperly) classified as non-hazardous, I became very concerned.

Please do not allow the invasive and destructive practice of Hydro-Fracking to occur in New Your State.

Thank You,

Diane M

Dear Mr Martens,

Your predecessor approved Marcellus drill cuttings to go into regular household landfill in Chemung County.. Now Steuben County wants to follow that precedent..Angelica NY is also accepting Marcellus drill cuttings in private dump operated by Casella waste management but of course surrounded by public property which could be affected.

Dear Joe Martens,

Dear Governor Cuomo,

Dear Judith Enck,

NYS is fortunate to have a governor and administration who have demonstrated some commitment to protecting the health of NYS residents and the environment that we share. The draft SGEIS process , began during the previous administration needs to be expanded to fully account for the adverse impacts of hydrofracking, and recent news stories about the deceptive practices and exaggerated financial predictions of the gas industry make it very clear who will be left holding the bag if large scale hydrofracking sweeps through rural NY without much more consideration of its impacts.

Cynthia C