I am late to the fight…

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. As a concerned citizen sitting on the sidelines, hoping the DEC would actually propose a workable and inclusive draft that would safeguard all that would be affected, if and when slick water drilling begins, all I saw was a proposal that is contradictive of itself and sets very few real stopgaps that are needed to insure that the industry does not only destroy water sources, but blatantly ignores air and noise pollution as though it doesn’t exist. Property value degradation is the icing on this toxic cake.

Add me to any list or organization please that will stop this affront to public health and safety.

Reading the latest proposal by the DEC and your statements, I have a couple of questions for you. Can anyone point out to me, where air and noise pollution is covered in the recommendations or even mentioned? I guess I’ll have to wait until the 8th to see the complete SGEIS.

Also………..I find it quite interesting that the State has determined that slick water hydraulic fracturing poses enough of a threat to NYC and other public water supplies to prohibit the practice anywhere near those sites………but says a 500 foot buffer IS enough on private land. Can anyone see the hypocrisy in this recommendation?

210 possible well pads coming with 2100 wells in Tompkins County alone, where I live. I wonder what the regulatory enforcement budget will be, in managing proper compliance to whatever the State finally adopts, will be?

This DEC proposal not only falls pitifully short of protecting my family’s health from known air pollutants, it also disregards any property devaluation that could and will occur to any properties surrounding well sites. Would you live next to one? I’m sure your honest answer would be NO.

I know………public comment in August.

Don F